Africa, Empire and Globalization: Conference in Honor of Tony Hopkins

The distinguished work and career of Professor A. G. Hopkins

Saturday, April 9, 2011
The University of Texas at Austin

We invite scholars, colleagues, students and friends to attend the Conference in Honor of Professor A.G. Hopkins on Saturday, April 9, 2011. The goal of this conference is to celebrate the distinguished work of Professor A. G. Hopkins and his contributions to the field of history. A book written in his honor, Africa, Empire and Globalization: Essays in Honor of A.G. Hopkins, will be presented to him.

Hopkins’s career is rich, held together by interest in the connections between the local and the national, the national and the regional, and the regional and the global. In thus interconnecting the world, a philosophy of history emerges-how economic forces shape political realities. His work, while being quite broad-ranging spatially, has remained topically focused on economic history, for the most part. This emphasis will be a large part of what he passes on to future scholarly generations. As we pay various tributes through the conference, we believe that, for our shared benefit, Professor A. G. Hopkins has demonstrated how to remain candidly involved in the debates over one’s work, to defend oneself when appropriate, to reconsider one’s work when necessary, and continually to build upon one’s own body of work in compelling and relevant versions.