Global History and Culture Centre Blog

Congratulations to Dr. Anca Cretu, whose edited volume Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe has just been published by Manchester University Press!

How did early modern travellers construct 'the Other'? UG student Rania Sivaraj explores Ludovico di Varthema's writing and his creation of the 'Devil in Calicut'.

'Making do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World', by Susan Carruthers, has just been published, plus a new publication by Jeremy Goh.

Join us on the 29 and 30 May 2025 for our annual conference. In 'Global Histories of Violence', scholars will reflect on the different shapes of violence across space and time.

GHCC members David Anderson and Guido van Meersbergen were recognized at Warwick's Research Celebration!

PGR Jade Lindo explores the entanglements of racial categories, beauty standards and nationalism in 1950s Jamaica, and how these relate to the country's colonial past.

Dr. Henry Clements, new member of the GHCC, reflects on the path that led him to join the Centre.

GHCC PhD candidates Jeremy Goh, Judy Law and Nitya Gundu report on the global connections of South East Asia in the modern and early modern period.