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
Featured News
- Cherry-picking the past: empire through a public lens
We are delighted to promote that Liam Grieve (MLitt History, 2019-2020) has had this very timely blog post called “Cherry Picking the Past” published by the ‘Doing History in Public’ website run by graduate students at the University of Cambridge. Follow the link below to read his thoughts.
https://doinghistoryinpublic.org/2020/06/09/cherry-picking-the-past-empire-through-a-public-lens/
Liam is the latest of our MLitt History post-graduates over the last few years to showcase their work in various outlets around the world, which demonstrates the fantastic work being done by our student community here at Dundee.
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