Welcome to the Scottish Centre for Global History at the University of Dundee
The Scottish Centre for Global History brings together members of the School of Humanities and other academic schools at the University of Dundee with interests in the development of Global History. Our interests span the globe from India to South America, from Canada to South Africa and range from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
The painting above shows a Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. 18th century By: Mohammad Rizā Naw’ī. Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images, images@wellcome.ac.uk, http://wellcomeimages.org
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- The legacy of Nelson Mandela in 2018
To mark
#MandelaDay 2018, Dr Matt Graham (@SAhistoryMatt)from the Scottish Centre of Global History provided an insight and assessment into the legacy of Nelson Mandela and why he remains so important to modern day South Africa. The article can be read here:In follow up to the article, Dr Graham was interviewed by a number of South African media outlets – one of the interviews discussing whether Mandela ‘sold out’ the struggle for freedom can be listened to here:
https://salaamedia.com/2018/07/19/news-views-did-madiba-sell-out-the-struggle-to-freedom/
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