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.

Semester 2 2024/25

DateSpeakerTopicVenue
Wed 22 January, 16.00

Claire Eldridge (Leeds)

Respondent: Emile Chabal (HCA)

'They tremble before him’: Exploring violence between soldiers in France’s ‘African Army’ during the First World War'Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Wed 5 February, 16.00

Manuel Saavedra (Leibniz Universität Hannover)

Respondent: Lisa Cowan (Law)

'Frontier Law: Land, Justice, and Territory on the Edges of the Pacific World (Chile, 1740–1830)'

Co-badged with the Centre for Legal History

Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Wed 5 March, 16.00

Enda Delaney (HCA)

Respondent: Patrick Griffin (Notre Dame)

'Out of Time: Ireland and Modernity', Reflections on global history in the writing of Making Ireland Modern: The Transformation of Society and Culture

Co-badged with the Irish History Research Seminar  

Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Wed 23 April, 17.15Krisztina Ilko (Cambridge)

'Beyond the Lewis Chessmen: Chess and Race in the Global Middle Ages'

Co-sponsored by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies & the Scottish History Seminar, and co-badged with the Games & History Lab

Meadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Doorway 4
Tue 13 May, 17.30Sasha Turner (John Hopkins)'Maternal Loss, Grief, and Slavery'Co-sponsored with the East of Scotland Branch of the Historical AssociationMeadows Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Doorway 4

Semester 1 2024/25

DateSpeakerTopicVenue
Wed 18 September, 16.00Meha Priyadarshini (HCA), Michelle Keown (LLC), Rosi Carr (HCA), Julia McClure (Glasgow), & Mahmood Kooria (HCA)Opening Event: Lightning TalksSeminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Wed 9 October, 16.00Ayele Tariku Meshesha (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)'The Transformation of Justice in Late Medieval Ethiopia: The Wämbär System'Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Thurs 17 October, 17.00Benedetta Rossi (UCL)'The Problem of African Slavery in the Age of Abolition', Annual Lecture in the History of SlaveryScreening Room, 50 George Sq
Mon 28 October, 17.15Peter Hill (Northumbria)'Disturbance of Thoughts: Doubt, Impiety, and Unbelief in the Arab-Ottoman World, 17th-19th Centuries' co-badged with IMESProject Room 1.06, 40 George Sq
Wed 30 October, 16.00Akram Salhab (QMUL), Donald Bloxham (HCA), & Julie Gibbings (HCA), chaired by Shaira Vadasaria (SPS)'Genocide, Colonialism & Pedagogy: Lessons from Palestine', co-badged with the Decolonisation Working Group & CSMCHSeminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Wed 13 November, 09.00Nicola Frith (Decolonised Transformations, Edinburgh), Cressida Fforde (Australian National University), Malcom MacCallum (Anatomical Museum, Edinburgh), Marcia Langton (Melbourne), Zoe Laidlaw (Melbourne), Ross Jones (Melbourne), Rohan Long (Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, Melbourne)'Truth Telling: Colonial and Racial Legacies of the Universities of Edinburgh and Melbourne', co-badged with REWG & IASHOnline Webinar
Wed 27 November, 16.00Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene (National University of Mongolia)'The Nomadic Conquest Theory & Its Implications for Human History: New Visions Past & Future'Seminar Room 1, Chrystal MacMillan Building
Thurs 28 November, 17.00David Cox (Southampton)'Conjure and the Debate Over Slavery', co-badged with the American History SeminarLG.10, 50 George Sq

 

Semester 1 2024/25

Edinburgh Centre for Global History Seminar series 2024/25
Date Speaker Topic Venue
18 September Meha Priyadarshini (HCA), Michelle Keown (LLC), Rosi Carr (HCA), Julia McClure (Glasgow), & Mahmood Kooria (HCA)) Opening Event: Lightning Talks
9 October Ayele Tariku Meshesha (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia) 'The Transformation of Justice in Late Medieval Ethiopia: The Wämbär System'
17 October Benedetta Rossi (UCL) 'The Problem of African Slavery in the Age of Abolition' 5pm, Screening Room, 50 George Square
28 October Peter Hill (Northumbria) 'Disturbance of Thoughts: Doubt, Impiety, and Unbelief in the Arab-Ottoman World, 17th-19th Centuries' co-badge with IMES Seminar 5.15pm, Project Room 1.06, 50 George Sq
30 October Akram Salhab (QMUL), Donald Bloxham (HCA), & Julie Gibbings (HCA), chaired by Shaira Vadasaria (SPS) Genocide, Colonialism & Pedagogy: Lessons from Palestine
10 November, 10.00 Details TBC Shared Colonial Histories between the Universities of Edinburgh & Melbourne Online Webinar
27 November Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene (National University of Mongolia) 'The Nomadic Conquest Theory & Its Implications for Human History: New Visions Past & Future'
28 November David Cox (Southampton) 'Conjure and the Debate Over Slavery', co-badged with the American History Seminar

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