Global History and Culture Centre Blog

GHCC director Guido van Meersbergen writes about a workshop that took stock of and reflected on the state of the field of travel (writing) studies in Warwick's Venice campus.

Funded by Warwick alumnus and co-founder of Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler, the Centre will be hosting 2 new PhD students starting 2025-2026.

Dr. Anca Cretu, new member of the GHCC, reflects on the relationship between East-Central Europe and global history.

Dr. Camillia Cowling writes on the workshop "Paths of Enslavement, Routes to Freedom: Slavery and Mobility in the Iberian Atlantic World" sponsored by the Global History and Culture Centre and the Humanities Research Fund.

Held on the 19th and 20th April 2024, the annual British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) Postgraduate Conference took place in the Zeeman Building.

An exciting new project celebrating the 700th anniversary of the death of one of the world’s great explorers. Alongisde 36 partners, we will be launching a diverse program focusing on travel, material culture, and cross-cultural exchange.

Anaïs Walsdorf reviews the new ‘Collectible Minerals’ temporary exhibition at the Mineralogy Museum of Mines Paris – PSL.

Jeremy Goh recounts his first experience in researching Chinese businesses based in colonial Singapore, later developed into an article published in the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.