Conference 2012 Information
The Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction [FEEGI] conference will be held at the University of Minnesota on April 20-21, 2012. The conference is being held in cooperation with the Center for Early Modern History, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the James Ford Bell Library, which will be holding an exhibit on ‘Encounters in the Pacific Rim.’ FEEGI is interested in papers that explore Early Modern interactions from a variety of perspectives in an attempt to expand our understanding of the global consequences of European expansion in the early modern world. Thus, we are interested in creative approaches to understanding these interactions and their consequences and, in cooperation with the Bell’s exhibit, are especially interested in papers on the Pacific Rim.
For questions, & comments, & submissions, contact
Ty M. Reese, History Department, University of North DakotaAdditional information is available at http://feegi.org/conference2012.htm
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Conferences
FEEGI holds a biennial conference in the even-numbered years. All sessions at FEEGI meetings have traditionally been plenary, so that each panel can enter a common conversation. As the conference proceeds, both presenters and audience often build on the work presented at that very meeting to enhance the discussion of papers given later in the conference, creating an atmosphere of scholarly exchange and collegiality that may be difficult to find at larger conferences.
As much as possible, panels at FEEGI meetings are organized thematically in order to encourage comparative thinking outside the bounds of regional histories. Among other topics, FEEGI conferences frequently have been a rich arena for discussion of the various oceanic paradigms, examining the Mediterranean World, the Indian Ocean World, and the Atlantic World, and the ways in which these worlds can be compared, contrasted, and connected.
Any topic engaging global interaction and imperial expansion between about 1350 and 1850 is welcomed at FEEGI. A sampling of previous paper topics:
the history of rice • slave revolts in Dutch Surinam • the spice trade in the Red Sea • the musical impact of the Portuguese empire • serfdom on the Russian frontier • race compared in Madras and New York • African death rituals in the New World • Danish culture in colonized Iceland • the British fetish for Levantine objects and art • poison among the enslaved of Martinique • Bonaparte in Egypt • the undersea excavation of Manila galleons • colonizing Taiwan • violence on Africa’s gold coast • Ambonese children in the Netherlands • missionaries in Pacific islands • Amerindian medical knowledge • the politics of South Asian merchants…for more, please browse the earlier conference programs.
Past FEEGI Conference Programs
Listing of Keynote Speakers at all conferences
Eighth Biennial Meeting, Duke University, February 19-20, 2010. View the Program
“Empire and Identity” • Seventh Biennial Meeting, Georgetown University, February 22-23, 2008 • View Online Program • Download Program and Abstracts (428K PDF)
These links will download a PDF file of the program.
Sixth Biennial Meeting, Huntington Library, February 3-4, 2006
Fifth Biennial Meeting, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, February 19-21,2004
Fourth Biennial Meeting, Huntington Library, February 14-17, 2002
Third Biennial Meeting, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, February 17-19, 2000
Second Biennial Meeting, Huntington Library, April 3-4, 1998
First Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 19-21, 1996
Founding Meeting, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, April 21-23, 1994
