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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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