Professorship

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The Professorship for History of the Modern World deals with the historical analysis of different forms of global interdependencies that have increasingly shaped the world since the 18th century. The implications of (post)colonial transnational relationships in the development of Europe, North-America and the Global South are examined in this context. The role of scientific experts, disciplines and institutions, and transcultural knowledge in colonial and postcolonial constellations are of particular interest. The history of processes of globalisation is combined with expertise in different extra-European regions in the work done within this group.

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The Professorship is part of the ETH's Institute of History and of History within the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Science. It contributes to the MA programme History and Philosophy of Knowledge and to the BA in Public Policy. The Professorship for History of the Modern World is member of the Centre of History and Knowledge, jointly organised by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich.

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