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Doing Global History: Reflections, doubts and commitments

Fazendo História Global: reflexões, dúvidas e compromissos

Haciendo Historia Global: reflexiones, dudas y compromisos

Abstract

The main purpose of the present article is to present some reflections and doubts that have emerged during and after the Global History Conference held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. For that purpose, the importance of the spatiality and temporality for the studies of the so-called "global turn" will be discussed and analyzed. Another point that will be discussed along this article is the impact of the globalization on the field of History and on its subfields. Finally, there will be a discussion on how Global History has been produced in Latin America and its similarities and differences with the Global History produced in Europe

Key words:
Global History; theory; Historiography; globalization; global turn; Latin America

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