
A Decade of Crisis
UK universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
UK universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
Zarna Hart reflects on the significance of listening to the archive in the tradition of Caribbean orality.
Donald Trump's January 20th Executive Order is a harmful attack on queer and transgender healthcare education, but it will be resisted. Lucy Kelly turns to the legacy of queer activists and allies in the struggle for AIDS education in the…
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial movement.
What can we learn from the lives and legacies of Black radical women? Tionne Alliyah Parris considers how the transnational activism of Claudia Jones, Vicki Garvin and Louise Thompson Patterson offers us a guide to action now.
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Read Article "HWJ 98"In this new and free-access Virtual Special Issue, Andrew Whitehead brings together 50 years of writing and reflection on the New Left
Read Article "The New Left"What radical histories can be found in 'working and wandering' from place to place? This series explore itinerance in histories of space, movement and labour, and how historians might imagine news ways of researching itinerantly.
Zarna Hart reflects on the significance of listening to the archive in the tradition of Caribbean orality.
Esther McManus explores how comics can narrate multiple histories and foster 'temporal imprecision' in archival research.
What happens in the process of preserving the 'sounds of old Beijing'? Odila Schröder explores the heritagisation of Beijing's peddler calls.
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Celebrating women’s history month 2025
Rosa Campbell on cis and trans women's struggles to play sport in the past and present.
May Ayim was key to the Black German civil rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s. But how did her work across borders exemplify cosmopolitanism from below? Tiffany N. Florvil explores the life and networks of a visionary.
Helena Lopes explores the role of multilingual women in transnational Chinese resistance through the B-movies of Anna May Wong.
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.
If you go down to the Thames today, you're sure of a big surprise - printer's type. Peter Wollweber unpacks its radical history.
Allan Pang explores the diverse and conflicting depictions of Chinese and world history in transregional children's magazines.
Matthew Kerry explores how the humble pot and pan have become powerful tools for protestors.