Natalie Zemon Davis, who died on October 21 just short of her 95th birthday, was probably the best-known and most well-regarded of North American historians since the 1970s. Her early work on the popular culture and religious mentalities of artisans and labourers in the 16th century captured imaginations, and she led the early teaching of women’s history at the University of Toronto. But it is her distinctive methods and contributions to what came to be known as microhistory that are best remembered, writes Maxine Berg for the ConversationLink opens in a new window.

Horizons: A Global History of Science (Penguin, 2022) by Dr James Poskett has been awarded the 2023 Jerry Bentley PrizeLink opens in a new window from the American Historical AssociationLink opens in a new window for 'the most outstanding book on world history'.

In 2022, Sam Matthews Boehmer won the inaugural Global History dissertation prize, awarded to the best Warwick UG dissertation in the field of global history. His winning dissertation has now been published in the International History Review,Link opens in a new window and can be found hereLink opens in a new window.

Maxine Berg (Warwick University) and Pat Hudson (Cardiff University) discuss their recent book, on the role of slavery in capitalist development and the British industrial revolution, on "Ceteris Never Paribus: The History of Economic Thought Podcast". Host and Producer: Maria Bach (Centre Walras-Pareto, University of Lausanne). Listen here.

We are delighted to announce the publication of Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Link opens in a new window(Polity Press) by Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson. The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson ‘follow the money’ to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the making of Britain’s industrial revolution. Slavery was not just a source of wealth for a narrow circle of slave owners who built grand country houses and filled them with luxuries. The forces set in motion by the slave and plantation trades seeped into almost every aspect of the economy and society.