FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008
Session A: Friday, 9:00–10:30 a.m

Panel A1: The Enlightenment in Global Context, Discussants: Lisa Jardine, Leonard Blussé, Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Panel A2: World/Global History in China, Chair: Alfred J. Andrea, University of Vermont; Discussant: Jerry Bentley, University of Hawai‘i

Panel A3: Roundtable: Auto/Biography and World History, Chair: Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London

Panel A4: Currency, Banking, and Trade, Chair: Louise Guenther, San Francisco State University

Panel A5: Globalizing the Sacred, Chair: Luigi Cajani, Università "La Sapienza"

Panel A6: Dynamism in Global Connections: Cross-Societal Connections and Influences, Chair: Kenneth R. Hall, Ball State University

Panel A7: Cities and Seas: Issues in Teaching World History, Chair: James Onley, University of Exeter

Panel A8: People on the Seas: Multiple Roles and Identities, Chair: Jeremy Neill, Menlo College

Panel A9: Culinary Exchange: The Melting in the Pots of Mexico, Europe, and America, Chair/Discussant: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Tufts University

Session B: Friday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m
Panel B1: The Mongol Empires: Conquest and Consequences, Chair: Ross E. Dunn, San Diego State University

Panel B2: Roundtable: Teaching and Assessing Historical Critical Thinking Skills in World History, Chair: Despina O. Danos, Educational Testing Service

Panel B3: Gender, Morality, and Citizenship in the City: London & Los Angeles in the 18th and 20th Centuries, Chair / Discussant: Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London

Panel B4: Workshop: Ibn Battuta and the Urban Centers of the 14th Century

Panel B5: World Systems of Ideas and Beliefs, Chair: Kathy Callahan, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Panel B6: Using Micro-History to Understand World History, Chair: Oscar J. Martinez, University of Arizona

Panel B7: Salem as a Global City, Chair / Discussant: Alfred J. Andrea, University of Vermont

Panel B8: Crossing Lines: Transcending Chronological and National Boundaries in the High School and College Classroom, Chair: Tom Sanders, U.S. Naval Academy

Panel B9: Architecture, its Meaning and Symbolism in World History, Chair: Lauren Arnold, Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, University of San Francisco

Lunch: Friday, 12:30–2:00 p.m.

Felipe Fernández-Armesto book signing: Friday, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Session C: Friday, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Panel C1: Empires with an Ocean View: Ocean Basins, Sea-Lanes, and Imperial Power in Modern World History, Chair: Jerry Bentley, University of Hawai‘i

Panel C2: Expanding Inclusion in World History and Global Systems, Chair: Annette Palmer, Morgan State University

Panel C3: Pepper, Petroleum, and Pillaging: Teaching 500 Years of Maritime History, Chair: Pieter de Klerk, North-West University, South Africa

Panel C4: Pluralism in World History, Chair: Alan Kramer, Brooklyn Children’s Center, New York

Panel C5: Crossroads and Corridors, Chair: Martin Hewson, Campion College, University of Regina, Canada

Panel C6: Global Cities: Tangier, Kiev, and Macau, Chair: Eric A. Strahorn, Florida Gulf Coast University

Panel C7: Global Cities and the British Empire, Chair: Maura Abrahamson, Morton College, Illinois

Panel C8: Signs of Change: Resistance, Assimilation, and Social Change, Chair: Stephanie C. Stephens, Latin School of Chicago

Panel C9: New Perspectives in World History, Chair: Ed Shelor, Georgia Military College

Panel C10: Seas, Waterways, and National Political and Economic Development, Chair: Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh

First Featured Keynote Presentation: Friday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Prof. Leonard Blussé, Leiden University: “Global Cities: Did they Exist in Early Modern Times?”

JUNE 28, Saturday
Session D: Saturday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Panel D1: Roundtable: The Teaching of World History at United States Military Academies, Chair: John McNeill, Georgetown University

Panel D2: Global Cities and Medieval Identities: Cairo, Jerusalem, and London, Chair: David Blanks, The American University in Cairo

Panel D3: The Sea as Agency and Metaphor for Social Transformations in Asia and Africa, Chair: Craig Lockard, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Panel D4: Making Objects Speak: The Use of Audio Technology in the Teaching of World History, Chair: Greg (Fritz) Umbach, John Jay College, New York

Panel D5: The Renaissance in Global Context, Chair/Discussant: Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary College, University of London

Panel D6: Forging Connections: Individual and Corporate Entities in the Global World, Chair: Grace Ai-Ling Chou, Lingnan University

