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New book series co-edited by Dr. Anca Cretu!

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:20:00 GMT

Congrats to GHCC member Dr. Anca Cretu on her new role as co-editor of a Global History series, with Central European University Press.

GHCC member spotlight: Dr. Camilo Uribe-Botta on global history of 19th-century Latin America

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:30:00 GMT

As part of our slowly growing member spotlight series, Dr. Camilo Uribe-Botta reflects on his path at the GHCC and his development as a global historian of Latin America.

Bringing global history into a new environment: shifting identities as a first-year PhD researcher

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:28:00 GMT

PGR member Rosie Hodgson reflects on what doing global history means, and how it has impacted her own identity as a researcher.

From Empire to E books: Reviving the Writings of Glubb Pasha

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:18:00 GMT

Using the writing of imperial agents in the Middle East, PGR student Mark Glubb shows how some of his sources were published

‘Categories’ at work in Global History: What the Japan (JSPS)-Warwick Collaboration (2021-2026) Taught us

Fri, 01 May 2026 15:04:00 GMT

This inaugural post is the first in a series highlighting the work we have accomplished as a team in the JSPS-Warwick collaboration. Problematizing categories and terms, this fruitful project has furthered our Centre's global engagement!

Bill Newlin donates £1m to further travel writing research at Warwick

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:04:00 GMT

Alongside the Wheeler Travel Writing Programme, this new £1 million donation and rare collection will strengthen global history of travel writing research at Warwick and the GHCC

Canadian Mennonites in Mexico: Migration and Citizenship in a Changing World

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:48:00 GMT

Lewis Twiby explores identity politics in the Mexican border, through the lens of Canadian mennonites.

Are we living in another Migration Period? Pandemics, migration and the environmental link

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:28:00 GMT

How can global history help us understand the wider implications of pandemics? PGR member Gabriele Rizzi Bastiani explores this question by comparing the history of the Roman Empire to contemporary happenings.

New publication by Dr. Anca Cretu

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:07:00 GMT

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

The ‘Devil in Calicut’: Hindu gods in early modern European travel writing

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:13:00 GMT

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'.