New England Regional World History Association
Panels, Keynotes, Conferences, and Symposia
A key mission of NERWHA has always been to bring together high school and college-level teachers and scholars of world history to discuss issues of content and pedagogy. To that end NERWHA has sponsored many conference panels, electronic conferences, and symposia. Archived materials for many of these presentations can be accessed at the NERWHA website.
April 23, 1994
NERWHA-sponsored panel at NEHA “Conceptualizing World History,” chaired by Patrick Manning with presentations by William McNeill, Haines Brown, Andre Gunder Frank, and Theodore H. Von Laue.
October 22, 1994
NERWHA-sponsored panel at NEHA “Southernization as a Framework in Early World History,” chaired by Gerald Herman with presentations by John Voll, David Northrup, and Lynda Shaffer.
March 31-April 6, 1997
Electronic Conference: “The West and Western Civilization in World History: Definition and Interpretation,” featuring presentations by Peter Stearns, Tara Sethia, and Jacquelyn Kent.
September 20, 1997
Fall Conference: “World History Symposium,” Keene State University, Keene, New Hampshire.
Keynote Speaker: Ross Dunn, San Diego State University and co-author of the “History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past.”
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February 14-21, 1998
Electronic Conference: “Technology in World History,” featuring presentations by Peter Perdue, William Storey, and Helen Wheatley.
September 26, 1998
Fall Conference: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Keynote Speaker: Pamela Crossley, Dartmouth College and author of many books on world history.
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September 18, 1999
Fall Conference: “Geography and World History,” Mass College of Liberal Arts.
Keynote Speaker: Vernon Domingo, Bridgewater State College and the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance.
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March 28-April 4, 2001
Electronic Conference: “Religions in World History: Interactions and Connections,” featuring presentations by Xinru Liu, Al Andrea, and Michael Weber.
April 16-18, 2004
Keynote and Panel: NERWHA and NEASA sponsor the conference “Global New England: The Meaning of Region in the Nation and the World.” The keynote address was delivered by Maggie Favretti, and presentations were made by David Kalivas and Bill Mierse.
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March 16, 2005
NERWHA panel at NERC “The U.S. Civil War in Global Perspective” with presentations by Jeremy Greene, Maggie Favretti, Dane Morrison, and Al Andrea.
March 15, 2006
NERWHA panel at NERC entitled “Women’s Suffrage in Global Perspective, ” chaired by David Burzillo, with presentations by Jeremy Greene, Bonnie Anderson, Barbara Petzen, Donald Johnson.
October 17, 2009
NERWHA panel at NEHA entitled “Roundtable on World History,” chaired by Alfred Andrea, and featuring presentations by Holly-Lynn Busier, Dane Morrison, Anthony Penna, and Malcolm Purinton.
April 9, 2011
NERWHA Colloquium: “Re-imagining NERWHA,” Salem State University.
Keynote: David Northrup, Boston College: “Teaching Cultural Globalization.”
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April 16, 2011
NERWHA panel at NEHA entitled “Teaching China in World History,” featuring Al Andrea, Roland Higgins, and Dane Morrison.
November 5, 2011
Fall Symposium: “Braided Narratives: Integrating Research and Teaching in World History,” Salem State University.
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April 28, 2012
Spring Symposium: “Braided Narratives II: Integrating Research and Teaching in World History,” Salem State University.
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September 22, 2012
Fall Symposium: “Integrating Research and Teaching: Africa in World History,” African Studies Center, Boston University.
Keynote Speaker: Trevor Getz, San Francisco State University, co-author of Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History (2012).
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March 2, 2013
Spring Symposium: “Connecting the Local and the Global: A Symposium for Researchers, Teachers, and Practitioners of World History,” Salem State University.
Keynote Speaker: Howard Spodek, Temple University and author of The World’s History and Ahmedabad: Shock City of Twentieth-century India.
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October 26, 2013
Fall Symposium: “The Hispanic Americas in World History,” University of Vermont.
Keynote Speaker: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and author of many influential books on a wide variety of topics relating to world history.
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April 5, 2014
Spring Symposium: “Maritime Civilizations in World History,” Southern Maine Community College.
Keynote Speaker: Lincoln Paine, author of the forthcoming book, “The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World.”
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October 25, 2014
Fall Symposium: “Industrialization and World History,” Middlesex Community College and UMass- Lowell.
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March 28, 2015
Spring Symposium: “World History via the Northeastern Passage, Northeastern University: A Symposium in Honor of Patrick Manning’s Contributions at Northeastern University to the Field of World History.”
Keynote Speaker: Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh and author of many books on world history.
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October 9 – 10, 2015
Fall Symposium: “Genocide in World History, “ Bryant University.
Keynote Speaker: Chris Dodd, former United States Senator from the state of Connecticut.
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April 2, 2016
Spring Symposium: “Race and Racism: Challenges for World History Teaching and Research,” The Rivers School.
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September 24, 2016
Fall Symposium: “Navigation, Travel, and Exploration in World History,” Salem Academy Charter School.
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Spring 2017
No spring symposium was held because of the WHA Annual Conference at Northeastern.
November 4, 2017
Fall Symposium: “Tolerance and Intolerance in World History,” Salem State University
Keynote Address: Bethany Jay, Salem State University, “Understanding and Teaching Slavery: The Classroom as a Venue to Teach about Racial Tolerance”
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April 21, 2018
Spring Symposium: “Architectural History and Maritime History: Exploring New Digital Tools for World Historians and Their Students,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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November 3, 2018
Fall Symposium: “Cities in World History,” Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
Keynote Address: David Carrasco, Harvard University, “City of the Crossroads: Tenochtitlan/Mexico City”
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March 23, 2019
Spring Symposium: “Religion in World History,” Boston College High School
Keynote Address: Francis X. Clooney, Harvard Divinity School, “The Jesuit Encounter with Hinduism: Many Lights, Some Darkness”
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Spring 2020
The planned spring symposium was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 19-23, 2021
Electronic Conference: “Holy War in World History,” featuring presentations by Alfred Andrea, David Kalivas, and David Northrup, and commentaries by Heather Streets-Salter, Violetta Ravagnoli, and Charles Weller.
September 17, 2022
Hybrid Symposium: “Empires in World History,” Northeastern University
Keynote Address: Heather Streets-Salter, Northeastern University, “Empire, Anti-Colonialism, and Communism)”.
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September 17, 2022
Fall Symposium: “Ships and Seafarers in World History,” Northeast Maritime Institute
Keynote Address: Timothy Walker, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, “”Assessing Historic Changes to Weather over Global Oceans Using Age-of-Sail Logbooks from Yankee Whalers and the Portuguese Navy (c. 1760-1920).”
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