The Oxford Centre for Global History was established by the History Faculty in June 2011 to reflect its strong commitment to promoting Global History. The Centre is based in the History Faculty Building in George Street, Oxford.

The New Diplomatic History Network is moving to a new URL. Managed by Kenneth Weisbrode, the New Diplomatic History Network features content and news focused broadly on the historical study of diplomats, their methods and their cultural, political and social milieux.

LSE IDEAS was founded in 2008 and now runs a series of regional and topical programmes. The centre currently does research on the international affairs of East and Southeast Asia, the Balkans, the United States, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and on the history of the Cold War.

International Security Studies (ISS) at Yale was founded in 1988 and is co-directed by Paul M. Kennedy and Adam Tooze. Our unit is supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Jewett Foundation, and the Friends of ISS.  John Lewis Gaddis directs the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy…

Harvard University is a major center for research and teaching in international and global history. Related activities include: Forums for new research:

The Center for Global Studies (CGS) at George Mason University was founded to promote multidisciplinary research on globalization and international affairs.

H-Net Discussion Networks - CFP: The UN and the Post-War Global Order: Dumbarton Oaks in Perspective after 70 years, SOAS, 17-18 May. Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London 17-18 May 2014 … Two Day Colloquium:

History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. —Max Beerbohm, 1896. Historians are often charged — sometimes correctly — with precipitously proclaiming a "new" field of study:

Historians care about context. When setting out to explore any historical question, professional historians want some familiarity with the customs, institutions, social structure, economic system, and ideas prominent in the relevant place and time.

Exploring Traditions:

The Intersections of Global and Diplomatic History … Toynbee Prize Foundation … Saturday, January 4, 2014: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM … Calvert Room (Omni Shoreham) Chair: David Ekbladh, Tufts University … Papers: Feminizing Diplomacy?

Donna R. Gabaccia. Foreign Relations: American Immigration in Global Perspective. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 288 pp.

Computer simulation shows that conflict fueled political consolidation in ancient and medieval history. War drove the formation of complex social institutions such as religions and bureaucracies, a study suggests.

Visiting Scholar, 2014-2015. The World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh (www.worldhistory.pitt.edu ) solicits applications for the position of Visiting Scholar with PhD for the academic year 2014-2015.

Driven by a leitmotif of our own times, globalization, historians are increasingly conducting their research under the aegis of 'global' or 'world' history.