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Module Description

This final-year Venice stream / PGT option investigates global interactions in the early modern world (1400-1800) through the figure of the go-between. Each of the men and women discussed in weekly two-hour seminars – diplomats and traders, mestizos and missionaries, converts, slaves, and captives – offer a window onto a world in which societies and life trajectories were increasingly shaped by trans-regional connections, and where all kinds of borders were regularly being crossed. By following individuals as they met and mingled across the globe, you will deepen your understanding of the role of human agency in the macro-processes of religious change, commercial expansion, imperial conquest, and economic integration that marked the early modern period.

Examining African, Asian and Native American actors and sources alongside European ones, this module encourages you to develop a non-Eurocentric perspective that pairs a global outlook with close attention to practices of mediation on the ground. The module draws on insights from global history, cultural history, micro history, and literary criticism to interrogate the making and unmaking of political, social, racial, and sexual boundaries. We will explore questions such as: what does it mean to speak of 鈥渃ultures鈥� that 鈥渆ncounter鈥� one another? How does one define a 鈥済o-between鈥� who 鈥渕ediates鈥� in a 鈥渕iddle ground鈥�? And in what ways are current views of the early modern past shaped by our globalised present?

Note: This one-term module consists of seminars only. It is open to finalists on the Venice stream and History PGT students. No special requirements apply for this module but an interest in early modern global history is recommended.