Singapore 2023
The Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies held its first World Congress on “Comparative Empire: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, 1750-1914" in parallel with the International Society for Cultural History’s annual conference on “Cultural Histories of Empire.” More than 240 delegates from 35 countries and 6 continents gathered in Singapore, 19 to 22 June 2023, to share their work and learn from one another
Special Events
Creative writing workshop for Cultural Historians
Cultural activities
Walking tour of Fort Canning and surrounds
Big Ideas and Pedagogy Sessions
Big Ideas Session: Treaty Portals: Global Nineteenth Century Trans-Imperialisms and the Urban Humanities
Big Ideas Session: Colonial Exploitation and Global Entrepreneurial Cultures
Big Ideas Session: Empire and Littoral Space in the Nineteenth Century
Pedagogy Session: Deposing the Queen: Replacing Victorian Studies with an Introduction to Revolution, Evolution, and the Global Nineteenth-Century Studies at Vassar College
Gala dinner
A Cultural History of the British Empire
Author John M. MACKENZIE (Lancaster University) in conversation with Berny SÈBE (University of Birmingham, UK)