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.
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.
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.
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.
What did decolonisation mean to students in the Afro-Asian solidarity movement? Wildan Sena Utama explores the contributions and contentions of the conference that brought them together.
Since the 1960s, the fascist persona in Japan has shifted towards the feminine. Zachary Fairbrother traces the emergence of a fascist femininity in Japanese pop-culture.
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.
What might the story of a summer camp tell us about the practice and politics of solidarity? Sorcha Thomson on the 'Friends of Palestine' camp of 1969.
The 9th of June 1965 was declared as the first day of the Dhufar Revolution. What role did a small group of British solidarity activists play in the revolution's fate?
Ayahs and Amahs were empire's care-workers, raising the children of colonial families. Julia Laite on a new online exhibition that foregrounds their stories.
