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Why was religion such a recurring feature of anti-colonial resistance?
By Jayden Fitzgibbon [Edited by Nadar Abdi & Carla Norman] The study of religion as a recurring feature of anti-colonial resistance is...
Carla Norman
Nov 7, 202011 min read
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Why were the British and Dutch more successful in establishing their overseas empires?
By Latifa Tohow [Edited by Charlotte Donnelly & Fatmanour Chouseinoglou] Why were the British and Dutch more successful in establishing...
Fatmanour Chouseinoglou
Nov 7, 20208 min read
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Discuss the relationship between Wahhabism and British imperial policy in the nineteenth century
By Robin Alexander Plant [Edited by Henry James Long and Seren Caglar] Throughout the nineteenth century British imperial policy met...
Seren Caglar
Nov 7, 202013 min read
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Can 'anti-colonialism' be understood as a single ideology?
By Niyaz Ahmed [Edited by Becky Ross and Sonia Hussain] Anti-colonialism as an ideology has grown to be associated with many different...
ra19269
Nov 7, 20209 min read
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How significant were the military orders to the survival of the crusader states, 1120-1187?
By Quinn Marriott [Edited by Isabelle Grime and Carla Norman] In the aftermath of the First Crusade, crusaders established control over...
Carla Norman
Nov 7, 202013 min read
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How productive is the Porter-MacKenzie debate when considering culture and imperialism?
By Nimisha Dave [Edited by Aisha Parmenter and Seren Caglar] ‘‘The Absent-Minded Imperialists’ is trapped in a cul-de-sac.” This is how...
Seren Caglar
Nov 7, 202011 min read
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How did western Christians in Outremer view their Muslim neighbours during the crusading era?
By Prahlad Bharj [Edited by Isabelle Grime and Seren Caglar] The “crusading era” refers to the years 1095-1204, based around the four...
Seren Caglar
Nov 7, 20209 min read
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How did the figure of the Virgin Mary offer a bridge between indigenous cultures and Christianity?
By Sarah Kearney [Edited by Margherita Peracino and Seren Caglar] The Virgin Mary has been an iconographical religious and cultural...
Seren Caglar
Nov 7, 202011 min read
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Post-colonial Africa: Were Citizens the Victims of External Institutions or Internal Incompetence?
By May El Mantawy [Edited by Megan Saunders and Anisa Taznim] In the post-colonial period, the debate over responsibility for the...
Anisa Taznim
Nov 7, 202012 min read
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What Can the 1857 Indian ‘Mutiny’ Tell Us About British Attitudes Towards Empire?
By Ammar Husain [Edited by Frank Oddy and Tayyiba Nasir] The term “attitudes” is a very broad category measurable in numerous ways....
Tayyiba Nasir
Nov 7, 20208 min read
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What challenges did Gandhi see 'swaraj' as the solution to, and why?
By Bismah Rahman [Edited by Jack McLean & Fatmanour Chouseinoglou] What challenges did Gandhi see ‘swaraj’ as the solution to, and why?...
Fatmanour Chouseinoglou
Nov 7, 202012 min read
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What is the significance of the Suez crisis of 1956 in the history of Anglo-American relations?
By Mazna Khan [Edited by Austin Steele & Carla Norman] Suez became an excuse, a scapegoat for what was happening to Britain in the world...
Carla Norman
Nov 7, 20209 min read
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Were 'Black Peril' Panics Driven by Race or Sex?
By Aniqah Khan [Edited by Austin Steele, Oliver Cole and Anisa Taznim] ‘Black Peril’ was the notion that Black colonial subjects would...
Anisa Taznim
Nov 7, 20208 min read
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