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JICH will now award two annual prizes: The Stockwell-Burroughs Prize for Best Article; & the Murphy-Howe Prize for Best Postgrad Article. Winners will be announced each Feb & receive £200 in book vouchers from @tandfonline. Winning articles will become free access for 12 months.
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Hot off the press! Read 'Practically White: Syrian/Lebanese and Australia's Immigration Restriction Act' by Anne Monsour: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Practically White: Syrian/Lebanese and Australia's Immigration Restriction Act

Although little attention is paid to Syrian/Lebanese in studies of the Immigration Restriction Act, its passing in 1901 was a seminal moment in the history of their migration to Australia. The most...

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New article! Check out 'Beyond Indirect Rule: Punitive Pacification and the Administrative Reconstitution of Benin, 1897–1935' by John Agbonifo: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Beyond Indirect Rule: Punitive Pacification and the Administrative Reconstitution of Benin,...

This article re-examines British rule in Benin between 1897 and 1935. It argues that cannot adequately understand the colonial administration through the familiar distinction between direct and ind...

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New article! Read 'Visiting Chiefs of Empire: Aristocratic Personage and Colonial Indignities in Britain' by Oluwatoyin Oduntan: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Visiting Chiefs of Empire: Aristocratic Personage and Colonial Indignities in Britain

African paramount chiefs visiting Britain provide a context to colonial itineraries that is markedly different from imperial travels to colonies. Far from being pawns and exhibits of empire who are...

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Check out the recent article 'Muddied Waters: Crofter Colonisation and the Contingency of ‘British’ and ‘Scottish’ Whiteness in 1880s New Zealand' by Timothy S. Forest: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Muddied Waters: Crofter Colonisation and the Contingency of ‘British’ and ‘Scottish’ Whiteness in...

The British and the Aotearoa New Zealand governments in the mid-1880s proposed a trial colonisation of Scottish Hebridean crofter fishing families in the southernmost Otago province. These settlers...

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Read the latest article 'Preserving the Empire: Arthur Berriedale Keith and the Indian Constitutional Crisis, 1919–1939' by Alok Oak: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Preserving the Empire: Arthur Berriedale Keith and the Indian Constitutional Crisis, 1919–1939

Responding to a shift in global narrative favouring nation’s right to self-determination, Britain became overly protective of its empire during the interwar years (1919–1939). Consequently, in Brit...

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Latest book review! Jakob Burnham reviews 'By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire' by Mélanie Lamotte (Harvard University Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202… @Harvard_Press

By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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New book review! Asadullah Raisani reviews 'Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-US Relations' by Afshin Matin-Asgari (Verso, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202… @VersoBooks

Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-US Relations

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Hot off the press! Check out 'Between Bandung, Suez, and Nehru's Feet: Singapore and Global South Solidarities in the Commonwealth' by Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Between Bandung, Suez, and Nehru's Feet: Singapore and Global South Solidarities in the Commonwealth

As part of his voyage to London in December 1955, David Marshall, chief minister of the British colony of Singapore, toured the newly independent Commonwealth countries of Ceylon, India, and Pakist...

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Check out the recent debate essay 'The Marine Origins of Contemporary Warfare' by Rahul Govind: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

The Marine Origins of Contemporary Warfare

I would like to draw a genealogy of Donald Trump's rhetoric and military action in Venezuela and Iran, in particular, of how the acquisition of the resources of another country through a military o...

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Book review published! Alexander Insley reviews 'The Overseer State: Slavery, Indenture and Governance in the British Empire, 1812-1916' by Sascha Auerbach (Cambridge University Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202… @cambUP_History @CambridgeUP

The Overseer State: Slavery, Indenture and Governance in the British Empire, 1812-1916

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Our latest issue - 54(5) - is out! Read it here: tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5… Many thanks to the whole team and everyone involved!

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volume 54, Issue 5 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor John MacKenzie, a giant in the field of imperialism studies. We extend our deepest condolences to all who knew him. manchesteruniversitypress.co…

Celebrating the life and contribution of John M MacKenzie - Manchester University Press

Manchester University Press remembers Professor John M. MacKenzie, founding editor of Studies in Imperialism, with tributes from colleagues reflecting on his scholarship, generosity and lasting...

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Hot off the press! Read 'Living Archives of Colonial Resistance: Martyrdom, Memory, and Muslim Hagiographies in South India' by Muhammed Niyas Ashraf: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Living Archives of Colonial Resistance: Martyrdom, Memory, and Muslim Hagiographies in South India

This article reframes the Arabic-Malayalam martyrdom hagiographies (Kissappāṭṭ) of the Mappila Muslims as a crucial site of intellectual and historiographical resistance within British Malabar. It ...

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Just released and #OpenAccess, read 'A ‘Boy’s Own’ Adventure: Australian War Writings from the Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901' by Simon Antony Merry: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

A ‘Boy’s Own’ Adventure: Australian War Writings from the Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901

This article examines the experiences of Australian sailors and marines who travelled to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion between 1900 and 1901. It analyses their diaries and correspondence to...

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Check out the latest debate essay '‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context' by Brian Hanley: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context

The belief in a ‘natural’ Irish sympathy with the Palestinian people, based on a shared history of colonisation, is a very widespread one. Indeed, many suggest that the legacy of resistance to Brit...

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New book review! Kirwin R. Shaffer reviews 'A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s' by Russell Rickford (University of North Carolina Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202… @UNC_Press

A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Prof Andrekos Varnava, FRHistS, FRSA, FAHA@AndrekosVarnavaSep 8
In 2027 we are hosting the 30th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History (AAEH) Flinders University, Adelaide. Put in an abstract! networks.h-net.org/group/ann…
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Check out the latest discussion piece 'Dunki and the Afterlives of Empire' by Bharat Dhiman: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Dunki and the Afterlives of Empire

Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki (2023) provides a cultural lens for examining the transformation of British imperial mobility into contemporary migration control regimes. This discussion article argues tha...

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Jonas Fossli Gjersø@JFGjersoSep 7
Our latest Current Debates essay in @JICHist is now out! In his piece entitled "‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context" Dr Brian Hanley explores the evolution of Zionist sympathies in Ireland. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context

The belief in a ‘natural’ Irish sympathy with the Palestinian people, based on a shared history of colonisation, is a very widespread one. Indeed, many suggest that the legacy of resistance to Brit...

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Hot off the press & #OpenAccess, check out the latest article 'Bank Nationalisation in India and Its Effect on British Interests, 1969–1970' by Rakesh Ankit: doi.org/10.1080/03086534.202…

Bank Nationalisation in India and Its Effect on British Interests, 1969–1970

During the 1960s, a tidal wave of nationalisation washed over newly independent Afro-Asian countries as these postcolonial states sought to mobilise their resources for development. The Indira Gand...

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