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From the Vatican’s historic apology for legitimising slavery to three pioneers of modern humanism, here are this week's ...
30/05/2026

From the Vatican’s historic apology for legitimising slavery to three pioneers of modern humanism, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Pope Leo XIV attends the presentation of “Magnifica Humanitas” at the Vatican’s Synod Hall May 25, 2026, the first encyclical of his papacy, which focused on the rise of ar…

From Franco-themed cafes to memories of the Indigo rebellion, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global hist...
23/05/2026

From Franco-themed cafes to memories of the Indigo rebellion, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: The Franco-themed Una Grande Libre bar-restaurant in Madrid’s Usera neighbourhood. Photo credit: Abbas Asaria. Retrieved from The Guardian. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter&nb…

From Putin’s pick of a German ex-chancellor for peace talks to the Danish roots of shipping tolls, here are this week's ...
16/05/2026

From Putin’s pick of a German ex-chancellor for peace talks to the Danish roots of shipping tolls, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Map: The Conversation, CC-BY-NDCreated with Datawrapper. Retrieved from The Conversation. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exe…

Join editors Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor in Bristol to celebrate the launch of their volume 'Military Humanitarianism:...
12/05/2026

Join editors Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor in Bristol to celebrate the launch of their volume 'Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations & Armed Forces' on Wed. June 17

Overview Join us in Bristol to celebrate the launch of our edited volume ‘Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations & Armed Forces’ Event hosted by Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor. Joi…

From the saboteur of Apartheid’s nuclear dream to a modern village draped in Marxist relics, here are this week's top pi...
09/05/2026

From the saboteur of Apartheid’s nuclear dream to a modern village draped in Marxist relics, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Photo: “Even as Communist parties have become numerically marginal in Tamil Nadu’s electoral politics, the village takes pride in its enduring ideological roots.” Credit: Suresh K Pandey. Retrieved…

British World Studies in Japan? David Thackeray (University of Exeter) and Mahito Takeuchi (Nihon University) discuss.
06/05/2026

British World Studies in Japan? David Thackeray (University of Exeter) and Mahito Takeuchi (Nihon University) discuss.

Participants at the British World research workshop, Nihon University, Tokyo, April 2026 David Thackeray (University of Exeter) and Mahito Takeuchi (Nihon University) Last month I (David) had the p…

From a siege in Mali to the arrest of one of Syria’s most infamous massacre organisers, here are this week's top picks i...
02/05/2026

From a siege in Mali to the arrest of one of Syria’s most infamous massacre organisers, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Photo: Amjad Youssef in a mugshot released by the interior ministry. Photograph: X. Retrieved from The Guardian. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, Univ…

Funded PhD Studentship: ‘Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979’
28/04/2026

Funded PhD Studentship: ‘Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979’

‘Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 – 1979’: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship Ref: 5853 Deadline 5 May 2026 About …

From populist influences on global institutions to a new tool uncovering N**i Party family affiliations, here are this w...
25/04/2026

From populist influences on global institutions to a new tool uncovering N**i Party family affiliations, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Photo: Christian Rainer says he found the name of his grandfather, Franz Rainer (1886-1961), “within a few seconds”. Retrieved from BBC News. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Ex…

From a post-Viktor Orbán Europe to the ongoing advancements in Holocaust archive research, here are this week's top pick...
18/04/2026

From a post-Viktor Orbán Europe to the ongoing advancements in Holocaust archive research, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Photo: The synagogue Maciejow, now Lukiv, Ukraine. (Arolson Archive). Retrieved from The Jewish Chronicle. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, …

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