A peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis academic journal exploring the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and wider colonialism.
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It's here! The latest issue of JICH is out. Read Vol 54(3) now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/c...
Explore the recent article 'Defection as Diplomatic Revolution: Bengali Diplomats and Bangladesh’s Fight for Liberation' by Ilyas Chattha: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Hot off the press! See the article 'Decolonising Nigerian Historical Knowledge in a Globalised World: Diaspora Scholarship, Intellectual Infrastructure, and Contemporary African Agency' by Oladipupo Olugbodi: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
New book review published advance access.
Christopher Hill reviews "Contaminated Country: Nuclear colonialism and Aboriginal resistance in Australia" by Jessica Urwin (University of Washington Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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New book review published advance access.
Karl Ittmann reviews "Britain and Oman, c.1945-1980 The Silent Relationship" by Tancred Bradshaw (Springer/Palgrave Macmillan, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Featuring York's own Dr Matthew Hurst (@mrmhurst.bsky.social) on 'Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park' which is an open access must-read (and must-cite!) for historians of empire and decolonisation regardless of regional expertise
New article and #OpenAccess, read 'Shipping Companies as Border Guards: Financial Penalties and Outsourced Immigration Control' by Louise Mary Thatcher: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Call for Papers: We are seeking pitches for our 'Current Debates' section, see the CfP here: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social
@adammatvya.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Images: Visual Culture and the British in India 1688–1815' by Apurba Chatterjee
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A terrific article about the politics of colonial record-keeping and official memory. Congrats to @mrmhurst.bsky.social
Volume 54, Issue 3 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Debates on the decolonisation of African Studies have intensified, yet less attention has been paid to how African scholars negotiate epistemic authority within contemporary global knowledge struct...
This article describes an important but hidden tool through which Australia’s Immigration Restriction Act, and thus the White Australia policy, was enforced: the fines that were issued to captains,...
The article 'Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park' by @mrmhurst.bsky.social published in JICH has been shortlisted for the @royalhistsoc.org Early Career Article Prize. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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This article examines the unprecedented defection of Bengali diplomats from the Pakistan foreign service during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. These officials abandoned their posts in globa...
