Research Meeting: Heidi Tworek
March 19, 2026, 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
The Global History of Anticolonial Thought Cluster presents a talk titled “Three Phases of Global History: Assessing the Field from a Journal Editor's Perspective” by Heidi Tworek. Dr. Tworek is a Canada Research Chair and Professor of History and Public Policy at the University of British Columbia. Her work spans between the past and present and bridges academia and public policy to tackle challenges around democracy, digital platforms, and global communication. Having a long list of scholarly publications in the form of articles, book chapters, and co-edited books, her recent award-winning monograph is News from Germany: The Competition to Control World Communications, 1900–1945 (Harvard University Press, 2019). Dr. Tworek is a co-editor of the Journal of Global History and an associate editor of Business History.
Title: “Three Phases of Global History: Assessing the Field from a Journal Editor's Perspective”
Abstract: As a co-editor of Journal of Global History (JGH) since 2019, I’ve seen from the inside how scholars themselves are defining and trying to practice global history. This presentation will suggest that a critical institutional perspective on global history more broadly can provide evidence of what global history ultimately has and has not become. While diverse early career scholars continue to embrace global history and publish successfully in the journal, for example, submissions and publications from scholars based around the whole world remain a challenge. As we consider key questions like how to globalize further the writing and practice of global history, an institutional perspective offers ways to understand the infrastructure of global history, its practitioners, and its themes.
