Join us for a series of events throughout March 2026 to conclude our 'Rethinking Internationalism' grant project, including an in-person conference hosted at Birkbeck, a public lecture, and a publishi...

Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

Before I became a professional historian, I was lucky enough to visit Bandung — a cool, green city in the hills of Java, and a welcome…

As part of a forum on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Jason Gibbs to create a playlist of songs from both North and South Vietnam.

Over the past year, Myanmar’s military junta has been enforcing mandatory conscription, targeting men and women of working age.

In the wake of colonial and racial exploitation, political leaders, technocrats, activists, and workers across the Third World turned to socialism to offer a ne…

The Trump administration's 'two gender' policy is sparking fear and confusion among trans and non-binary people. The executive order claims it's a return to "biological facts," but experts say it igno...

The #FactsFirstPH coalition says fact-checking initiatives need to be strengthened, not scrapped, pointing out the role of disinformation in past Philippine elections

At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...

Burma Studies Group Travel Award for the 2025 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting The Burma Studies Group (BSG) is delighted to announce Travel Awards to support graduate s…

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There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

In the wake of colonial and racial exploitation, political leaders, technocrats, activists, and workers across the Third World turned to socialism to offer a ne…

The Institute for History at the University of Leiden invites applications for: Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years, 0.8 fte) The Postdoctoral Researcher will be part of an ERC-funded research team on in...