Spring 2021

This seminar aims to bring together faculty and graduate students to discuss new developments and potential areas for collaboration around the idea of “the spatial turn” in historical studies. Aided by the rise of digital humanities programs, institutional projects, and forms of accessible digital storytelling, there has been a growing interest in the “spatial turn” in history, transforming how we understand regions from the American West to the spaces of modern England. Yet such success raises important research questions. What are the limitations of technology for the spatial turn? What is the significance of the spatial turn for histories of parts of the world (such as East Asia) that have their own historical and geographical traditions that long predate the arrival of Western spatial conceptions?

Events

• Spring 2021 All Meetings will be held via Zoom. Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:30-5:45 pm Online Zoom session with Dr. Clio Andris, Georgia Tech “Spatial Social Network Analysis of the American Mafia” Thursday, April 15, 2021 6:00 pm Dr. Yijiang Zhong (Tokyo University) will give a lecture on ura Nihon 裏日本 (the backside of Japan) Zoom link Password: 2fQf6e (if prompted)