The History of 20Th Century Internationalism

THE HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY INTERNATIONALISM

February 11-12, 2011, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte, 2 -40124 Bologna

Sponsored by The Australian Academy of the Humanities International Science Linkages –Humanities and Creative Arts Programme, in collaboration with University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Discipline Storiche, Antropologiche e Geografiche, the Centro inter-universitario di Storia culturale, and the journal “Storica”.

Friday 11, Aula Prodi, 9.30-11.30 am

Rethinking the historiography of internationalism. An Introduction.

·Glenda Sluga (Un.of Sydney) The Great Age of Internationalism

·Patrizia Dogliani (Un. of Bologna) From Internationalism to Trans-nationalism 1890-1950

·Madeleine Herren (Un of Heidelberg) ‘Europe-Asia and the global history of internationalism’

·Marilyn Lake (LaTrobe Un), ‘Democracy and internationalism’

Coffeebreak

Friday 11 February, Aula Gambi, 12 am- 1 pm

Varieties of internationalisms in the 20th century:

·Tim Harper (Cambridge Un.), ‘Radical internationalists and their networks in early twentieth- century Asia’

·Peter Mandler (Cambridge Un.), 'Cultural Relativism and Internationalism'

Lunch

Friday 11 February, Aula Gambi, 2pm – 5pm

Internationalism, Nationalism, and Imperialism:.

·Fiona Paisley (Griffith Un.), 'Cultural Internationalism in the Pan-Pacific’

·James Cotton (UNSW ) 'Early Internationalists in the Antipodes’

International Institutions and international social movements:

·Patricia Clavin (Oxford), ‘Internationalism and Histories of Development’

·Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck) ‘Internationalism and European reconstruction’

. Sandrine Kott (Geneva) Agency in International Agencies: ILO

Saturday 12 February, Aula Gambi, 9-12am. Final plenary. Led byKate Darian-Smith (Melbourne), Tim Harper (Cambridge Un.), Elda Guerra (Tuscia Un.), Isabelle Lapinet-Moret (Paris X)

and discussion of future Directions led by Patrizia Dogliani and Glenda Sluga

Our aim in this plenary will be to define a number of related projects on the history of internationalism, and plan a general history of 20th century internationalism.

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The history of internationalism, to the extent that it exists, has long been written in terms of the historiography of socialism and pacifism and as a late 19th century phenomenon. The aim of this collaboration is to turn historical attention to the twentieth century as the ‘age of internationalism’, by drawing on historians with broad experience in the cultural, political, intellectual, and social history of specific aspects of internationalism.This workshop wants to be an initial conversation among historians who share a view thata) the history of internationalism was a crucial part of the broader history of democratization; b) that internationalism is no longer a significant component of political debate, or of social and cultural movements; c) by studying and understanding internationalism in its variety of 20th century form and from a combination of political, social and cultural perspectives, we will be better able to understand not only the past, but what is distinctive and new about the globalisms and globalization of the 20thc, and to understand the world of political ideas and ambitions that citizens of the 21st century have lost.

Participants at the workshops will discuss pre-circulated papers. Each session will involve a plenary. The final day includes a plenary to discuss publications, future collaborations, funding applications, and follow-up.