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The World History Association promotes scholarship and teaching of a global conceptualization of world history. Since its founding in 1982, the WHA has provided its membership of secondary, college and university faculty the best of current world history research and innovative teaching through two issues yearly of the award-winning Journal of World History and two issues of the Bulletin of World History. Members from the U.S. and 40 other countries have opportunities to confer with others at meetings four times a year. WHA convenes 10 regional meetings each fall; a national meeting in conjunction with the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in November and the American Historical Association (AHA) in January; and an international conference in June.
Since its founding the WHA has made an equal commitment to teaching and scholarship. This is reflected in its goals, in the composition of its membership, and in all aspects of the organization’s activities. Members come from every kind of educational institution and lead in all aspects of world history scholarship and teaching. For example, one member received the Erasmus Prize of the government of the Netherlands; another, the AHA Beveridge Family Teaching Prize; and a third was designated the NCSS Outstanding Teacher of the year in 1997. From the early 80’s WHA members have written the major textbooks in the field and provided the readings, lessons and analytical frameworks for this new approach. There is no major training program in world history that does not owe a debt to the WHA practically or conceptually.
This year the World History Association Teaching Network is pleased to announce its first annual prize for the best lesson based on an article from the award winning Journal of World History. Nearly a hundred articles have been published since its first issue in 1990. Abstracts of the articles are available at the University of Hawaii Press website http://www2.hawaii.edu/uhpress/journals/jwh/. Many of these articles provide readily usable content material for the classroom; others serve as a valuable source of inspiration. The WHA Teaching Network is committed to working across all grade levels to maintain a high level of current world history research in K-16+. Submissions from all grade levels are welcomed each year by April 1. The winning lesson will be published in the fall World History Bulletin; the author will be awarded the first world history teaching prize at the WHA annual June meeting. This year’s winner will be recognized at the WHA meeting in Victoria June 24-27, 1999. For the selection criteria and further information, contact Maggie Favretti at (favretti@pipeline.com) or telephone 914-721-2567.
The following articles from the Journal of World History illustrate how the scholarship in world history differs from national and regional histories. Beginning with a global perspective, world history scholarship transcends national borders, is often comparative, analyzes cross cultural exchange, or develops multiple perspectives. Many of these articles consider the conceptualization of world history which is an essential step in the development of a world history course. Without a workable conceptualization for selecting materials, world history teachers often find that there is too much to teach in too little time.
Articles from the Journal of World History
Vol.1, No.1, Spring 1990
William H. McNeill, “The Rise of the West After 25 Years,”
Vol.1, No.2, Fall 1990
Philip D. Curtin, “The Environment beyond Europe and the European Theory of Empire,”
Vol.3, No.2, Fall 1992
Frances Karttunen, “After the Conquest: The Survival of Indigenous Patterns of Life and Belief,”
Vol.5, No.1, Spring 1994
Lynda Shaffer, “Southernization,”
Vol.5, No.2, Fall 1994
David Christian, “Inner Eurasia as a Unit of World History,”
John Obert Voll, “Islam as a Special World-System,”
Ben Finney, “The Other One-Third of the Globe,”
Vol.6, No.2, Fall 1995
J.L. Anderson, “Piracy and World History: An Economic Perspective on Maritime Predation,
Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giraldez, “Born with a "Silver Spoon": The Origin of World Trade in 1571,
Vol.7, No.1, Spring 1996
Daniel R. Headrick, “Botany, Chemistry, and Tropical Development,”
Vol.8, No.1, Spring 1997
Peter N. Stearns, “Nationalisms: An Invitation to Comparative Analysis,”
Patrick Karl O’Brien, “Intercontinental Trade and the Development of the Third World since the Industrial Revolution,”
Vol.8, No.2, Fall 1997
Michiel Baud and Willem van Schendel, “Toward a Comparative History of Borderlands,”
Vol.9, No.1, Spring 1998
Jos Gommans, “The Silent Frontier of South Asia, c. A.D. 1100-1800,”
Katharine Bjork, “The Link That Kept the Philippines Spanish: Mexican Merchant Interests and the Manila Trade,” 1571-1815,
Vol.9, No.2, Fall 1998
David Northrup, “Vasco da Gama and Africa: An Era of Mutual Discovery1497-1800,
William H. McNeill, “World History and the Rise and Fall of the West,”
Jerry Bentley, “Hemispheric Integration, 500-1500 C.E.,
World History Association
Regional News and Meetings For 1999
Australasia
Greg Melleuish
History and Politics Program
University of Wollongong
NSW, 2522
Australia
e-mail: Gregory_Melleuish@uow.edu.au
Please see the fall issue for meeting information from our new regional association.
Canada and U.S. Northwest
Dwight Gibb
2123 NW 201st St.
Seattle, WA 98177
phone: 206-546-1864
fax: 206-368-3608
e-mail: dwight_gibb@lakeside.sea.wa.us
Meeting: “Colonialism, Its Impact and Legacies” in conjunction with the 8th annual international meeting of the WHA in Victoria, June 24-27, 1999. Key note speakers are Li Bozhong, Thomas Metcalf, and Margaret Strobel. Contact Greg Blue, University of Victoria, Department of History (blueg@uvic.ca).
