ANNOUNCING H-Empire: H-Net Network for Empire and Imperialism Studies

Member of: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online

ABOUT H-Empire
H-Empire seeks to bring together scholars and others interested in
sharing
resources, research and questions concerning the origin, development,
working and decline of empires, rather broadly defined across academic
disciplines and professional interests, chronological time periods, and
geographical regions. Topics could range from the politics of the
early-modern Ottoman Empire to the literature of nineteenth-century
British Inida, from questions of theory concerning postcolonialism to
questions of economics concerning land taxes. What links those is the
relevance of empire as an idea, structure, set of relationships, and
practice, as well as a contested ideological terrain, which raises newer
questions about representation and contestation, discontinuities as much
as continuities. The intended audience would include students, academics,
authors, and others interested in how empires rise, work and fall, as
well
as how they influence larger questions about culture, society, economics
and politics. Some of those questions and influences might be
contemporary, others might not be. What might help distinguish this
network is its 'imperial' grasp across chronological, geographical, and
disciplinary borders in an effort to develop a broader and deeper
'global'
and 'comparative' conversation about imperialism, colonialism, and
empire.
H-Empire services would include general dialogue, sharing of references,
syllabi, and other materials, reviewing of relevant books, journals and
films, and, perhaps, the holding of a 'virtual' conference on 'Empire.'

Like all H-Net lists, H-Empire is moderated to edit out material
that, in the editors' opinion, is not germane to the list, involves
technical matters (such as subscription management requests), is
inflammatory, or violates evolving, yet common, standards of Internet
etiquette. H-Net's procedure for resolving disputes over list editorial
practices is Article II, Section 2.20 of our bylaws, located at:

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H-Empire is currently edited by Peter Hoffenberg, History Department,
University of Hawaii, Manoa and Nadeem Tarar, National College of Arts,
Lahore.

Logs and more information can also be located at:

http://www.h-net.org/~empire

Check out the "resources" page at:
http://www.h-net.org/~empire/resources.html
for
Leading Organizations in the Field
Leading Journals in the Field
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