 | This is a detail from a globe created by Martin Behaim, a German geographer who made one of the first globes. A replica of it is on view in "The History of Globalization." |
As part of its "Global Faces of the Yale Library" season of events, a special talk on globalization will be held on Friday, May 4, to mark the opening of a new exhibition at the Sterling Memorial Library.
Nayan Chanda, director of publications for the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and editor of YaleGlobal Online, will present a talk titled "A World Connected: How Traders, Preachers, Warriors and Adventurers Shaped Globalization" at 2 p.m. in the Sterling Memorial Library lecture hall (enter at 128 Wall St.)
The lecture will outline how the incessant crossing of borders by different groups of humans -- some seeking profit, others adventure or a more fulfilling life and still others fulfilling a political ambition -- have helped to create today's interconnected and interdependent world. Much of the material will be drawn from Chanda's new book, "Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization."
The talk will also mark the opening of a new Sterling Library exhibit, "The History of Globalization: Artifacts and Documentation from Yale's Collections."
Since it first came on the scene in the 1960s, the word "globalization" has engendered impassioned debate -- yet, Chanda argues, globalization actually describes a process that has ancient origins. In this exhibit, items from Yale's extensive collections are used to illustrate aspects of the historical process of globalization. Drawing on Chanda's book, the exhibit highlights four categories of agents who have, throughout history, promoted interconnectedness: traders, preachers, adventurers and warriors.
The exhibition explores such questions as: How did the human community, whose African ancestors spread all over the world, reconnect? What motivated the interactions between ancient peoples? And, what do those motivations have to do with globalization as we understand it today?
Some of the items that will be on display include Chinese porcelain, whaling ship logs, images of the Black Death, Babylonian clay tablets, a cast of a bird fossil and a letter from Charles Darwin. The exhibit is curated by members of the Library's Special Collections Collaborative, led by Martha Smalley, special collections librarian and curator of the Day Missions Collection at the Yale Divinity Library.
The talk will last one hour and be followed by a reception in the adjacent Memorabilia Room. Attendees will have the chance to purchase signed copies of Chanda's book (offered by the Yale Bookstore) and view the new library exhibit. All are welcome.
(Chanda's book will also be the focus of a panel discussion on Thursday, May 3.)
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