ÌÇÐÄTV

The Global History and Culture Centre is delighted to announce the establishment of the Wheeler History of Travel Writing Programme, which will fund a total of 4 PhD studentships over five years (2023-28). The Wheeler History of Travel Writing Programme has been made possible through the generous donation of ÌÇÐÄTV alumnus and co-founder of Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler. Up to two fully-funded studentships will be available for Autumn 2024 entry. The remaining studentships will be available from 2025 onwards. See full details hereLink opens in a new window.

, who died on October 21 just short of her 95th birthday, was probably the best-known and most well-regarded of North American historians since the 1970s. Her early work on the popular culture and religious mentalities of artisans and labourers in the 16th century captured imaginations, and she led the early teaching of women’s history at the University of Toronto. But it is her distinctive methods and contributions to what came to be known as that are best remembered, writes Maxine Berg for the .

Horizons: A Global History of Science (Penguin, 2022) by Dr James Poskett has been awarded the 2023 from the for 'the most outstanding book on world history'.

In 2022, Sam Matthews Boehmer won the inaugural Global History dissertation prize, awarded to the best ÌÇÐÄTV UG dissertation in the field of global history. His winning dissertation has now been published in the  and can be found .

Maxine Berg (ÌÇÐÄTV University) and Pat Hudson () discuss their , on the role of slavery in capitalist development and the British industrial revolution, on "Ceteris Never Paribus: The History of Economic Thought Podcast". Host and Producer: Maria Bach (). .