The Birth of Global Cities
6-7 December 2012
European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana, Sala del Capitolo
Organized by Jorge Flores and Luca Molà
in the framework of Europe and the World Forum (EUI)
and in collaboration with the Global History and Culture Centre (University of Warwick)
Thursday, 6 December
9:30 – 11:30
Introduction by Jorge Flores (EUI) and Luca Molà (EUI)
Nicolás Rodriguez (Researcher, EUI), Manila Between Worlds: Global Connections and Local Conflicts
Timothy Davies (PhD, University of Warwick), The Gateway to India: Bombay/Mumbai as a Global City
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 12:45
João Paulo Costa (New University of Lisbon), Nagasaki, a Christian City in Japan
12:45 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick), Seeing China: Representations of The Capital of Porcelain
Jorge Flores (EUI), The Bandéis as ‘Poor’ Global Cities of Early Modern Asia
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
José Luis Gasch Tomás (PhD, EUI), A Crossroads Between Continents: Material Culture and Elite Identity in
Mexico City (1580-1640)
Maria Fernanda Bicalho (Universidade Federal Fluminense), Rio de Janeiro, ‘Atlantic Emporium and Major
Key to the Conservation of the Kingdom and Conquests’, 17th-18th Centuries
Friday, 7 December
9:30 – 11:00
Francisco Apellaniz (Marie Curie Fellow, EUI), Linking Global Cities Before Globalization: Florentine
Networks in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Early Renaissance
Luca Molà (EUI), Venice and the World in the Renaissance
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Cátia Antunes (Leiden University), A Tale of Two Cities: Amsterdam and Lisbon - Local Movers or Global
Shakers?
Youssef Cassis (EUI), Global Financial Centres from the late 18th to the early 21st century
13:00 – 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 17:00
Round Table on The Concept of Global Cities
With the participation of Jan de Vries (University of Berkeley), Maxine Berg (University of Warwick), Rosa
Salzberg (University of Warwick), Bartolomé Yun Casalilla (EUI)
Chaired by Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick)