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From resurfaced ‘Hunger Stones’ to a company’s slave trade four decades after abolition, here are this week's top picks ...
12/09/2026

From resurfaced ‘Hunger Stones’ to a company’s slave trade four decades after abolition, here are this week's top picks in imperial and global history.

Image: The famous Decin hunger stone, with its cryptic inscription, dates back to 1904. Credit: Ondrej Hajek/CTK/dpa/picture alliance, retrieved from DW News. Mitchel StuffersAssistant Editor at CI…

Authenticity in Cities: The Example of VeniceThis is the first in a series of blog posts created by students of the 2026...
07/09/2026

Authenticity in Cities: The Example of Venice

This is the first in a series of blog posts created by students of the 2026 'Linguistic Landscapes' Summer School at Venice International University, in conjunction with the University of Exeter and KU Leuven.

Figure 1 The Rialto Pescheria and Beccarie area in Venice This is the first in a series of blog posts created by students of the 2026 ‘Linguistic Landscapes’ Summer School at Venice Int…

"memoirs...of the Second World War commanders in fact offer a fascinating window into British postwar imperial anxieties...
03/09/2026

"memoirs...of the Second World War commanders in fact offer a fascinating window into British postwar imperial anxieties"

- Dan Weavers (University of Exeter)

Dan WeaversUniversity of Exeter In 1948, US General Dwight D. Eisenhower published his memoir of the Second World War, Crusade in Europe, starting a war of words between American and British allies…

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…

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