The End of the Museum: Culture, Colonialism, and Liberation Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Rong Ni reviews 'The End of the Museum: Culture, Colonialism, and Liberation' by Kevin Coffee (Routledge, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

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Algerian Independence and the British Left: Solidarities and Resistance in a Decolonizing World Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Pleased that my review of 'Algerian Independence and the British Left: Solidarities and Resistance in a Decolonizing World' by Melanie Torrent (Bloomsbury, 2024) in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (@jich.bsky.social) is now available online!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1960s–1970s: The Ends of (Informal) External Association Although Ireland enjoyed a strong – albeit ultimately informal – external association with the Commonwealth in 1960, this was at an end by 1979. It had abolished all migration exemptions for Common...

Recently published and #OpenAccess, check out 'Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1960s–1970s: The Ends of (Informal) External Association' by David Erdos - it is free to read here: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Volume 54, Issue 2 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

It's here! Issue 2 for 2026 is published - check out JICH Vol. 54(2) now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

The Effects of Regional Colonial Discourse on Colonial Strategy: British Colonial War on Bhutan from 1840–1867 The practice of colonial strategy and racial discourses is a deeply intertwined process that developed in tandem, particularly during the height of traditional colonialism and empires from the seve...

Check out the recent article 'The Effects of Regional Colonial Discourse on Colonial Strategy: British Colonial War on Bhutan from 1840–1867' by Michael Givel & Garrett Johnson: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Volume 54, Issue 2 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

The latest issue of @jich.bsky.social is out now (54/2), featuring 11 new articles of original research, 2 commentary pieces and 6 book reviews.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Scott Denis McCarthy reviews 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State' by Ciaran O’Neill (Oxford University Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

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Black Essential Workers, Racialised Citizenship and Community ‘Friendliness’: The British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, 1941–1943 The experiences of roughly 900 Black lumberjacks, serving in the British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, demonstrate that citizenship for Essential Workers was racially constrained in Second Wo...

New and #OpenAccess, check out 'Black Essential Workers, Racialised Citizenship and Community ‘Friendliness’: The British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, 1941–1943' by Jim Phillips & Theo Williams: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The 1898 Dog Tax War as an Incursion on Māori De Recto Sovereignty In the Hokianga region of Northland in 1898, a war nearly broke out between Māori and the Crown, ostensibly over the Crown’s imposition of a tax on dogs. This article explores some of the underlyin...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, see 'The 1898 Dog Tax War as an Incursion on Māori De Recto Sovereignty' by Paul Moon: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The End of the Museum: Culture, Colonialism, and Liberation Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social

Rong Ni reviews 'The End of the Museum: Culture, Colonialism, and Liberation' by Kevin Coffee

@routledgebooks.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Trial That Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Another new book review published advance access.

M.C. Rast reviews "The Trial That Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence" by Ashis Ray (Routledge, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
@routledgehistory.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

Solidarity with Strings: The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939 Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Christian Høgsbjerg reviews "Solidarity with Strings: The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939" by Roger Seifert (Bristol University Press, 2026):
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
@brisunipress.bsky.social

Curating the Colonial Past: The “Migrated Archives” and the Struggle for Kenya’s History Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Niels Boender reviews 'Curating the Colonial Past: The “Migrated Archives” and the Struggle for Kenya’s History' by Riley Linebaugh (Cambridge University Press, 2025):
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social

Scott Denis McCarthy reviews 'Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State' by Ciaran O’Neill

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Army, Empire & Film: British Imperial Conflict on Screen Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Ellen Z. Whitton reviews 'Army, Empire & Film: British Imperial Conflict on Screen', edited by Ian F.W. Beckett (University of Exeter Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

@uexeterpress.bsky.social

Studies in Imperialism: marking the 200th volume

We’re celebrating the 200th volume
In the Studies in Imperialism series and over 40 years of publishing cutting-edge research with the launch of the book itself and a panel discussion of imperialism & imperial history, past & present, on 26 May. Do join us?
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Black Essential Workers, Racialised Citizenship and Community ‘Friendliness’: The British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, 1941–1943 The experiences of roughly 900 Black lumberjacks, serving in the British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, demonstrate that citizenship for Essential Workers was racially constrained in Second Wo...

