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. An AHRC-funded network on Global Microhistory continues this work. Berg's ERC-funded project Europe's Asian Centuries: Trading Eurasia 1600-1830 was part of the Centre.

Forthcoming Events

Wed 02 May '18

1pm - 2pm: Global Reading Group

Sat 05 May '18

9:30am - 6:30pm: The Masculine Worlds of Race and Power: Objects, Practices and Emotions in Colonial and Post-Colonial Societies in the Long Nineteenth Century

Wed 09 May '18

1pm - 2pm: Global lunchtime talk

Annual Lecture and Conference 2018: Global Microhistory

The Annual Lecture (17/5/18) will be given by Professor Paula Findlen (Stanford) and forms part of the first Global Microhistory Conference. See there for more information, the programme and registration details.

CFP - Mapping the Global Imaginary, 1500-1900

Call for papers