It is becomming a commonplace that our teaching should reflect the insights of world history,
and few would deny that today’s history curricula should be ‘global’—though it is not always
obvious what these things mean. Representing a varied set of institutions—a private research
university in Boston, a Russel Group university in Yorkshire, and a small state university in
rural Colorado—our panelists will start off the conversation by talking about their visions
for a truly global history curriculum and their experiences and challenges at their respective
institutions. Should courses continue to be defined by traditional nation-state histories? How
do you teach a global curriculum with a small faculty and only a handful of courses each
year? How much of the curriculum should be devoted to domestic national history? These
and other questions will set the stage for an open-ended conversation with the audience.