News from the Global History and Culture Centre
Keeping Cultures Connected during the Pandemic: a Concert Series
Maxine Berg has been awarded funding from the Connecting Cultures GRP ('Keeping Cultures Connected during the Pandemic') to support a digital concert series by the Oxford-based baroque orchestra, Instruments of Time and Truth.
Two new books by Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello
(CUP) by Prof Anne Gerritsen
(YUP) by Prof Giorgio Riello
In a new post that has appeared on the , Maxine Berg writes: 'The pressing issues of financial crisis, inequality and climate change call for a reformulation of current economic models. A closer integration of economics and economic history is likely to be a central part of this reformulation. For economists, there could be a new curiosity about what it means to think about actors and institutions 鈥榠n time鈥�, that is, historically. Equally for economists, the impact of their research will depend on making it accessible to historians and other social scientists. For historians this could bring a revival of historical work on material life in the years ahead. How can we open dialogue, engage with each other, and equip our students with the tools and historical context they need?'. Read the full piece here on https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/.
The Munich Centre for Global History is advertising research fellowships for the summer term 2020. The fellowships have a duration of between 1 and 3 months and can be flexibly timed within the winter term. The call is open for postdoctoral researchers. They particularly encourage experienced colleagues in the field of global history to also consider applying.
A new article has been published by our colleague David Anderson on on Kenya's FGM crisis of the inter-war years. Please see the link below. David M. Anderson, 'Women missionaries and colonial silences in Kenya's female "circumcision" controversy', The English Historical Review 133, no.565 (2018)