20 January 2026

Dear all,

We hope you had a wonderful end to the year and a refreshing start to 2026. As the Spring semester begins, we are delighted to welcome you back to the International, Global, and Transnational History Workshop, and to extend a warm hello to those joining us for the first time.

This semester, the workshop will meet on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in Fayerweather Hall, Room 413, unless otherwise noted.

As always, the workshop provides a space where scholars can share their work in progress in an open, diverse, and stimulating environment. Our plans for the coming months reflect a broadening of the workshop’s thematic reach, with new conversations in legal history, migration and mobility, decolonization and post-imperial governance, environmental and development histories, and the role of art in diplomacy. Sessions will engage topics including the history of international organizations, twentieth-century refugee regimes, knowledge production, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Finally, we are especially excited to close the semester with a special event that was postponed last year: a roundtable on the meanings and futures of international, global, and transnational history, featuring Glenda Sluga, joined bu Matthew Connelly, Mark Mazower, and Susan Pedersen. This will be a rare opportunity to bring together scholars whose work has shaped the field, and it promises to be a fitting and energizing way to end the semester.

The full Spring 2026 schedule is listed below. Please remember to RSVP by filling out this form so that we can plan accordingly and make sure you receive papers and session details in advance.

We look forward to another semester of lively discussion!

With warm wishes,

Audrey, Dimitris, Elijah, Lélia, and Ziqian
The co-conveners of the International, Global, and Transnational History Workshop
(Supported by ISERP and the History Department)