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From the Mecca Joint Defence Pact explained to the passing of China’s reformist czar, here are this week's top picks in ...
22/08/2026

From the Mecca Joint Defence Pact explained to the passing of China’s reformist czar, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. Photo by Handout / Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP, retrieved from Middle East Council. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD C…

From the struggles of Australia’s Aboriginals to remembering the persecution of Roma and Sinti, here are this week's top...
15/08/2026

From the struggles of Australia’s Aboriginals to remembering the persecution of Roma and Sinti, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Yolŋu ancestors taken from Baniyala by an anthropologist almost a century ago have been laid to rest in a repatriation ceremony. (ABC News: Marcus Kennedy) Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor a…

From a fraudulent “ancient Roman amphitheatre” to the destruction of rare books in AI training, here are this week's top...
01/08/2026

From a fraudulent “ancient Roman amphitheatre” to the destruction of rare books in AI training, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Fake ‘Ancient Roman Amphitheatre’. Credit: x.com/. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From a fraudulent “ancient Ro…

From Venezuela as an ‘ambiguous colony’ to Türkiye’s role in European security, here are this week's top picks in imperi...
25/07/2026

From Venezuela as an ‘ambiguous colony’ to Türkiye’s role in European security, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Photo illustration by Chantal Jahchan, retrieved from New York Times Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From Venez…

From the recognition of Punjabi soldiers in WW1 to a revived Monroe Doctrine over Latin America, here are this week's to...
18/07/2026

From the recognition of Punjabi soldiers in WW1 to a revived Monroe Doctrine over Latin America, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: “Some 1.4 million people from the subcontinent – now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh – served in the British Indian Army in WW1”, retrieved from the BBC. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at C…

From three Sahel states exiting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to new figures on the victims of Dutch slavery, h...
11/07/2026

From three Sahel states exiting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to new figures on the victims of Dutch slavery, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: “Junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger begin exit from the International Criminal ​Court, deepening break with Western institution”. Credit: Unidentified, retrieved from Business Insider – …

From foreign terms in America’s Declaration of Independence to a Romania-Moldova unification bill, here are this week's ...
04/07/2026

From foreign terms in America’s Declaration of Independence to a Romania-Moldova unification bill, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image credit: Getty Images, retrieved from BBC. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From foreign terms in America’s Declar…

From the passing of Microhistory pioneer Carlo Ginzburg to the inventor of a written Cherokee language, here are this we...
27/06/2026

From the passing of Microhistory pioneer Carlo Ginzburg to the inventor of a written Cherokee language, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: Illustration by Mer Young, retrieved from Smithsonian Magazine Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From the passing of Microh…

From undeclared chemical weapons in Syria to wildlife adaptations in Ukraine, here are this week's top picks in imperial...
13/06/2026

From undeclared chemical weapons in Syria to wildlife adaptations in Ukraine, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: A bird’s nest in Ukraine incorporating fibre optic cable, retrieved from IDEology. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exe…

This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global HistoryImage: Visual by Martina Monti, Credit Getty Images. Retrieved from Eu...
06/06/2026

This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Image: Visual by Martina Monti, Credit Getty Images. Retrieved from Euroactiv.W Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From Europeanists who aim to revive Latin to the history of today’s Sino-Japanese “war of words”, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history....

Image: Visual by Martina Monti, Credit Getty Images. Retrieved from Euroactiv.W Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter From E…

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