In mid-2015 the German Foreign Office after decades of denial seemingly acceded, in a very informal way, to labelling what had happened in South West Africa as genocide, is now backtracking.
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Star Wars is a carefully crafted religious experience. Just like Game of Thrones and other epic stories between good and evil, these stories prepare us for violence and war.
There are many debates northerners should have about the future Arctic, but the development of oil and gas is not one of them.
For the Native people of California, the dream has been more of a nightmare.
Some say Britain should be proud of its imperial past. Oxford academics say it’s not so simple.
Museums are not apolitical, and they are not entirely scientific. As such, they don’t really represent reality.
West Africa has lessons to learn from its ancient empires and colonial governments on regional trade and integration.
The current aggressive version of Islamophobia in Québec is unique to the province. We need a critical re-interpretation of our own history to build a Québec freed from our old racist patterns.
Schooling has historically been used to control Indigenous peoples, rather than to liberate or educate them.
A focus on collaboration among African universities and research institutions is crucial in developing national policies that meet the principles of open data while keeping it safe from exploitation.
Calls to “indigenize” universities must start with listening - to Indigenous scholars and nations. And real reparation will be painful for settlers, for it will be unsettling.
Farm dwellers’ conclusion is that the politics associated with land is not about an organised emancipatory movement. Farm dwellers are mainly preoccupied with daily survival strategies.
The journal initially only published articles by European physicians. But in the 20th century a number of Indonesians, who became founders of respected medical institutions, published there too.
Letters home reveal what is was like to be an Indian soldier in World War II.
With just 67 words, a British foreign secretary kicked off a hundred years of conflict and displacement.
The Indigenous in New Zealand have fared better than First Nations in Canada in terms of self-determination. Why? It’s about a lot more than geography, land mass and language.
George Hamilton published An Appeal for the Horse in 1866, a defence of animal welfare well ahead of its time. However, his compassion for Aboriginal people was conspicuously lacking.
Anglophones have long complained that their language and culture are marginalised. They say if this doesn’t change, they must be granted independence.
Puerto Rico has focused significant efforts on branding – but at what cost?
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa and Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations, Utrecht University
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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Curator & Section Head, Oceania, The British Museum
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Associate professor, McGill University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in Political Science, University of Freiburg
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Assistant Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
