Empire building has been a prominent thread in human history since ancient times. Even in the largely de-colonized modern world, legacies of 19th century imperialism continue to profoundly shape individual identity and international relations across the globe. The 2010 K-12 and community college educators joined international area scholars in a week-long exploration of the causes, tools, and legacies of imperialism in world history. A program of lectures, discussions and resource review considered histories of imperialism in Africa, Asia, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and Western Europe.
Presentation Summaries
Written by Timothy Doran
Art and Imperialism in the Ancient Near East, Marian Feldman
Roman Imperialism between Republic and Empire, Carlos Noreña
Islamic Empires before Imperialism, Malissa Taylor
Before Russia was the Great Big Bear: Reflections on the Russian Empire in the Early Modern World, Erika Monahan
Teaching about Imperialism, Joseph Lough
Scramble for Africa, Sarah Zimmerman
Imperialism in the Philippines, Catherine Ceniza Choy
India in the Indian Ocean Arena: Commerce, Colonialism, Cosmopolitanism, Thomas Metcalf
Imperial Art and Architecture in India, Joanna Williams
The Impact of Piracy on the Spanish Colonial Enterprise, Fabio López Lázaro
Manifest Destiny Revisited: the Mexican War(1846-1848) in the Global Context of 19th Century Imperialism, Alex Saragoza,
Imperial China – the Han, Michael Nylan
Annotated Bibliography
Appendix: on bureaucratic selection, Confucianism, and the examination system
Tang and Song China: Two Models of Empire, Nick Tackett
Fifty Years of Resistance - The Tibetan Struggle Against Imperialism and More, Tenzin N. Tethong
The Soviet Union: A Multiethnic Empire of Eurasia, Erik Scott
Humanitarian Aid, the Handmaiden to Empire? Lessons from Contemporary Iraq, Adrian McIntyre
Sport and the Legacies of Imperialism, Martha Saavedra