Australia ingratiating itself into a post-Brexit, British-instigated Anglosphere would be a futile exercise in counterproductive nostalgia.
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The concept of ‘the Anglosphere’ gained in importance after the Brexit referendum as an alternative to the EU – and it could now impact Anglo nations, like Australia.
Phrases like “knowledge production” conceal the fact that knowledge answers to something beyond itself and beyond us. To produce knowledge is to find out about something.
Some British people look back fondly to the days of empire. Their views aren’t shared by the rest of the world.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille ‘s Twitter rant about colonialism caused an uproar as it brought back memories of a brutal and violent time in South Africa.
The empire’s formal structures may have been gutted, but its influence lives on.
The BBC’s Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
The East India Company offered men untold travel and riches – if they survived.
Having moved so far from its origins in 1788, perhaps Australia Day should now be a celebration of Australian ‘ordinariness’.
The disdain for human life that underpinned the British Empire has been brought home.
The road to independence was not a simple tale of civil disobedience.
It was 1956 – and for Britain, things would never be the same again.
There are striking parallels between Eden’s handling of Suez and Blair’s march into the Iraq War.
Ending slavery didn’t mean that the rights of Britain’s colonial peoples were properly protected. Far from it.
A myth is doing serious injustice to the way historians have approached decolonisation.
The royal visit to Canada raises some important constitutional questions.
In the dying days of empire, the British financed a global cinema service.
For many people around the world, it’s a bit of a mystery.
Time for this myth to be exploded – empire brought with it slavery, exploitation, racism and kleptocracy.
Is being rude to overseas visitors an attempt to hold on to the pride that comes with power?
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Professor of History, Royal Holloway University of London
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Doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer, History, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in British Politics, University of Liverpool
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Monash Intercultural Lab and National Convenor of the Asian Australian Studies Research Network, Monash University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University
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Professor of Historical Geography, University of Sussex
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Law, Lund University
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Assistant Professor of History, Thompson Rivers University
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