Just published in @jich.bsky.social, alongside my colleague Jim Phillips

Black Essential Workers, Racialised Citizenship and Community ‘Friendliness’: The British Honduran Forestry Unit in Scotland, 1941–1943

doi.org/10.1080/0308...

EOKA 70 Years On: Anti-Colonial or Colonialist? Liberation or Subjugation? 70 years after the start of the EOKA campaign to unite Cyprus to Greece (enosis), this essay revisits the nature and activities of EOKA, and its legacy. Most Greek Cypriots and Greeks believe in wh...

Remembering what EOKA was @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Commonwealth Union for Anglo-Atlantic Empire: Sir William Keith on the Political Economy of ‘Publick Spirit’ Sir William Keith (1669–1749) sought to reform the political economy of empire-building in the eighteenth-century Anglo-Atlantic world. His philosophical notion of cultivating a ‘publick spirit’ un...

Hot off the press! Check out 'A Commonwealth Union for Anglo-Atlantic Empire: Sir William Keith on the Political Economy of ‘Publick Spirit’' by Paul Tonks, Charles Bradford Bow & Michael R. Taylor: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

From Partnership to Revolt: The Dialectics of Settler-Colonial Consciousness in the Zionist Right This article offers a historically grounded contribution to the debate on the relationship between Zionism and settler colonialism. Rather than determining whether Zionism should be defined as a se...

Recently published and #OpenAccess, check out 'From Partnership to Revolt: The Dialectics of Settler-Colonial Consciousness in the Zionist Right' by Amir Goldstein & Elad Nahshon: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Business and Labour in German Colonialism. Volume 54, Issue 1 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Issue 1 for 2026 (Vol. 54) is out now! ‪It is a special issue, edited by Mona Rudolph & Nina Kleinöder on: 'Business and Labour in German Colonialism'.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.
Andrew T. Jarboe reviews 'When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century' by Conor Heffernan (Bloomsbury, 2026):
doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Solidarity with Strings: The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939 Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social

Christian Høgsbjerg reviews "Solidarity with Strings: The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939" by Roger Seifert

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Trial That Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Another new book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social

M.C. Rast reviews "The Trial That Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence" by Ashis Ray

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Business and Labour in German Colonialism. Volume 54, Issue 1 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

The first issue of @jich.bsky.social for 2026 (54/1) is now out!

It is a special issue, edited by Mona Rudolph & Nina Kleinöder @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, on business and labour in German colonialism.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

Decolonisation and Environmentalism: Bringing the Winds of Change to Global Environmental History This article argues that the decolonisation of European empires influenced the origins and spread of environmentalism throughout the world in the 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrates how many of the so...

Just published and #OpenAccess, check out 'Decolonisation and Environmentalism: Bringing the Winds of Change to Global Environmental History' by Brett M. Bennett: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Empire and Leprosy in Colonial Bengal Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.
Shubham Pathak and Vinita Chandra review 'Empire and Leprosy in Colonial Bengal' by Apalak Das (Routledge India, 2025).

@routledgehistory.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0308...

This will be the final instalment of my 'Nordics in Colonial SE Asia' trilogy (although the first one I wrote, academic publishing you know...). The first one was my @jich.bsky.social article in 2023 on the Finland-Swedish merchant Hjalmar Björling's transimperial networks: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Awaiting book reviews is the part of publishing I dread. Many thanks to @jich.bsky.social and Andrew Jarboe for this positive review of my latest book When Fitness Went Global! If anyone would like a reviewer copy please do not hesitate to ask! @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

White Australia’s Student Exception: Asians and the Selective Logic of Immigration Restriction This article examines the history of Asian students in White Australia whose movement constituted an exception to immigration restriction. While the student exception was a feature of the administr...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, see 'White Australia’s Student Exception: Asians and the Selective Logic of Immigration Restriction' by Tandee Wang: doi.org/10.1080/0308...