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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 Objectives
  • Governance Structure
  • Affiliated Staff & Students

Events

HCA ECGH events

  • Current Programme
  • Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery

Research Hubs

HCA ECGH Research

  • Economic and Social History
  • Migration, Slavery & Diaspora Studies
  • Material Culture Studies
  • Global Histories of Ideas
  • Graduate Research

Projects

HCA ECGH Projects

  • Subaltern Histories of Global Textiles
  • Historicising Consent
  • Teaching slavery in Scotland

Working with the ECGH

Working with the ECGH

  • Postgraduate Research Degrees
  • The William R. McFarlane Scholarship
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  • HCA Visiting Scholars Scheme

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This article was published on 2024-08-01

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