Panel D7: The Seas and the Development of Global Perspectives, Chair: Brian Kangas, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Panel D8: Gender and Encounter in Imperial Cities, Chair: Heather Streets, Washington State University

Panel D9: Creating and Teaching the New Michigan World History and Geography High School Content Expectations, Chair: Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University, Michigan

Session E: Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel E1: Comparing Port Cities in Atlantic and World History, Chair & Discussant: Kevin Reilly, Raritan Valley Community College, New Jersey

Panel E2: Preparing Teachers of World History: Meeting the World History's Most Pressing Educational Challenge, Chair: Bob Bain, University of Michigan

Panel E3: Globalizing Cities in Asia: The Past in the Present, Chair: Maxine Berg, University of Warwick

Panel E4: Bridging the Millennial Divide: Digital Learning Strategies in the World History Classroom, Chair & Discussant: Anthony Snyder, Brookdale Community College

Panel E5: The Dynamics of Small Cities and Cities on the Edge in Global History, Chair: Dane Morrison, Salem State College

Panel E6: Christianity in the Emerging Global System, Chair: David Christian, San Diego State University

Panel E7: Wartime and Conflict in Trade Centers of the China Seas, Chair: Douglas Streusand, Marine Corps Command & Staff College

Panel E8: Africa in World History; World History in Africa, Chair: Erik Gilbert, Arkansas State University

Panel E9: Fantasy, Fun, and Virtual Reality in World History, Chair: Laura Wangerin, Latin School of Chicago

Lunchtime Discussion Session:
Religion and World History Group, Saturday, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

WHA Business Meeting: Saturday, 2:00–2:45 p.m.

Session F: Saturday, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Panel F1: New Directions in the Historiography of World History, Chair & Discussant: Jerry Bentley, University of Hawai‘i

Panel F2: The Karkoram Highway: Destined for Change, Chair: Douglas Streusand, Marine Corps Command & Staff College

Panel F3: Cape Town Cultural Cross-Currents, Chair: Kerry Ward, Rice University

Panel F4: Economic Centers and the Periphery: Guangzhou, London and Venice, Chair: Despina Danos, Educational Testing Service

Panel F5: Criminals and Criminal Justice in the World, Chair: Sue Gronewold, Kean University, New Jersey

Panel F6: Theories and Dynamics of Global Cities: Bombay, Surat, and Minneapolis, Chair: Lincoln Paine, Leiden University

Panel F7: Perceptions and Depictions: New Lands, Chair: Kerri Inglis, University of Hawai‘i, Hilo

Panel F8: Forging Global Connections: The Flow of Culture, Commodities and Power, Chair: Frank Zelko, University of Vermont

Panel F9: Urban Growth: Development and Impediments, Chair: Stephanie Anne Boyle, Northeastern University

Second Featured Keynote Presentation: Saturday, 5:30–6:15 p.m.:
Prof. Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Tufts University: “The Sea and the World”

Session G: Sunday, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Panel G1: Local Medical Concerns and World History, Chair: Marc Gilbert, Hawai‘i Pacific University

Panel G2: Taking to the Seas: Three Societies, Chair: Andreas Exenberger, Innsbruck University

Panel G3: Societies in the Currents of World History, Chair: Rick Warner, Wabash College

Panel G4: Perspectives on Families in World History, Chair: Samina Sultana, Jagannath University

Panel G5: World History through Atlantic Port Cities, Chair: Barbara Traver, Washington State University

Panel G6: Seafarers and Innovators as Agents of Change, Chair: Erik Gilbert, Arkansas State University

Session H: Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel H1: Roundtable: Global Cities: Power and Creativity, Chair: Stephanie C. Stephens, Latin School of Chicago

Panel H2: Global Cities: Cairo, Vladivostok, and Baghdad, Chair: David Blanks, The American University in Cairo

Panel H3: Roundtable: Rivers of Change and Oceans of Controversy: Changing World History Curriculum in the Secondary School

Panel H4: Globalization and its Discontents: Frictions in Globalizing Societies, Chair: Charles Desnoyers, LaSalle University, Philadelphia

Panel H5: The Seas, National Perceptions, and Globalization, Chair: Frank Zelko, University of Vermont

Panel H6: Legends and Writing in World History, Chair: Tom Sanders, U.S. Naval Academy

Panel H7: Aesthetics and the City: Museums, Expositions, and Beauty, Chair: Laura Mitchell, University of California, Irvine