“Global Bones” (GLOBO) is the first research project to investigate the handling of Christian bodily relics on a global scale. It examines how bodily remains were spread throughout various parts of the world in the course of the European expansion and the Christian missionary project in what, from a European perspective, is usually called the early modern period (the late 15th to 17th century). The project analyses intercontinental relic transfers and conducts local case studies to examine the cultural negotiations that took place between actors of different cultural contexts regarding the handling of human remains. By combining global and local perspectives, GLOBO generates new insights into both the shifting economy of body relics – i.e. their distribution, management, use and valuation – and the manifold social and cultural roles played by human remains in the missionary and colonial contexts of early modern globalisation.