New Standing Section for GNCS Launched: Visions of the Global, Imperial Imaginaries, and International Public Opinion

Visions of the Global, Imperial Imaginaries, and International Public Opinion

Laura Díaz Esteve, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid

laura.diaz.esteve[@]gmail.com

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Rodrigo Escribano, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC); Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

rodrigo.escribano[@]uai.cl

The global dialogues, conflicts and collaborations that characterized the long nineteenth century were not resolved by diplomatic, military or economic power alone. Flows of knowledge and information were nurtured and reformulated as they circulated from and through different empires and colonies, carrying with them ever-changing imaginaries of their different societies, worldviews and circumstances. These complex conceptions of other communities profoundly conditioned the decisions of actors at different levels. The media, with the periodical press as the main protagonist, played an essential and influential role in their construction. This section invites articles, roundtables and discussion papers that explore the media that disseminated these global visions and their profound impact on the configuration of the nineteenth-century world.