#  Symposium: Archives and Information in the Early Modern World (Global Information History Workshop) 

 



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 **May 9, 2025** 

 12:00PM - 02:30PM EDT 

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 **Online on Zoom (RSVP link in message details)**  



 

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Global Information History Workshop  
Programme Symposium 2025  
  
Co-organised by Yuval Givon, Anja-Silvia Goeing and Philippe Bernhard Schmid. Co-hosted by the  
University of Basel, Harvard University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LMU Munich and the  
University of Zurich.

Friday, 9 May 2025  
**Introduction** (noon–12.05pm ET / 18.00–18.05pm CET)  
Opening Remarks: Philippe Bernhard Schmid (University of Basel)

**Symposium** (12.05–13.15pm ET / 18.05–19.15pm CET)  
Chair: Yuval Givon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

1\. **Vera Keller** (University of Oregon): “Catalog as Tactic: Curating Misinformation in Early  
Museology”  
2\. **Markus Friedrich & Konrad Hirschler** (University of Hamburg): “Rethinking Archival History  
from a Transcultural Perspective”  
3\. **Yael Sternhell** (Tel Aviv University): “Archiving without an Archive: The United States in the  
Aftermath of its Civil War”

**Short Break** (13.15–13.20pm ET / 19.15–19.20pm CET)

**Commentary** (13.20–13.30pm ET / 19.20–19.30pm CET)  
Benjamin Steiner (University of Erfurt/LMU Munich)

**Discussion** (13.30–14.25pm ET / 19.30–20.25pm CET)  
Chair: Anja-Silvia Goeing (Harvard University/LMU Munich/University of Zurich)

**Conclusion** (14.25–14.30pm ET / 20.25–20.30pm CET)  
Concluding Remarks: Philippe Bernhard Schmid (University of Basel)

To receive the Zoom link, please register [here](https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/GGiJJFWST36Yk64EqfiqbQ#/registration) or write to us at <globinfohistworkshop@gmail.com> .  
Generously supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), grant no. 215254, project  
title: SwissBritNet: Swiss-British Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Networks 1600–1780.

[More Information about GIH Workshop](https://sites.harvard.edu/globinfohistworkshop/)



 

 



 

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