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We are delighted to share Dr. Sandra Araujo's book Spying on Muslims in Colonial Mozambique, 1964–74 (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025), has been awarded the Intelligence History Book Prize 2026 by the International Intelligence History Association (IIHA). Dr. Araujo was a Research Fellow at the GHCC from December 2022 to November 2023, while working on the manuscript. Many congratulations!

Dr. Araujo is currently a researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, and is particularly interested in the role of the Serviços de Centralização e Coordenação de Informações (Intelligence Centralization and Coordination Services) within Portuguese imperial politics and administration, and the institution's role in the liberation wars.

We are excited to announce that the exhibition Global Florence: The World of Francesco Carletti, c. 1573-1636 will open in October 2026 at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. This collaborative project has involved several GHCC members, and has been co-curated by Prof. Giorgio Riello, alongside Paula Findlen and Brian Brege. The making of the exhibition included support and specialists from the Global History and Culture Centre (Univerisity of ¹û¶³´«Ã½, UK; ERC-funded project CAPASIA), the European University Institute (Italy), Standford University (US), the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Fondazione Bruschettini per l'Arte Islamica e Asiatica, the Regione Toscana, the italian Ministry of Cultural Goods and Tourism and the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. A must-see for those in Florence in the upcoming months.

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 .

Amazing news! The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has received a £1 million donation and a major gift‑in‑kind of rare travel books from philanthropist Bill Newlin. This major donation strengthens the University’s position as an international leader in the study of travel writing.

Alongside the Wheeler Travel Writing Programme, the generous Newlin donation advances ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s ambition to Set the Pace in Critical Arts. The donation includes the establishment of the Bill Newlin Collection, a world‑class archive of travel guidebooks spanning centuries and continents.

The ¹û¶³´«Ã½ is setting the pace in the field of travel literature research, and at the Global History and Culture Centre, we are thrilled to support these advances.

Diversity in STEM is a set of GCSE Biology, Chemistry, and Physics resources that are designed to fit into existing lessons.

All the resources are curriculum-aligned and provide a simple, effective, and engaging way to highlight diversity in the STEM classroom.

There is an interactive website—Diversity in STEM: The Challenge—to get started:

As well as downloadable slides and lesson plans from both the website and the TES teachers’ resource portal:

All resources are free to download, use and adapt. 

 They were developed by at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ with funding from the History Department and the British Academy.