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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
- Global History Centre to host talk by Dr Shabnum Tejani, SOAS, University of London
The Centre for Global History is delighted to announce that it will host a talk by visiting speaker, Dr Shabnum Tejani, from the SOAS at the University of London, on Wednesday 27 September 2017, from 4.30 to 6.30pm (venue to be confirmed). The title of Dr Tejani’s talk will be “Beef Wars: Secularism and a History of Being Offended in India, 1893 – 2017”. All are welcome to attend.