Between Friction and Collaboration: Imperial Elites and Local Powerbrokers

Northwestern University, 15-16 April 2011

Northwestern University is hosting an upcoming conference on imperialism, entitled “Between Friction and Collaboration: Imperial Elites and Local Powerbrokers.”

Graduate students at Northern Illinois University working on comparative empires, and the history of violence, and early modern global history will be interested in this conference, which features specialists on the British, French, Spanish, and Ottoman empires.  A session on theories of empire will also be held.

A detailed program is available online at the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program website at Northwestern University.