July 2023 – Imperial & Global Forum

This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Published on July 15, 2023July 14, 2023 by CIGH Exeter

A statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin casts a shadow in Volgograd, Russia, June 2018. Toru Hanai. Reuters

Marc-William Palen
History Department, University of Exeter
Follow on Twitter @MWPalen

From the Cold War trap to the Jamaican roots of the British industrial revolution, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Published on July 1, 2023June 30, 2023 by CIGH Exeter

Mughal men drink an unidentified beverage in a 17th century painting later recreated as a drawing by Rembrandt (Public domain)

Marc-William Palen
History Department, University of Exeter
Follow on Twitter @MWPalen

From unravelling the Windrush myth to the infinite possibilities of Afrofuturism, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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