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Since the 15th century, an extended geographical, natural, scientific andpolitical reality has posed a continuous challenge to the ways in which theworld has been understood historically. And misunderstood. The aim of thisconference is to address the processes of interpretation, both explicit andimplicit, recognized and obscured, that were initiated by EuropeanExpansion. Imperial spaces, whether governed by the Portuguese, Spanish,Dutch, English, French or other Europeans, set the stage for contact,confrontation, and conflict in colonized spaces such as Brazil, Mexico,Indonesia, India, or Martinique where regimes of translation, circulation,and resistance emerged. How many implicit misunderstandings or tacitsilences characterized human interactions in the face of a new, shared, andconnected reality?In recent years concepts such as the 'first globalization', 'globalhistory' and 'world history', have attempted to connect these multiplerealities. But how have these approaches been understood and put intopractice? And what challenges do they pose to scholars today? Intellectualproduction has been prolific and this is an opportune moment to reflectupon these questions, and assess what has been achieved and what stridesare yet to be made.*We invite scholars from all humanities and social science disciplines tosubmit panel proposals on the following themes:*1. Methodological challenges to global/world history2. New directions in historiography3. Classical traditions: fostering and impeding new understandings4. Religion and moral order5. Language, communication, and translation6. Making sense of the globe: space and territory7. Commercial networks and the rise of capitalism8. Imperial power dynamics and local political realities9. Circulation and consumption of material and visual culture10. Law, legal regimes and the practice of justice11. Socio-cultural interactions and the construction of colonial societies12. Colonial cities and urban landscapes13. Nature, science, and empireThe Call for Panels closes on November 30, 2012. A Call for Papers willopen on December 20, 2012.* **To learn more about the conference and propose a panel, please go to:*http://www.cham.fcsh.unl.pt/CHAMInternacionalConference.html