An international and interdisciplinary colloquium in memory of anthropologist Professor Sir Jack Goody jointly convened by the University of Notre Dame with St John’s College, University of Cambridge.

2-4 JULY 2017 | NOTRE DAME LONDON GLOBAL GATEWAY ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

Aziz Al-Azmeh Central European University

Maurizio Albahari University of Notre Dame

James Belich Balliol College, University of Oxford

Paolo Luca Bernardini University of Insubria

Francisco Bethencourt King’s College London

Philip Bobbitt Columbia University

Peter Burke University of Cambridge, Emeritus

David Christian Macquarie University

H. Floris Cohen Utrecht University

Felipe Fernández-Armesto University of Notre Dame

Jack Goldstone George Mason University

David Graeber London School of Economics

Chris Hann Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

Keith Hart University of Pretoria

Elisabeth Köll University of Notre Dame

John McNeill Georgetown University

Ian Morris Stanford University

Patrick O’Brien London School of Economics

Göran Therborn University of Cambridge, Emeritus

Julia Adeney Thomas University of Notre Dame

Kerry Ward Rice University

Merry Wiesner-Hanks University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

R. Bin Wong UCLA

Robert J.C. Young NYU Abu Dhabi

PANELISTS

LOCATIONS

For more information, please visit nanovic.nd.edu/eurocentrism.

Notre Dame London Global Gateway1-4 Suffolk Street, London, UK SW1Y 4HG

Phone +44 20 7484 7800

St John’s College, Divinity School, Lightfoot RoomSt John’s Street, Cambridge, UK CB2 1TP

Phone +44 (0)1223 338615

Sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies of the Keough School of Global Affairs, the Henkels Lecture Series from the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, and the Departments of History and Anthropology, College of Arts and Letters from the University of Notre Dame in collaboration with St John’s College, University of Cambridge.

Panels are open to the public.

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EUROCENTRISM: Retrospect and Prospects Public Schedule

Sunday, July 2 Format of the Panels

Each listed contributor will introduce the appointed topic, as he or she understands it, with brief remarks. We’ll then attempt to have a general discussion, provoked and stimulated, but not limited, by the introductory remarks. Our aim is to have a genuine conversation among all the conference participants, in which we follow each thread discretely, rather than having a formal q. and a. in which questions unrelated to one another are raised. So participants should speak to whatever matter is in hand, without taking turns or awaiting an invitation from a moderator: it should resemble a Quaker meeting in format, rather than a conventional academic colloquium. If there’s time we’ll invite questions from the public towards the end of each session.

08:30-10:30

PANEL 1 Origins, Ascent, and Institutionalization of Eurocentrism

• James Belich, Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Balliol College, University of Oxford

• Chris Hann, Director, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology • John McNeill, University Professor, Georgetown University

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall, 1-4 Suffolk Street, London, UK SW1Y 4HG

10:30 Break

11:00-13:00 (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.)

PANEL 2 The View from the West

• Maurizio Albahari, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame • Patrick O´Brien, Professor of Global Economic History, London School of Economics • Robert J. C. Young, Silver Professor, Dean of Arts and Humanities, NYU Abu Dhabi

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall

13:00 (1 p.m.)

Private lunch for conference participants.

14:00 – 15:30 (2 – 3:30 p.m.)

PANEL 3 The View from the East

• Aziz Al-Azmeh, University Professor of History, Central European University • Paolo Luca Bernardini, Professor of History, University of Insubria • Elisabeth Köll, Payden Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall

15:30 (3:30 p.m.)

Break

16:00 – 17:30 (4 – 5:30 p.m.)

PANEL 4 Eurocentrism: Critics and Critiques

• Francisco Bethencourt, Charles Boxer Professor of History, King´s College London • Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame • Kerry Ward, Associate Professor of History, Rice University

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall

17:30 (5:30 p.m.)

Adjournment

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Monday, July 3 08:30-10:00

PANEL 5 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Jack Goody’s Work

• Peter Burke, Emeritus Professor of Cultural History, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge

• Keith Hart, International Director, Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria • Göran Therborn, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Wolfson College, University of

Cambridge

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall 10:00 Break

10:30-12:00 PANEL 6 The Eurocentric Consensus?

• H. Floris Cohen, Professor by Special Appointment, Utrecht University • David Graeber, Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics

Location: Notre Dame London Global Gateway, Trafalgar Hall

12:00-17:30 (12 – 5:30 p.m.)

Private lunch in London for conference participants; private transportation to Cambridge for conference participants.

17:30-19:00 (5:30 – 7 p.m.)

PANEL 7 The Debate of the 1990s

• Jack Goldstone, Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University • Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Wisconsin

Milwaukee • R. Bin Wong, Distinguished Professor of History, UCLA

Location: St John’s College, Divinity School, Lightfoot Room, St John’s Street, Cambridge CB2 1TP

19:00 (7 p.m.)

Adjournment

Tuesday, July 4 8:30-10:30 PANEL 8:

Towards a New Consensus? “Big” and “Deep” History

• Philip Bobbitt, Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia University • David Christian, Professor of History and Director, Big History Institute, Macquarie

University • Ian Morris, Willard Professor of Classics, Stanford University • Julia Adeney Thomas, Associate Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

Location: St John’s College, Divinity School, Lightfoot Room

10:30 Farewell