Europe
Carol Adamson
c/o The International School of Stockholm
Johannesgatan 18
S-111 38 Stockholm
Sweden
phone: 46-8-412-4000
fax: 46-8-412-4001
e-mail: c.adamson@intsch.se
Meeting: In conjunction with the International Committee of Historical Sciences in Oslo, August 6-13, 2000.
U.S. California
David R. Smith
History Department
Cal-Poly Pomona
3801 W. Temple Avenue
Pamona, CA 91768
phone: 909-869-3874
fax: 909-869-4724
e-mail: Drsmith2@csupomonoa.edu
Meeting: In conjunction with the spring meeting of the California State Council of Social Studies, March 3-5, 2000.
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
Jon E. Iannitti
Social Science/History Dept.
SUNY, Morrisville College
Morrisville, NY 13408
phone: 315-684-6208
fax: 315-684-6116
e-mail: iannitje@morrisville.edu
Meeting: “World/Comparative History Research and Teaching”, SUNY at Fredonia, October 1-2, 1999. Contact Program Chair Jacky Swansinger, Fredonia Department of History (swansinger@ait.fredonia.edu)
U.S. New England
David Burzillo
The Rivers School of Weston
333 Winter Street
Weston, MA 02493
phone: 781-235-9300, ext 420
fax: 781-239-3614
email: d.burzillo@rivers.org
Meetings: September, contact David Burzillo (above); Spring 2000: “A Research Agenda for World History” in conjunction with the 9th annual international meeting of the WHA in Boston, June 25-26, 2000. Teaching Institute: “New Research and Teaching World History” June 25-26, 2000. Contact Pat Manning, WHA Conference Chair, Director of the World History Center (manning@neu.edu); Adam McKeown, Conference Program Chair, Northeastern University History Department (amckeown@lynx.dac.neu.edu); or Deborah Smith Johnston, Teaching Institute Program Chair (dsjohnst@lynx.dac.neu.edu)
U.S. Ohio
Simone Arias
Cleveland State University
Special Instruction Programs
24th at Euclid
Cleveland, OH 44115
phone: 216-687-5426
fax: 216-687-5379
e-mail: s.arias@popmail.csuohio.edu
Meeting: "World History in Film" Miami of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio, October 16. Contact Judith Zinsser (zinssejp@muohio.edu) and David Fahey (faheydm@muohio.edu) in the Miami University, History Department.
U.S. Rocky Mountain
Beatrice Spade
Department of History
University of Southern Colorado
3801 W. Temple Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81001-4901
phone: 719-549-2417
fax: 719-549-2705
e-mail: Spade@meteor.uscolo.edu
Meeting: "Rethinking the Teaching of History and Social Studies in Colorado: Forging New Connections Between K-12 Teachers and College and University Educators." Keynote speakers are Bob Bain and Heidi Roupp. September 24-25, Colorado College in Colorado Springs. Contact Mark Johnson, History Department Colorado College (msjohnson@ColoradoCollege.edu).
U.S. Southeast
Alan LeBaron
Department of History
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road
Kennesaw, GA
phone: 770-423-6589
fax: 770-423-6432
e-mail: alebaron@ksumail.kenneesaw.edu
Meeting: "Revolutions, 1949-1999." Keynote speaker is Joe Miller, former President of the American Historical Association. The meeting will be held at the Linden Row Inn (an historic hotel in the historic district) Richmond VA, October 14 - 17. Contact Mike Richards, Program Chair, Sweet Briar History Department (richards@sbc.edu) or 804-381-6174. Raymond Hylton is making the local arrangements and George Pruden will direct the teacher’s workshop.
U.S. Texas
David W. Hendon
Department of History
Baylor University
Box. 97306
Waco, TX 76798
phone: 254-710-4620
fax: 254-710-2551
e-mail: David_Hendon@BAYLOR.EDU
Meetings: October: "Teaching Biography in History" University of North Texas at Denton. Contact Bullitt Lowry, North Texas Department of History (blowry@unt.edu). February 11-12, 2000: "World 2000: Teaching World History and World Geography," University of Texas at Austin. At meeting, the History Association of Texas will honor William H. McNeill, Philip D. Curtin, and Alfred W. Crosby as "Giants of World History." Their careers will be assessed respectively by Immanuel Wallerstein, Patrick Manning, and Jerry Bentley. The honorees will respond. Other keynote speakers will be Harm deBlij, Geographer, and Herman Viola, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian.. Contact Conference Chair, Phil White, University of Texas History Department (philwhite@mail.utexas.edu or visit (http://www.dla.utexas.edu/world2000/).
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H-World
To subscribe to the WHA list serve affiliate H-World, set your web browser to the H-Net website, at (http://h-net.msu.edu). Click on "discussion lists," and you will be directed to fill out a subscription form. After submitting this form, you will receive a membership form. On replying with information on the membership form, you will automatically be subscribed to H-World. The service is free. The Co-editors are Whitney Howarth, world history doctoral candidate at Northeastern University; Patrick Manning, Director of the World History Center at Northeastern University; and Kenneth Pomeranz, Department of History at University of California, Irvine. To submit postings, send them to (H-WORLD@h-net.msu.edu).
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Fred Czarra is the Consultant for International Education and Specialist in Social Studies and Interdisciplinary Learning for the state superintendents of schools and state education agencies in the US at the Council of Chief State School Officers in Washington, DC. He is a former Executive Editor of The Social Studies.
Heidi Roupp is President of the World History Association and a former high school world history teacher from Aspen, Colorado.
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