Global and Imperial Relations
The world is a fast-paced, diverse, and progressively connected place. Problems are increasingly defined within a global framework, the distribution of power, wealth and knowledge is shifting, and with them the way we tell the history of the world, of our own societies and in (not so) faraway places. The fast and deep changes in global relations call for historical explanations.
Our multi-disciplinary group of researchers engage with the historical dynamics of global change. Our expertise is well-grounded in various world regions, in particular Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. We are strong in transnational and comparative approaches and connected histories. One of the main concerns of the group is to balance geographic and cultural perspectives in the history of the world over the past two centuries.
In particular, we are engaged with some of the major themes in history over the past two centuries:
- global governance
- human rights and interventions
- transitional justice and the legacies and memories of conflict
- dynamics and legacies of imperialisms and decolonisation
- ideological and intellectual contestations in world history
- postcolonial and decolonial epistemologies
Cluster members
- Colonial History, Military History, Transnational History, Violence, Terrorism and Political Violence, Civilian-Military Relations, Africa
- Security, Imperialism, History of International Relations, Middle East, European History, Political Ideology, Intervention
dr. Remco Raben
Email: r.raben@uu.nl- Cold War, History of International Relations, International Politics, Middle East, Political History 19th / 20th Century, European History
- War Crimes and Mass Violence, Accountability and Justice, Transitional Justice, Paramilitary Units, Perpetrator Studies
Associated members
- Colonial History, Terrorism and Political Violence, Theories of Violence, South East Asia, Comparative History
Cold War history | decolonisation | global diplomacy | foreign armed interventions | history of knowledge | international human rights | memory | new diplomatic history | international organisations (IOs) | security history | transitional justice | transimperial history | trauma | Euro-Middle Eastern relations | Asian and African postcolonial/decolonial histories