Global History and Culture Centre

About Us

With expertise in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe, the interests of the Global History and Culture Centre's members span the globe, and it is the connections between these different regions that are the main focus of the Centre's activities.

Established in 2007, the Centre forms an important part of the Department of History and the wider University. The Centre is at the fore of the development of global history as an integral part of the field of history.

Research Focus

The Centre also hosts many other research projects and fellowships supported by a variety of funding bodies. We engage in teaching, graduate research, academic publications, host visiting academic fellows, participate in research networks, and organise symposia, conferences, and seminar series, such as a conference on micro- and global history. The AHRC-funded network on Global Microhistory has resulted in the publication of a Past and Present supplement. Berg's ERC-funded project Europe's Asian Centuries: Trading Eurasia 1600-1830 was part of the Centre.

Forthcoming Events

Wed 22 Jan '20

4pm - 6pm: GHCC-EMECC joint seminar “No more victories! No more conquests!” The French and British East India Companies’ search for an entente, 1752–1788

Thu 23 Jan '20

5:30pm - 7pm: Connecting Cultures GRP Keynote Lecture by Prof Michael Puett, 'What’s the point of cultural comparison?'

Wed 29 Jan '20

1pm - 2pm: GHCC Reading Group - Wastelanding: Legacies of Uranium Mining in Navajo Country

13-15 May 2020: RHS Symposium-GHCC Annual Conference 'World Making and the City'