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Our very own Dr. Anca Cretu has been recently appointed co-editor of the Studies in Global History of Central and Eastern Europe series, with Central European University Press. Alongside Jill Massino (University of North Carolina Charlotte), Dr. Cretu will co-edit this breakthrough series showcasing novel and cutting-edge research that explores the history of Central and Eastern Europe through a transnational and global lens. The editor team is currently accepting proposals!

More info can be found .

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 (). .

We are delighted to announce the publication of (Polity Press) by Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson. The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson ‘follow the money’ to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the making of Britain’s industrial revolution. Slavery was not just a source of wealth for a narrow circle of slave owners who built grand country houses and filled them with luxuries. The forces set in motion by the slave and plantation trades seeped into almost every aspect of the economy and society.

This project looks at the impact of global media coverage on the memorialisation of the Berlin Wall. Cheryl Nah shows that external influences should be considered when understanding how national symbols are remembered and celebrated, especially in this increasingly globalised world.