Global History and Culture Centre Blog
Global History and Culture Centre Blog
New publications from Prof Susan Carruthers and PGR Jeremy Goh
'Making do: Britons and the Refashioning of the Postwar World', by Susan Carruthers, has just been published, plus a new publication by Jeremy Goh.
GHCC Annual Conference: Histories of Violence
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 recognized in Warwick research Celebration
GHCC members David Anderson and Guido van Meersbergen were recognized at Warwick's Research Celebration!
Ten types, One people: Colonial beauty in Jamaica
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.
Religion and knowledge in the Ottoman Empire: GHCC member spotlight
Dr. Henry Clements, new member of the GHCC, reflects on the path that led him to join the Centre.
Global connections of SE Asia: Dynamics of Early Modern and Modern Economic and Social History
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.
Tourism and the State in Northern Mexico, 1900-1950
PhD candidate Lewis Twiby uses the case of Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez in the US-Mexican border to illustrate the interplay of nationalist discourses, tourist promotion and public policies between 1900 and 1940.
GHCC Publication: The History of Science and the ‘Big Picture’
Dr. James Poskett presents the long-awaited publication of a special issue in The British Journal for the History of Science: Themes, collecting papers from the 2022 GHCC Annual Conference.