Globalism From a Macedonian Perspective

3rd Annual Spring Lecture hosted by the St. Olaf Society of Ancient History. It is part of the St. Olaf College 2007-2008 Theme Global Citizenship.

"What we have today, for the first time in history, is a global, multicivilizational, multipolar battle." (New York Sunday Times Magazine, 01/27/2008, p. 37.) In the spirit of the assertion that "there is no new thing under the sun," Dr. Carol Thomas, University of Washington, will protest that this situation now exists for the first time in history. In ancient times the Mediterranean was the entire world, and India the very edge of earth. The story of ancient Macedon from the rule of Alexander I through that of Philip II (498-336 BC) shows the creation of a second major kingdom, itself multicivilizational, in the eastern Mediterranean. Alexander the Great combined this Macedonian kingdom with that of the Persian empire to create a multi-civilizational, multi-cultural world that, in terms of the Mediterranean and ancient Near East at the time, deserve the title of global.

This is a public event; no prior knowledge of Macedonian history is required, just an interest in politics, cultures, and history. It will be held on campus at Holland Hall room 501. FREE admission. Approximately 1 hour long. Please contact Kayla Rasmussen (rasmussk@stolaf.edu) with any questions. Thank you and hope to see you there!