Graduate Research

The Edinburgh Centre for Global History Graduate Research hub is a vibrant community that fosters collaboration and intellectual growth among postgraduate researchers in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) at the University of Edinburgh. The hub is open to all postgraduate students within the school.

The graduate hub aims to create a space where postgraduate researchers can connect, share ideas, and advance their understanding of global history by facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue and providing a platform for academic development and networking. 

Our graduate hub is open to any graduate across all schools whose research fits into global history broadly understood and welcomes researchers from across the university in all departments.

               ECGH Graduate Workshop 

Our Graduate Workshop is a series of graduate-led sessions that provide a relaxed environment for researchers to present their work. The workshop aims to foster the exchange of ideas across various historical themes and periods related to global history. Our workshops provide an environment where PhD students and postgraduates can critically analyse their peers' work and engage in open discussions about the challenges scholars of global history face. The workshop encourages open discussions on scholarly challenges and methodologies and develops critical analysis skills by engaging with diverse historical topics. Postgraduate researchers from across the university are more than welcome to attend or participate in these sessions.  

To join our mailing list or receive updates on our events, please get in touch via email!

You are also welcome to get in contact with our co-conveners: 

Please note: Interested attendees should email the convenors to receive the pre-circulated paper in advance. The workshop is for graduate students only. Refreshments will be served.

Edinburgh Centre for Global History Graduate Workshops take place on Wednesdays, 4-5:30 pm, in room G.13 of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Old Medical School, Doorway 4.

Semester 1 2025/26

DateSpeakerTopicLocation
Wed 8 OctoberFreddy Fossey-Warren (HCA)'"Do you really know what goes on behind the scene?": Zanzibar and Meaning Making in the 1965 Tanzanian Presidential Election'G.13, Doorway 4, Old Medical School
Wed 22 OctoberQingrou Zhao (HCA)'Emulation, Cooperation, and Friction: Census Making in the Shanghai Trinity, 1912-1937'G.13, Doorway 4, Old Medical School
Wed 12 NovemberJane Palomera Moore (HCA)'The Other Empire's 'Other': Anglophone Accounts of Visitations with the Ainu People, 1869-1921'G.13, Doorway 4, Old Medical School
Wed 3 DecemberNaz Tharia (HCA)'Alternative Perspectives of Life as a Female Indian Indentured Migrant in Fiji (1880-1920)'01M.19, Doorway 4, Old Medical School
Wed 17 DecemberHuirong Cheng (HCA)'Disaster, Moral Economy, and the Limits of Centralized Relief: Reframing the 1804 Jiangnan Rice Riot in Qing China’s Path to Modernity'01M.19, Doorway 4, Old Medical School

 

Further information

Further information about the workshop series, and the wider work of the Centre can be found on its website, hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-global-history

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