Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech follows a well-trodden path for Labour leaders. Kieran Connell examines how far-right rhetoric on immigration has been mainstreamed in British politics.
Our understanding of Braille is often shaped by narratives from Western Europe and the United States. Wei Yu Wayne Tan explores the significance of inventing Japanese Braille.
What happens when we challenge the Eurocentric narrative that has dominated Chinese Deaf history? Shu Wan explores the early history of the Deaf community in China.
In postcolonial Malaysia, what does it mean to reconstruct histories through streetscapes? Marie Ngiam considers the complex racial politics at play in the decolonisation of Malaysia's urban landscape.
Can a local past be used to inspire women's agency and autonomy in the present day? Siobhan Lambert-Hurley reflects on her collaboration with a local women's group in Bhopal.
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.
Crimea is at the centre of the current Russo-Ukrainian war, but with its two-thousand-year history, ownership is complicated. Christian Raffensperger explores.
This Virtual Special Issue curates History Workshop’s contribution to refugee studies - with a new introduction and 20 articles, free access for six months.
Wikipedia: a digital wasteland of opinionated cesspits or a glorious repository of knowledge? Andy Drummond explores how one Wikipedia article turned into Central European battlefield.
The British pride themselves on being a nation of dog lovers. However, Chris Pearson reveals that colonial Britain’s canine savoir-faire was conditional and only certain types of dogs were acceptable in 'civilised' countries.
What can the biography of William Mcllroy, a gay humanist from post-war Northern Ireland, tell us about the negotiation of non-conforming identities in the face of inflexible religious conservatism? Charlie Lynch investigates the…
Exploring the historical antecedents to present day nationality and immigration restrictions in the UK, Sara Cosemans brings together burgeoning neoliberal ideology and nostalgia for empire in the 1960s and 1970s to explain how race and…
How can we understand the true forces behind Russia’s expansionist aspirations today? Hubertus Jahn traces the long ideological roots of Putin's propaganda.
How did Russian anarchism, Teesside socialism and Jewish phenomenology find a home in rural Essex? Ken Worpole delves into the fragile archive of an influential pacifist settlement at Frating Hall farm.
The stories of Afghans themselves are frequently overlooked in reporting on the country, reflecting a long history of Western engagement. Elisabeth Leake explores the past and future of Afghan nationhood and citizenship, forged by…
What meanings can be attached to divisive symbols, and with what consequences? Isabel Gilbert explores the history of the Confederate flag and its reception, from the Civil War to the Dukes of Hazzard and, eventually, the Capitol Riots.
