Senior seminar in Global Humanities

The Senior Seminar in Global Humanities is designed as an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the so-called "spatial turn," which is influencing various fields of the Humanities, including history, anthropology, geography, philosophy, and political theory.

Students are expected to attend at least four (4) short intensive courses. The Senior Seminar is graded on a pass/no pass basis, and in order to earn 6 credits (CFU), students are required to submit a 3000-word paper on one of the short intensive courses attended, starting from the end of May 2025.

Students must email their paper on one of the courses attended during the academic year 2024/2025 to disci.gloc@unibo.it between May 31, 2025, and March 31, 2026. Please submit your paper in one of the following formats: .docx, .odt, or .rtf. No registration on AlmaEsami is required.

CONTACTS: disci.gloc@unibo.it

Opening lecture

• Ranjana Khanna  (Duke University)
  SEX AND DEATH OR THE PROBLEM OF THINKING COMPARATIVELY
  October 11, 2024 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Grande

Seminars

• Michael Friedrich (Universität Hamburg)
  MANUSCRIPTS, MATERIALS, MEMORY
  

  November 12-15, 2024 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Torresani
  
  

• Anna Bottesi (University of Bologna)
  IF FEATHERS MAKE PEOPLE:
  A JOURNEY ACROSS THE IMAGINARIES ON BRAZILIAN NATIVES
  November 18-21, 2024 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  
• Alessandro De Cola (University of Bologna)
  

  MORE THAN A GATEWAY:
  A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE RED SEA
  December 2-5, 2024 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  

• Steffi Marung (Leipzig University)
  GLOBAL EAST - GLOBAL SOUTH:
  TRAJECTORIES AND MEMORIES OF GLOBAL SOCIALISM BEFORE AND AFTER 1989
  February, 2025 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  
• Matilde Ciolli (University of Milano)
  THE CONSERVATIVE MOMENT OF NEOLIBERALISM.
  A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
  March 17-20, 2025 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  
• Frank Grüner (University of Bielefeld)
  RUSSIA IN NORTHEAST ASIA:
  IMPERIAL COMPETITION AND GLOBAL ENTANGLEMENTS IN MANCHURIA
  

  March 31-April 4, 2025 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  

• James Mark (University of Exeter)
  WHITE MEMORY:
  COLONIALISM AND RACE IN EASTERN EUROPEAN MEMORY CULTURES
  April 7, 2025 • 3:00-6:45 pm – April 8-9, 2025 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola
  
  
• Lorenzo Vianelli (University of Bologna)
  EXTRACTIVE BORDERS:
  CARCERAL ECONOMIES OF MIGRATION MANAGEMENT
  May 5-8, 2025 • 5:00-6:45 pm • Aula Specola