Current Programme
The Centre hosts a seminar series which takes place throughout the academic year and is open to staff, students and the general public.
All ECGH events will take place as listed below.
Semester 2 2022/23
Date | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
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Wed 8 Feb |
Dr Paola Vargas Arana (IASH)
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'Transatlantic biographies of Africans in the New Granada Antioquia gold mines, during the British asiento (1713-1750)' | 1pm, G.15, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School |
Wed 15 Mar | Dr Josepha Richard (Courtauld Institute of Art) - POSTPONED |
'Partners in botanical art: Bradby Blake and Mak Sau's paintings as an example of 18th century Sino-British joint scientific and artistic endeavour' |
4pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School |
Tue 25 Apr | Professor Brenda Stevenson (University of Oxford) |
2023 Lecture in the History of Slavery - 'Slavery, family and resistance' |
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Wed 10 May |
Global history in Scotland: Strategies for research and collaboration |
This national event will discuss how we might promote collaborations amongst scholars working on global history topics in Scottish universities. |
4pm, Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School - Doorway 1 |
Semester 1 2022/23
Date | Speaker | Topic | Discussant/Chair | Venue |
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Wed 21 Sep |
Felix Boecking, Emily Brownell, Sarah Easterby-Smith (University of St Andrews), Iona Macintyre, Nicola Perugini |
Wednesday, September 21 Welcome Event with lightning talks by ECGH members |
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4 | |
Wed 5 Oct |
Dr Richard Anderson (University of Aberdeen) |
'Free soil at sea? Enslaved asylum seekers and the Royal Navy' |
Dr Sonia Tycko (University of Edinburgh) |
Chrystal MacMillan Building, Seminar room 2 |
Wed 19 Oct |
Professor Anne Haour (University of East Anglia) |
'The Maldives in medieval global networks: Connections to Africa (and other places)' |
Dr John Giblin (National Museum of Scotland) |
Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4 |
Wed 16 Nov |
Dr Suchitra Choudhury (University of Glasgow) Dr Sally Tuckett (University of Glasgow) | 'Scotland, textiles and the British Empire' |
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Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School, Doorway 4 |
Thurs 1 Dec |
Dr Mike Carr, Dr Nik Matheou, Dr Glaire Anderson, Dr Rebecca Darley (University of Leeds), Professor Niels Gaul | 'Writing the global Middle Ages: Themes and approaches' |
NB Speakers without affiliations indicated are University of Edinburgh.
Please contact the convenor if you have any questions.
Dr Meha Priyadarshini
Director, Edinburgh Centre for Global History

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