Disability, Colonialism, and Global History

By Zoe Wineck and Hunadah Al Hariri Part 1: Global History as an Approach Has Marginalized Disability As a Jewish settler who grew up on Anishinaabe land and a displaced Arab who sought asylum in Europe, who both happened to meet as students of Global History Masters, we found ourselves repeatedly questioning the ‘defaults’ that have been adopted into our university’s curriculum and wondering about the process that led to them. This is relevant not only in the selection of topics, but also i...