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A devastating new round of redundancies at Goldsmiths is threatening to close pathbreaking MA programmes in Black British History and Queer History.
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Natalie Zemon Davis and the Politics of the Historical Imagination
How can speculation and stories be part of historical practice? Will Pooley on the life and work of Natalie Zemon Davis
Shaping Galle Face Green
Galle Face Green is one of the most important public spaces in Colombo. Lara Wijesuriya traces how the public and the state have shaped Galle Face Green since independence.
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2024
We are seeking to appoint one editorial fellow in 2024 - with specialism in histories of Africa, South-East Asia or the Middle East, including diasporic perspectives.
Rainbow Mass
How have indigenous and queer traditions of resistance come together in the celebration of Pride on the Norwegian-Russian border?
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How have indigenous and queer traditions of resistance come together in the celebration of Pride on the Norwegian-Russian border?
Reporting the Third World
Ryszard Kapuściński's journalistic style has attracted both praise and controversy. Alina Sajed reflects on the politics of Third World reportage.
At the Edges of Amnesty
How were solidarities negotiated in the making of a global human rights movement? The experience of Mongo Beti in Amnesty International reveals some of the barriers in play.
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An Indian Historian’s Ordinary Life
The novelist Amitava Kumar on historical fiction, history from below, and the role of the writer as witness.
In the Shadow of Diagnosis
How has modern queer life been affected by its encounters with psychiatric power?
From the archive
Insights into today’s world via a deep dive into our archives.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
In 1977, the UN established the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. How was the struggle for national self-determination supported by global solidarity, anticolonial movements, and international institutions?
Radical Objects: MaThoko’s Post Box & the Birth of the Black LGBT Movement in South Africa
John Marnell on MaThoko’s old post box, which played an important role as a key communication node for the nascent LGBT movement in South Africa during the 1980s and 1990s.
The Ancient History of the WAG
Footballers' Wives and Girlfriends exploded into British pop culture at the turn of the millennium, but what does the WAG tell us about feminism, football and pre-credit crunch Britain? Grace Whorrall-Campbell explores.
Radical Objects
Whether letters, food or ephemera, material objects have acted as radical agents in history. Here, historians, archivists and activists unpack stories of solidarity and everyday lives.
Radical Objects: Transregional Chinese-language Children’s Magazines
Allan Pang explores the diverse and conflicting depictions of Chinese and world history in transregional children's magazines.
Radical Objects: The Pot and Pan
Matthew Kerry explores how the humble pot and pan have become powerful tools for protestors.
Radical Object: The Dress of a Leeds Suffragette
What can the dress of a suffragette tell us about radical feminist politics and fashion during the early twentieth century? Sophia Lambert explores.