About the Edinburgh Centre for Global History The ECGH facilitates and promotes research into global connections and comparisons from antiquity to the present day.History and ObjectivesGovernance StructureAffiliated Staff & Students Events Current ProgrammeGraduate WorkshopsAnnual Lecture in the History of Slavery Research Hubs Economic and Social HistoryMigration, Slavery & Diaspora StudiesMaterial Culture StudiesGlobal Histories of Ideas Projects Subaltern Histories of Global TextilesHistoricising ConsentTeaching slavery in Scotland Working with the ECGH Postgraduate Research DegreesThe William R. McFarlane ScholarshipPostdoctoral Research FellowshipsHCA Visiting Scholars Scheme ECGH on Twitter Keep up to date with the Centre's activities by following it on Twitter.Follow @EdGlobalHistory This article was published on 2024-08-01