CfA: Masterclass with Johannes Paulmann – Global Histories of Knowledge: Practices and Concepts from the 18th Century to the Present Day, 03.07.2026
July 3, 2026 | Max Weber Stiftung – Georgia Branch Office, Rustaveli Avenue 20, Tbilisi
Deadline: 10 June 2026
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are delighted to invite you to the final event of our lecture series on Global History.
We invite young researchers from the South Caucasus – master’s students, PhD and early PostDoc – to join a masterclass with Prof. Dr. Johannes Paulmann to discuss the most recent scholarship at the intersection of global history and histories of knowledge from the 18th Century to the Present Day. How can we apply insights from the larger field of global history to concrete projects on the master’s and PhD level? And how do we connect histories of the South Caucasus and Georgia to debates on globalization, interconnection and knowledge?
Johannes Paulmann is a distinguished historian serving as the Director of the Leibniz
Institute of European History (IEG) and Professor of Modern History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He is widely recognized as a leading scholar in the fields of European, International and German history in a transnational perspective, known for his research on the histories of cross-cultural diplomacy, the negotiation of differences in modern Europe and the evolution of global humanitarian aid.
To apply for this class, please send a short motivational letter of approximately 400 words to info@mws-georgia.org until 10 June, 2026. Please detail your background and current field of study and what you would like to present or discuss at the workshop. This could be your own thesis or research and how it connects to global history, or a more general question that you have in relation to global history and/or histories of knowledge transfers. What do you already know? And what do you hope to learn at the workshop?
Students from the South Caucasus will receive financial support for travel and accommodation, provided by the Max Weber Foundation Georgia Branch Office. The Workshop will be held at the Max Weber Office in Tbilisi, and it will be accompanied by a public lecture by Johannes Paulmann.
This will be the final Workshop of the Global History Series of the Max Weber Office, Tbilisi, and Zeit Foundation. It builds on previous classes held in Yerevan and Tbilisi.
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