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Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization: A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000 Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Felipe Souza Melo reviews 'Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization: A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000', edited by Carlos Marichal & David Pretel (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Ryan Hall reviews 'Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States' by Emilie Connolly (Princeton University Press, 2025): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization: A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000 Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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

Felipe Souza Melo reviews 'Colours, Commodities and the Birth of Globalization: A History of the Natural Dyes of the Americas, 1500-2000', edited by Carlos Marichal and David Pretel

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Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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

Ryan Hall reviews 'Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States' by Emilie Connolly

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The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Matthew L. McDowell reviews "The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s" by Thomas Adam (Anthem Press, 2025)

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The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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

Matthew L. McDowell reviews "The Global Spread of Football from the 1860s to the 1880s" by Thomas Adam

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Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811–1815 This article examines how sovereignty and treaties functioned as colonial instruments during the British occupation of Java (1811–1815). The British East India Company imposed the language of sover...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, see the article 'Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811–1815' by Gareth Knapman: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Looking from the North: Australian History from the Top Down Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

See Benjamin T. Jones' review of the book 'Looking from the North: Australian History from the Top Down' by Henry Reynolds, NewSouth, 2025: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Neutrality’s Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Check out the book review by John L. Hennessey of 'Neutrality’s Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age' by Per Högselius, David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström, Berghahn Books, 2026: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Sovereignty and Treaties as Colonial Instruments: The British Occupation of Java 1811–1815 This article examines how sovereignty and treaties functioned as colonial instruments during the British occupation of Java (1811–1815). The British East India Company imposed the language of sover...

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Looking from the North: Australian History from the Top Down Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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@drbenjaminjones.bsky.social reviews Henry Reynolds' "Looking from the North: Australian History from the Top Down"

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Great Historical Document or Just Propaganda? The Atlantic Charter and Global Africa in the Era of World War II This article explores the impact of the Atlantic Charter, a key World War II era document authored by US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, on Africans and p...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, see the article 'Great Historical Document or Just Propaganda? The Atlantic Charter and Global Africa in the Era of World War II' by Michael O. West: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Misfire: British Empire Special Forces and Defeat in Malaya in World War II Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Check out Joshua R. Goodman's review of the book 'Misfire: British Empire Special Forces and Defeat in Malaya in World War II' by Brian P. Farrell, University Press of Kansas, 2025: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Speaking of the Unspeakable: The Debate on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in Colonial Bengal, India The discourse around prostitution and trafficking in colonial Bengal, India, had revolved around the fulcrum of ‘disease’ and ‘race and gender’. It was a narrative created by the colonial military ...

Recently published! See the article 'Speaking of the Unspeakable: The Debate on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in Colonial Bengal, India' by Nilanjana Ray: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Military Justice in the Field: Law, Order and Violence in the Prosecutors’ Archives of Belgian Colonial Troops at ‘War’ This article explores how Belgian colonial authorities used military justice to govern armed violence in Congo, focusing on the disruptions brought by the Second World War. Drawing on military pros...

Check out the latest article 'Military Justice in the Field: Law, Order and Violence in the Prosecutors’ Archives of Belgian Colonial Troops at ‘War’' by Reinout Vander Hulst: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Nice to read about Jamie Mackie, who was always generous younger people in our field

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...

5k views/downloads on my EOKA essay in less than 10 months. Are people ready to understand the nature of EOKA? @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Neutrality’s Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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

John L. Hennessy reviews 'Neutrality’s Empire: Swedish Colonialism in the Industrial Age' by Per Högselius, David Nilsson and Hanna Vikström

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Saving as a ‘Civilising’ Measure in the British Empire: The Case of the Jamaican Trustee Savings Banks, 1834–1870. This article discusses trustee savings banks as an aspect of the social reform movement throughout the British Empire during the immediate post-emancipation period. An examination of savings banks ...

See the recent article 'Saving as a ‘Civilising’ Measure in the British Empire: The Case of the Jamaican Trustee Savings Banks, 1834–1870' by Karl Watts: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Out now! Check out out upcoming Special issue on Business and Labour in German Colonialism.

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Business and Labour in German Colonialism. An Introduction This introduction surveys and critically reassesses the development of German colonial historiography over recent decades. It traces how a field long regarded as marginal within German historical s...

See Mona Rudolph & Nina Kleinöder's introduction to the upcoming special issue 'Business and Labour in German Colonialism', currently #FreeAccess : doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Misfire: British Empire Special Forces and Defeat in Malaya in World War II Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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

Joshua R. Goodman reviews “Misfire: British Empire Special Forces and Defeat in Malaya in World War II” by Brian P. Farrell

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No Trace: ASIO and the End of the White Australia Policy This contribution to the special issue studies the history of the White Australia Policy through an exploration of the intersections between national security, immigration restriction and social re...

Have a read of the recent article 'No Trace: ASIO and the End of the White Australia Policy' by Sean Brawley: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Laboratory of Empire: Calcutta, Opium, and the Wartime Invention of Regulation During the Second World War, Calcutta became a laboratory of imperial and international regulation. In the city’s police stations and opium shops, American narcotics agents and Indian officials imp...

Check out the recent article 'Laboratory of Empire: Calcutta, Opium, and the Wartime Invention of Regulation' by Benjamin R. Siegel: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire, 1945-79 Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire 1945-79 focuses upon Admiral Lord Mountbatten as a commanding – if controversial – figure in the history of Britain and its emp…

Still looking for a reviewer for this book for @jich.bsky.social

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Intra-Caribbean Diplomacy and Imperial Negotiation; Edward Trelawny, the Marquis de Larnage, and Anglo-French relations in the West Indies, 1720–1748 During the early modern period, concepts of power and authority were heavily contested between rival nations and nascent colonial empires. However, this negotiation was also present in the dealings...

Fresh and #OpenAccess, check out 'Intra-Caribbean Diplomacy and Imperial Negotiation; Edward Trelawny, the Marquis de Larnage, and Anglo-French relations in the West Indies, 1720–1748' by Christos Giannatos: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Imperial Crime and Punishment: Approaches from Historical Criminology, by Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Have a read of Patrick Cacicedo's review of the book 'Imperial Crime and Punishment: Approaches from Historical Criminology', by Emma D. Watkins & Eleanor Bland (eds.) (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

A Peaceful Place: Raising Imperial Children at China’s Moganshan Hill Station Across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, hill stations served as meaningful places of respite for imperial families, providing them with opportunities to escape the heat and political u...

See the recent article 'A Peaceful Place: Raising Imperial Children at China’s Moganshan Hill Station' by Hayley Keon: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out our call for Book Reviews for 2026. Please get in touch with @evansmithhist.bsky.social if you have a book in mind: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Visibility and Invisibility: An Examination of Hong Kong’s Film Censorship System during the Cold War Period To maintain social order and convey political attitudes, the British who returned to Asia after the Second World War gradually established a film censorship system in Hong Kong, imposing restrictio...

Check out the recent research article 'Visibility and Invisibility: An Examination of Hong Kong’s Film Censorship System during the Cold War Period' by Ziheng Zhou: doi.org/10.1080/0308...