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.
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Listening in One’s Own Voice
Zarna Hart reflects on the significance of listening to the archive in the tradition of Caribbean orality.
Queer Activists and the Struggle for AIDS Education
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…
African Activism in Anticolonial Cairo
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.
A Guide to Action
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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HWJ 98
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The New Left
In this new and free-access Virtual Special Issue, Andrew Whitehead brings together 50 years of writing and reflection on the New Left
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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.
Listening in One’s Own Voice
Zarna Hart reflects on the significance of listening to the archive in the tradition of Caribbean orality.
Temporal Imprecision
Esther McManus explores how comics can narrate multiple histories and foster 'temporal imprecision' in archival research.
Noise, Nostalgia, and the Sound of Beijing’s Peddlers
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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Writing History in Sri Lanka Now
How might historians of the 2022 People's Uprising in Sri Lanka explore ongoing struggles for democracy, accountability and justice?
In Search of Waguih Ghali
Exploring the enigma that was the Egyptian writer Waguih Ghali, author of the classic postcolonial novel Beer in the Snooker Club.
From the archive
Celebrating women’s history month 2025
Playing the Game
Rosa Campbell on cis and trans women's struggles to play sport in the past and present.
May Ayim’s Cosmopolitanism from Below in Europe
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.
Anna May Wong and transnational Chinese resistance
Helena Lopes explores the role of multilingual women in transnational Chinese resistance through the B-movies of Anna May Wong.
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 Object: Printer’s Type from the Thames Foreshore
If you go down to the Thames today, you're sure of a big surprise - printer's type. Peter Wollweber unpacks its radical history.
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.