Oxford Centre for Global History

The Oxford Centre for Global History was established by the History Faculty in June 2011 to reflect its strong commitment to the field. Global History in Oxford is defined broadly as the global movement of people, goods, and ideas and the consequences that flow from them. Chronologically, it extends across all historical periods from ancient to late modern.

The Centre is particularly keen to encourage cooperation between historians of different periods, as well as places, in the study of themes of global significance. It will support research projects, and host workshops, seminars, and conferences. A key part of the Centre’s role is to facilitate the research of all those in Oxford who are keen to develop a global history dimension in their work. 

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Symposium presentation by Professor Richard Reid: 'Contested succession and 'civil war' in nineteenth-century Africa'

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Symposium: 'Race and Resistance: Understanding Bermuda Today'

03 November 2018
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SYMPOSIUM: Radical Business? Business and the Contest over Social Norms

28 June 2019
TGHS seminar, Oxford

TALK: Konstantin Dierks (Indiana), 'Archiving Globalization of the United States, 1815-1861: Who Was 'Global' and Who Was Not'

05 February 2019
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Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism

23 October 2023
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Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India

09 May 2023
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Team from Faculty of History delivers framework for tackling modern slavery and human trafficking at the United Nations

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TGHS - 2022 Jan-Georg Deutsch Debate

25 May 2022
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TGHS: Academic Roundtable

01 June 2026
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TGHS: The Jan-Georg Deutsch Debate: Motion 'Global History is an Inherently Western Project'

18 May 2021
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The 2019 Interdisciplinary History of War Conference

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The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century - Richard Reid talks to Nick Higham

03 April 2025
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The Cultural Revolution in a Rural County of China

08 November 2023
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The Ethiopian crisis - a historical context

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The Global History of Capitalism

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The Jacques Moreillon Seminar

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The James Ford Lectures : Demography and Marriage

31 January 2020
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The James Ford Lectures : Dynasty and Violence

28 February 2020
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The James Ford Lectures : Material Cultures and Homes

21 February 2020
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The James Ford Lectures : Property and Pensions

14 February 2020
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The James Ford Lectures : Race and Belonging

07 February 2020
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The James Ford Lectures in British History

The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life - Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
TGHS seminar, Oxford

The Jan-Georg Deutsch Annual Debate

30 January 2018
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The Jan-Georg Deutsch Annual Debate, 2019

29 January 2019
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The Mao Era in Objects website

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The Oxford History Graduate Network

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The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Story of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire

24 January 2024
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The Royal Historical Society 2018 Symposium, 'The Future of History: Going Global in the University'

22 June 2018
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The Royal Historical Society's 2018 Symposium: 'The Future of History: Going Global in the University'

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The Waning of American Hegemony in the Middle East

28 November 2022
A North African Astrolabe

Oxford Centre for Global History Website