Global Asia

by | Jan 25, 2026 | Global Asia Blog

This is the first post in a new blog series that I am launching after my retirement from NYU, to continue my Global Asia Program work as an independent author. It will present opinion pieces and academic essays. Here goes. The NYU Global Asia Program has brought...

Pandemic World History Syllabus

by | Jun 17, 2025 | Courses

    Pandemic World History Draft 1 Oct 2023 J-Term Schedule 2024  Faculty arrive: January 2, 2024 (Tuesday) Required Faculty Orientation: January 3, 2024 (Wednesday) Classes start: January 4, 2024...

Some Global Asia Maps

by | Jun 17, 2025 | Global Asia Blog

Roman Empire Indian Ocean Connections to Asian Trade: The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Turkic Migrations (550-1200). In 552 a powerful new Turkic confederacy developed in the Altai Mountains. It spread from China to the Caspian Sea, pushing Bulgarian and Slav nomad...

On Colonialism and Empire

by | Jun 17, 2025 | Global Asia Blog

On “colonialism versus empire” as frames for modern South Asian History. “Colonialism” literally refers to an ideology or process of producing and maintaining colonies; it seems to be applied exclusively to European colonies, going back to...
David Ludden