The 1991 Royal Commission into deaths in custody was preceded by an 1850 inquiry, which recommended that Aboriginal people be released should their health deteriorate in gaol.
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When the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury Docks 70 years ago, it was on a return journey – having taken West Indian war veterans back to the Caribbean.
A long read on how science’s dark imperial past still shapes research today – and what to do about it.
Some say Britain should be proud of its imperial past. Oxford academics say it’s not so simple.
Governor Arthur Phillip regarded sodomy as one of the worst offences that convicts under his charge could commit. But sex between men and between women flourished in convict Australia.
Collectable cigarette cards once depicted ‘exotic’ beauties, classified by the colonial eye. And today’s beauty contests still present women as exotic representatives of their nation.
The local Aboriginal people told stories and painted images of a massacre of their ancestors in the early 20th century, but there was no other evidence that the incident took place. Until now.
Histories of the North Atlantic have had a preponderant influence on scholarship about race. But, for scholars in the humanities and social sciences who study southern Africa, this is changing.
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Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Research Scientist in Archaeology, South Australian Museum
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Associate Professor, History, Carleton University
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Associate Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Associate professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, adjunct, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor in History, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Heritage, University of Kent
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Junior Research Fellow, History of the modern Middle East and North Africa, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics, Massey University
