ORGANIZERS:

Benjamin Z. Kedar, The Hebrew University of Israel
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

World history is a new subject for Israeli historians. A few years ago, The Hebrew University introduced the subject. Just a handful of Israeli faculty conduct research in this field. Hence the importance of the conference that will bring together leading world historians from abroad, alongside some Israelis, to discuss papers on a history of the world between 500CE and 1500CE that highlights cross-cultural communication and conquest and the accompanying growth of regional states, empires, and economic systems. 

The conference is dedicated to the memory of Professor S.N. Eisenstadt, who played a major role in its planning and in enlisting a number of key participants; it will be held under the joint auspices of the  Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

 

PARTICIPANTS:

Johann Arnason (Australia)
Michal Biran (Israel)
Charles Burnett (UK)
Jean-Claude Cheynet (France)
David Conrad (USA)
Richard von Glahn (USA)
Benjamin Z. Kedar (Israel)
Anatoly Khazanov (USA)
Sabine MacCormack (USA)
Diego Olstein (Israel)
Himanshu Prabha Ray (India)
Clifford J. Rogers (USA)
Miri Rubin (UK)
Richard Smith (USA)
Susan Stuard (USA)
Linda Walton (USA)
Merry Wiesner-Hanks (USA)
Björn Wittrock (Sweden)