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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Published on April 18, 2026April 16, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: The synagogue Maciejow, now Lukiv, Ukraine. (Arolson Archive). Retrieved from The Jewish Chronicle*.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From a post-Viktor Orbán Europe to the ongoing advancements in Holocaust archive research, 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 April 11, 2026April 9, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: A woman makes coffee in a tent at a refugee camp in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Ximena Borrazas/SOPA images via Reuters Connect. Retrieved from The New Humanitarian.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From countering global kleptocracy to a possible merger of two major African conflicts, 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 April 4, 2026April 2, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: The Cameroonian Restitution Commission visits Berlin’s Ethnological Museum in 2023. Tom Christen; © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Eric Hesmerg*. *Retrieved from The Art Newspaper*.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From President Lula da Silva’s call for UN reforms to Germany’s colonial restitution council, 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 March 28, 2026March 27, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: Enslaved people owned by the British mining company St John d’El Rey from 1868 or 1869. Photograph by Thereza Christina Maria collection/Courtesy of the National Library of Brazil. Retrieved from The Guardian.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From the UN declaring transatlantic slavery the gravest Crime against Humanity to the global impact of the US-Iran war, 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 March 21, 2026March 20, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: The vault in the decommissioned coalmine where data from around the world is stored, courtesy of AWA. Retrieved from The Guardian.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Nigerian stories archived in the Arctic to historical methods and GenAI, 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 March 14, 2026March 13, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: Famine relief efforts in Sudan by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), WikiCommons, retrieved from NIOD “The Violence of Hunger”.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From famine as a weapon to Scotland’s anti-suffrage woman MP, 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 March 7, 2026March 5, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026.* *Retrieved from USA Today.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Iranian Americans reacting to Trump’s military strikes to the launch of an AI ethics consortium in the UK, 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 February 28, 2026February 27, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave in Germany. Universität Tübingen/Hildegard Jensen, retrieved from Scientific American.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Africa’s pre-colonial decentralisation to the origins of written language, 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 February 21, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: Signage about slavery is displayed on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on October 24, 2025. Michael Yanow/NurPhoto/Getty Images/File, retrieved from CNN.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From the influence of Western think-tanks on Latin America to a judge citing Orwell’s 1984 to restore a slavery exhibit, 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 February 7, 2026February 6, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: Statues from the ‘Royal treasures of Abomey kingdom’ collection on display at the Musée du quai Branly in Paris on September 10, 2021. © Christophe Archambault, AFP. Retrieved from France24.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From a French draft bill on returning African colonial items to Japan’s possible reinstatement of imperial military titles, 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 January 31, 2026January 30, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: The Auschwitz concentration camp — seen here in a genuine AFP photo — was liberated in January 1945 © Dominique JACOVIDES / POOL/AFP. Retrieved from France24*.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From AI images distorting Holocaust memory to the new challenges faced by middle-power nations, 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 January 24, 2026January 23, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

*Photo: Sweet Thing number 17, ca 1960-2024. Photograph: Jorge Luis Alvarez Pupo. Retrieved from The Guardian.*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Nigeria’s risk of hunger to poem & picture collections on slavery and heritage, 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 January 17, 2026January 16, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: Recruits of the 65th Separate Mechanised Brigade training in the Zaporizhzhia region. 65th Mechanised Brigade press service/EPA. Retrieved from *The Guardian*

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Ukraine’s elusive peace deal to India’s ‘colonial’ railway uniform, 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 January 10, 2026January 9, 2026 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: Protestors march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Dec 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP, File). Retrieved from AP News.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From US Intervention in Venezuela to Iran’s growing protests, 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 December 13, 2025December 10, 2025 by CIGH Exeter

Photo: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a live broadcast Monday in Niederkassel.Rolf Vennenbernd / dpa via Getty Images. Retrieved from *NBC News*.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From the Thailand-Cambodia conflict to Friedrich Merz’s appeal for European strategic autonomy, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From a post-Viktor Orbán Europe to the ongoing advancements in Holocaust archive research, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From countering global kleptocracy to a possible merger of two major African conflicts, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From President Lula da Silva’s call for UN reforms to Germany’s colonial restitution council, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From the UN declaring transatlantic slavery the gravest Crime against Humanity to the global impact of the US-Iran war, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From Nigerian stories archived in the Arctic to historical methods and GenAI, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From famine as a weapon to Scotland’s anti-suffrage woman MP, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From Iranian Americans reacting to Trump’s military strikes to the launch of an AI ethics consortium in the UK, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From Africa’s pre-colonial decentralisation to the origins of written language, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From the influence of Western think-tanks on Latin America to a judge citing Orwell’s 1984 to restore a slavery exhibit, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From a French draft bill on returning African colonial items to Japan’s possible reinstatement of imperial military titles, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From AI images distorting Holocaust memory to the new challenges faced by middle-power nations, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From Nigeria’s risk of hunger to poem & picture collections on slavery and heritage, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From Ukraine’s elusive peace deal to India’s ‘colonial’ railway uniform, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From US Intervention in Venezuela to Iran’s growing protests, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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From the Thailand-Cambodia conflict to Friedrich Merz’s appeal for European strategic autonomy, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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