Global History Online
Seminars
2026
Global History Seminar No.143
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 15th October, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: 509, 5F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Professor Jon Wilson (Nanyang Technological University)
"Out of Chaos. Rethinking the emergence of the postwar world of nation states"
Global History Seminar No.142
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 16th July, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: 509, 5F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Professor Claude Hauser (University of Fribourg)
"Global history viewed from a Swiss perspective: environmental issues and cultural exchanges"
Global History Seminar No.141
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 4th June, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: e-Commons, 1F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Professor Dr Marinus Teodorus Maria (Rien) SEGERS (University of Groningen)
“FROM A REMOTE ISLAND TO A CENTRAL HUB IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: The Economic History of Modern Taiwan”
Global History Seminar No.140
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 7th May, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: 607 Seminar room, 6F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Professor Janet Hunter(London School of Economics and Political Science)
"Business Ethics and National Reputation: Industrialising Japan in Global Context.”
Global History Seminar No.139
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 30th April, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: 607 Seminar room, 6F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Professor Tomoko HASHINO (Kobe University / the University of Osaka)
"Were Family Workshops Replaced by Factories with Mechanization?: The Case of a Silk Weaving District in Early Twentieth-Century Japan"
Global History Seminar No.138
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 5th March, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: e-Commons, 1F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Gerold Krozewsky (OTRI, Osaka University)
"East African seamen, colonialism, and globalizing steamship labour, 1890s to 1940s"
Global History Seminar No.137
(Hybrid)
Date: Thursday 5th February, 17:00-18:30 (JST)
(Co-Organize by Economic and Business History Workshop, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
In person: 607 Seminar room, 6F Law/Econ Research Building, Toyonaka Campus,Osaka University
Lung-Pao Tsai (National Taipei University)
"Industry–Government Collaboration and Modern East Asian Economic History: Evidence from Civil Engineering and Transportation Projects"