New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA)

02/21/2025

We are delighted to announce a Zoom Panel Session on "Christian, Jewish, Islamic & Secular Law in American & International History" on Thurs, Feb 27 (12:30 Pacific / 3:30 Eastern).

This panel addresses a new book by Charles Weller on Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Secular-Democratic Legal-Ethical Traditions in the Forging of Religious-National Identities, Politics, Human Rights & Interreligious Relations in the Western, Jewish, Islamic and International Worlds.

Panelists include Deina Abdelkader (University of Massachusetts), David Novak (University of Toronto), Peter N. Stearns (George Mason University), R. Charles Weller (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Washington State University). MC’d by Dr. Heather Salter & Dr. David Kalivas. Sponsored by: The World History Association (WHA) & the New England World History Workshop (NEWHW), formerly NERWHA. Please note, the New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA) recently changed its name to the New England World History Workshop (NEWHW).

The registration link is included in the attached flyers: https://wsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/NL4vJeFORAOjAhl3A050fg

Best wishes,
Heather Salter and David Kalivas
New England World History Workshop

This panel addresses Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Secular-Democratic Legal-Ethical Traditions in the Forging of Religious-National Identities, Politics, Human Rights & Interreligious Relations in the Western, Jewish, Islamic and International Worlds. Panelists include: Deina Abdelkader (University...

12/21/2023

Very interested in getting folks to put in world history proposals for NCSS next year. WHA is headquartered in Boston, and in the last two years of attending, I am finding very few world history representation, but a real desire for them!

Please reach out if you are interested and let’s see if we can get collaborations together and get them accepted!

📣 The Call for Proposals is now open for the 104th NCSS Annual Conference!

➡️ Submit a proposal or become a proposal reviewer today: https://hubs.li/Q02dtKqH0

10/23/2023

Our Fall Symposium is this weekend! Please register here:

http://www.nerwha.org/nerwha-2023-fall-symposium/

08/16/2023

Register for the Fall Symposium "Ships and Seafarers in World History" held in New Bedford on Sat. Sept 28, 2023 at nerwha.org

Here is the tentative program so far:http://www.nerwha.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SymProg16June.pdf

CFP is still open until Aug. 31:http://www.nerwha.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/NERWHAFall2023CFP.pdf

Hope to see you there! It promises to be a rich day of learning and dialogue.

06/06/2023

Save the date for NERWHA's Fall Symposium! October 28, 2023, in New Bedford, MA:

Ships and Seafarers in World History
A symposium co-sponsored by the New England Regional World History Association and Tall Ships America and hosted by the Northeast Maritime Institute, Fairhaven, MA

http://www.nerwha.org/nerwha-2023-fall-symposium/ #:~:text=NERWHA%20will%20hold%20a%20one,keynote%20speaker%20will%20follow%20shortly.

05/11/2023

The New England World History Association ([nerwha.org/](http://nerwha.org/?fbclid=IwAR2VGmve4VKd9KpowCz00MmEJEHZO-M95dYb9SlvBwgtCn3xnhaHTGY13QU)) is holding their Fall Symposium on Saturday, 10/28/23 in Fairhaven, MA, geographically part of the Narragansett Bay Watershed, hugging New Bedford harbor & across the water from this historic Whaling port & home to Moby Dick. The topic "Ships & Seafarers in World History" fits perfectly. The Call for Participants is open now thru 8/31/23. Direct inquiries to [email protected].

The New England Regional World History Association (NERWHA), an independent affiliate of the international World History Association (WHA), exists to advance scholarship, teaching, and the public understanding of world history throughout New England. NERWHA supports and works to advance scholarship....

03/30/2023

Baobab XVI (part II of a series on 'Divisive Concepts') has been moved to Monday, April 10 in the pm (details below). This 1.5 hour interactive, take action session features 4 experts with the final hour being a discussion about building guidelines for a model curriculum. No need to have attended part I to attend this session. All high school teachers and WHA members register free of charge. Registration here: https://bit.ly/baobab16.

03/17/2023

Hope to see a good NERWHA contingent this year! Take advantage of these free local tours if you come to Pittsburgh!

Do you enjoy digging deep into local history with a global story? Yes, so do we. For this year's Pittsburgh ENERGIES Conf choose from different local tours; the first 3 require registration (Heinz History Ctr, Carrie Blast Furnace & Maxo Vanko Murals).
For Heinz, conference speakers must register by 4/1/23 (No kidding!) to avoid conflict with their session.

Don't worry about the pricetag, it's complimentary thanks to our co-sponsor University of Pittsburgh's World History Center & other departments. Registration link under the tours tab: https://www.thewha.org/conferences/2023-energies/.

Pictured below: Maxo Vanka Murals

02/04/2023

George Mason University Press announces the Winter 2023 issue (Vol. 20 No. 1) of World History Connected (https://journals.gmu.edu/whc). It is the second produced by the Press, but also marks the journal’s 20th anniversary of its effort to support and disseminate globally both archivally based research and the scholarship of teaching in the field of world history.
This issue might be most interesting to teachers since the focus is on Standards in World History that explore models and challenges that different states have faced over the past few years. Here's the introductory article from the guest editor, Prof. Stephen Jackson, of University of Sioux Falls. https://journals.gmu.edu/index.php/whc/article/view/3530
Additionally, there is a spotlight on Deborah Johnston and her career as a world history teacher, a recent recipient of WHA's Pioneer in World History. As someone who has been trained and mentored by Deb over the years, you can easily understand why I call her the "fairy godmother of world history." https://journals.gmu.edu/index.php/whc/article/view/3530

08/09/2022

Congrats to Dane Morrison on this great honor!

A huge congratulations to WHA member Dane Morrison who was recently named one of the recipients of the John Lyman Book Award for his work "Eastward of Good Hope". His work focuses on Yankee merchants/sailors who ventured well beyond the Cape of Good Hope after British mercantile restrictions were lifted. For those who attended the WHA Bilbao 2022 Conference, hope you were able to attend his Meet the Author session.

You can view more details about his book & even make a purchase from this page on the John Hopkins University Press website: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12155/eastward-good-hope.

08/03/2022

NERWHA is hosting a symposium this fall on Empires in World History. Come join us!

It's August & here at the World History Association we are prepping our fall calendar! Our guess is you are doing the same. So consider filling in the great meetings of 3 regional affiliates, with all 3 meetings offer some type of hybrid option to these in-person events.

On Sept 17th at Northeastern U is NERWHA's symposium on the theme Empires in World History (https://www.nerwha.org/); on Sept 23-24 at Grand Valley State U. the MWWHA holds their conference on Difficult Histories (https://www.mwwha.org/event-4872212); then on Nov. 4-6 at James Madison University SEWHA's conference is on The Global South in World History (https://www.sewha.org/34th-annual-meeting-call-for-papers-the-global-south-in-world-history/). See you there!

Image from NERWHA Symposium - George V & Queen Mary in Delhi 1911.

10/21/2021

Join our friends at affiliate, New England World History Association (NERWHA) for their FREE symposium Oct. 15-23. Addressing holy wars in World History, presentations will cover pedagogy and scholarly approaches to the topic.

Registration is now open at nerwha.org.