Global History in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Professor Sir Christopher A. Bayly FBA, FRSL (Vere Harmsworth Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge; Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London; Vivekananda Professor University of Chicago, 2014-15) will talk about the sequel to "The Birth of the Modern World". This event is co-organized by DUCIS and the Department of History. It is part of DUCIS's "Theorizing Globalization" project funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's "Partnership in a Global Age" grant. Professor Bayly is also going to deliver the 2015 John F. Richards Lecture in Comparative World History, which will be held on Wednesday, March 25 in the John Hope Franklin Center 240. (See separate calendar entry.)