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Today the terms world, global, and transnational appear ubiquitously across historical and social science literature. In a brief survey, one can find a course in world history covering “everything” from 1500 to the present, a global history of migration, a transnational history of 1968 protests or a globalized look at read more »

The deadline for paper and panel proposals is May 30 for the 3rd Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association 2 - 5 August at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also, if you would like to join any of the following three panels that are currently read more »

Call for reviewers 1.2 May 2012 The Middle Ground Journal, a refereed and open-access journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. Graduate students, K-12 teachers, independent scholars and professors are warmly welcomed. We currently have approximately thirty items available. Next call will take place during the read more »

After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection 6th edition. James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 447pp. ISBN 978-0-07-338548-9.)   Those familiar with Davidson and Lytle’s long-time classic, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, will find that the latest, 2010 edition has significant read more »

In the twenty-three centuries since his death, Alexander of Macedon has come to hold a prominent place in the Western canon, symbolizing for some the military hero personified while others view his legacy as a tragic tale of greatness lost amidst self-indulgence and megalomania.  In more recent decades, world historians read more »

2012 MWWHA Conference Registration Open Registration now open for the 3rd Annual Midwest World History Association Conference, August 2 - 5 at Grand Valley State University in Michigan! Please visit: http://www.mwwha.org/2012_Conference.html The MWWHA keynote address for the 2012 conference will be presented by Dr. Lawrence Gundersen, environmental historian for the read more »

Review of Daniel Headrick’s Technology: a World History (Oxford University Press, 2010) offers students of history a comparative and global approach to thinking about the role of technology in the development of human communities.  This is a slim book – 179 pages that are jam packed with details.  As a read more »

The Middle Ground Journal, a refereed journal of world history and global studies, is seeking qualified reviewers. Independent scholars, graduate students, K-12 teachers, and professors are warmly welcomed. For a list of the available books please visit: http://faculty.css.edu/hliang/Middle%20Ground%20Journal.html The reviews are due twelve weeks after the receipt of the book. read more »

Review of Cambodian American Experiences: Histories, Communities, Cultures, and Identities.  Edited by Jonathan H.X. Lee.  Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2010.  484 pages including text and annotated videography; accompanied with a Study Guide, 136 pages.  Cambodian Americans are dark, dirty, poor, pitiful, hopeless, and helpless victims of the Khmer Rouge read more »

March 06, 2012 The William and Edwyna Gilbert Award Award for Articles on History Teaching The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the expansion of the William Gilbert Award   for the Best Article on History Teaching. Starting this year, the award will be conferred annually and the winning read more »