A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.

This article examines the militarization of white settler women during the Kenya Emergency (1952–1960), analyzing how their armed participation disrupted and reconfigured colonial gender norms. Drawi...

During the Kenya Emergency, white women took up arms against the Mau Mau rebels. What did it mean to be both domestic and violent?

This article examines the militarization of white settler women during the Kenya Emergency (1952–1960), analyzing how their armed participation disrupted and reconfigured colonial gender norms. Drawi...

During the Kenya Emergency, photography became a vital tool for psychological warfare. Lauren Brown explores how the colonial state used violent images to demonise African insurgents.

During the Kenya Emergency, photography became a vital tool for psychological warfare. Lauren Brown explores how the colonial state used violent images to demonise African insurgents.

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

Too many leaders have appeased the rightwing culture warriors. In the wake of the Henry Nowak rioting, the time for a push against toxicity and untruths is now, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

A full-time position on a fixed-term contract to conduct research related to the overall objectives of the REVENANT project REQUIREMENTS:

In the early twentieth century, British settlers across Africa used the fear of sexual violence to justify colonial control. Joseph Abraham explores how these 'Black Perils' shape debates about migration and security to this day.

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

For many Kenyans, the Archives is not only a national heritage but also a landmark and a meeting point.

The deal covers defence, trade, fishing, and a possible youth scheme, in the first big reset since Brexit.

We are happy to announce that from January 2025 the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (JICH) will feature a section devoted to current debates.  This will include opinion pieces and comment...

Andrea Potts spoke with Khushboo Jain, an independent curator, writer and researcher, about decolonising Indian miniature art. Andrea: What is […]