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SUMMARY:The Imaginaries We Were Born Into (Global Imaginaries through the 
 Ages) - Speaker to be confirmed
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CONTACT:Samantha Peel
DESCRIPTION:The Global Imaginaries through the Ages reading group is a col
 lective endeavour to investigate\, interpret\, and discuss imaginaries of 
 the global in different sites and especially in different times. We will c
 hronologically go through eight periods of human history\, from the ‘fir
 st societies’ of the ‘Neolithic agricultural revolution’ to the ‘C
 lassics’\, ‘Middle Ages\,’ and ‘Modernity’.\n\nThe question in f
 ocus will be how collectives and individuals in these respective periods o
 f history have conceived themselves in\, and in relation to\, the world. W
 hat was their imaginary of the global? When – if ever – have subjects 
 started to conceive of themselves as global\, or part of a global? We will
  discuss how useful it is to speak of a global imaginary and the extent to
  which this concept must be tied to a specific temporality. Furthermore\, 
 we will reflect on our own outlooks to the world and try to historicise ou
 r respective understanding(s) of globality\, both as a mode of subjectific
 ation and as a historical tool: how can we study historical subjects in th
 eir relation to and understanding of ‘the global’ without projecting o
 ur geographical and temporal understandings of globality onto the material
 ? In order to stimulate these discussions\, the reading group will draw on
  a range of texts that not only span millennia but also focus on different
  aspects of ‘globality’\, both material and ideational: agricultural l
 abour\, knowledge production\, migration\, empire\, trade\, and the diffus
 ion of ideologies and worldviews.\n\nThis reading group is convened by Fel
 ix Anderl. If you have any queries about the events or reading\, please do
 n’t hesitate to email. Find contact details via: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/ev
 ents/28589\n\n\nLent Term - 24 February 2020:\n\nOliver Leslie Resier and 
 Blodwen Davies\, Planetary Democracy: An Introduction to Scientific Humani
 sm and Applied Semantics (New York: Creative Age Press\, 1944).\n\nQuinn S
 lobodian\, The Globalists. The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalis
 m (Cambridge\, MA: Harvard University Press\, 2018).\n\nJames N Rosenau\, 
 The Study of Global Interdependence: Essays on Transnationalization of Wor
 ld Affairs (London: Pinter Publications\, 1980).\n\n\ngloknos is initially
  funded for 5 years by the European Research Council through a Consolidato
 r Grant awarded to Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya for her project ARTEFACT (2017-2
 022). ARTEFACT is funded by the European Research Council under the Europe
 an Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 
 (ERC grant agreement no. 724451). For information about gloknos or ARTEFAC
 T please contact the administrator in the first instance.
LOCATION:CRASSH Meeting Room\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cam
 bridge\, CB3 9DT
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