Wolf Schäfer



Professor and Director of the Center for Global History
Research Interests
Global History, Social History, History of Science and Technology, Historical Geography, Historiography and Methodology
Publications
See also Center for Global History Publications

"From the End of European History to the Globality of World Regions: A Research Perspective." Forthcoming in Globality Studies Journal, no. 1, Winter 2005/06.

Review of John H. Bodley, The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 2003. In: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 36:2 (Autumn, 2005), 241-243.

"How To Approach Global Present, Local Pasts, and Canon of the Globe." In Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society: Toward a New Political Culture in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Soma Hewa and Darwin Stapleton (New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, and Moscow: Springer, 2005), 33-48.

"Ptolemy’s Revenge: A Critique of Historical Cartography", Coordinates, Online Journal of the Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association, Series A, no. 3

"The Uneven Globality of Children", Journal of Social History 38, no. 4 (Summer 2005), 1027-1039.
E-Mail
wolf.schafer@sunysb.edu
Office
SBS S-329
Phone
631-632-7488
Fax
631-632-7367
Blog by Wolf Schäfer

The 20th Century in Global Historical Perspective

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Coming to grips with the twentieth century started early and is a historical challenge that will probably stimulate interesting responses for a long time. This seminar will explore some of the first exemplary efforts to “understand” that pivotal century:
Barraclough, Geoffrey. An introduction to contemporary history. New York: Basic Books, 1964.
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