The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
@jich.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis academic journal exploring the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and wider colonialism. EIC @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social AE @yiannicart.bsky.social BRE @evansmithhist.bsky.social CDE @jonasgjerso.bsky.social
The latest issue of JICH has been published - Vol 54(4) - with at least five #OpenAccess articles - check it out now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 54, Issue 4 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
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Congrats to the @jich.bsky.social team! A 75 per cent increase Q2 downloads in two years (if my maths serves me correctly). Check out all the new research articles, discussion pieces and book reviews here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...
Would anyone like to review this for @jich.bsky.social? www.bwb.co.nz/books/captai...
Captain Cook and the Unsettled Afterlives of Empire - BWB Bridget Williams Books
In this major new history, Tony Ballantyne examines how stories about Cook have changed over time – and what these shifting narratives reveal about the making of national identity.
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New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Waliu Ismaila reviews 'Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947–2022' by Raphael Chijioke Njoku @leuvenup.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa’s Development, 1947–2022
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Check out the recent article 'The Isle of Man and Britain’s Eighteenth-Century Empire' by Euan David McArthur: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Isle of Man and Britain’s Eighteenth-Century Empire
This article examines two debates concerning the British Empire. It discusses, firstly, the relationship between ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ in imperial-colonial studies, using the case study of the I...
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The latest issue (54/4) of the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (@jich.bsky.social) has now been published. Featuring 9 new articles of original historical research, 2 discussion pieces and 6 new book reviews. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 54, Issue 4 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
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New Current Debates essay published in @jich.bsky.social (advance digital access). In 'Is this the End of Settler Colonialism?' Joyce Dalsheim responds to Lorenzo Veracini's contention that the Gaza Genocide marks the end of Israeli settler colonialism. doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Is this the End of Settler Colonialism? A Response to Veracini
This essay takes issue with Lorenzo Veracini’s argument in this journal that the violence and destruction in Gaza following October 7, 2023 marks the failure of Israeli settler colonialism. More im...
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New Current Debates essay published advance access by @jich.bsky.social In 'Failing into "Aimperial" Space' Allen Fromherz considers the American-Israeli war against Iran. doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Failing into ‘Aimperial’ Space: The United States, Iran, and the Gulf
The Gulf is an “aimperial” space at the “center of the world.” It is neither anti-imperial, it benefits from trade linking empires, nor on the frontier, its space is well known. Instead, the people...
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Recent book review published advance access. Vulli Dhanaraju reviews 'Colonialism and Wildlife: An Environmental History of Modern India' by Velayutham Saravanan (Routledge, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308... @routledgehistory.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Colonialism and Wildlife: An Environmental History of Modern India
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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See the recent article 'Between Empire and Agency: African Autobiographies and Schools as Sites of Struggle in Colonial Kenya' by Dawson McCall: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Between Empire and Agency: African Autobiographies and Schools as Sites of Struggle in Colonial Kenya
This article pulls from over two dozen African-authored autobiographies to reconstruct the ways African students and teachers struggled to assert their agency in Kenya’s colonial schools from the e...
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Recent book review published advance access. Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews 'Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism Since 1920' by Edward Burke (Cambridge University Press, 2024) @universitypress.cambridge.org doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism Since 1920
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Recent book review published advance access. Andrew Bellamy reviews 'Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers by Benjamin Robert Siegel (Oxford University Press, 2026) @oxunipress.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Recent book review published advance access. Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews 'Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism Since 1920' by Edward Burke (Cambridge University Press, 2024) @cambUP_History doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism Since 1920
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Recent book review published advance access. Adam Matvya reviews 'An Empire of Images: Visual Culture and the British in India 1688–1815' by Apurba Chatterjee (Cambridge University Press, 2025) @universitypress.cambridge.org doi.org/10.1080/0308...
An Empire of Images: Visual Culture and the British in India 1688–1815
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Yes, not as prolific poster as I once was! I commissioned @owenjdowling.bsky.social to review the book for @jich.bsky.social which was very enthusiastic about it. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Algerian Independence and the British Left: Solidarities and Resistance in a Decolonizing World
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay is now out, on the occasion of the United States Semiquincentennial. In this magisterial piece Professor Priya Satia considers the global origins of anti-monarchical traditions and how it influenced American republicanism. doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Other Republicans: Anti-Monarchical Movements in the World in the Era of America’s Independence
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Graydon Dennison reviews “Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II” by Paul Thomas Chamberlin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Our latest Current Debates article is now out! In "Singularity by Other Means: Germany’s Colonial Question and the Bureaucracy of Memory" Yutong Li discusses how disputes over colonial memory is resolved bureaucratically rather than scholarly. doi.org/10.1080/0308... Open Access for a limited time
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New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social @jonpiccini.bsky.social reviews “Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage” by Alfred W. McCoy @haymarketbooks.org www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, read 'Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s' by Andrekos Varnava @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s
This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...
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See the recent #OpenAccess discussion piece 'The Palace Letters to Sir William Deane: Royal Secrecy and Archival Compliance' by Neville D. Yeomans & Jenny Hocking: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
The Palace Letters to Sir William Deane: Royal Secrecy and Archival Compliance
In May 2022, the High Court of Australia ruled that the correspondence between Governor-General Sir John Kerr and Queen Elizabeth II constituted Commonwealth records and not ‘personal’ records as t...
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My new article just dropped, 'Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s'. @JICHist www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fighting Tuberculosis in Colonial Cyprus, 1930s to 1950s
This article contributes to the research on the histories of public health, specifically tuberculosis, in the British Empire. During the inter-war years, coordinated efforts began across the Britis...
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Honoured that the Royal Historical Society has shortlisted my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ for the Early Career Article Prize. Open Access in @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... About the shortlist blog.royalhistsoc.org/2026/05/18/r...
Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park
Following the revelation in 2011 that the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office was sitting on the migrated archives of dozens of colonial governments, almost 20,000 files were transferred from s...
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Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · last mo.Over the next week, we feature the 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize. Today: 'Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park' by Matthew Hurst, bit.ly/4g7J60e published in the 'Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History' #Skystorians 1/2
New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Vulli Dhanaraju reviews 'Colonialism and Wildlife: An Environmental History of Modern India' by Velayutham Saravanan www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Colonialism and Wildlife: An Environmental History of Modern India
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
tandfonline.com
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, read the article 'Worlds of War: Zo Memorialisation of Global and ‘Total Wars’ in the Decolonising India–Burma (Myanmar) Borderlands' by Aditya Kiran Kakati: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Worlds of War: Zo Memorialisation of Global and ‘Total Wars’ in the Decolonising India–Burma (Myanmar) Borderlands
This article examines the selective and dissonant memorialisation of violent conflicts during the Second World War (WWII) and the early postcolonial era among Zo communities along the British India...
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Read our recent debate essay 'Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire' by Alan Lester #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Looking for someone to review this for @jich.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/books/voices...
Voices of Liberty by Lewis Eliot - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Our latest Current Debates article is now out! "The Palace Letters to Sir William Deane: Royal Secrecy and Archival Compliance" by Neville D Yeomans and Jenny Hocking is free to read, share and download for a limited period. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @jich.bsky.social
The Palace Letters to Sir William Deane: Royal Secrecy and Archival Compliance
In May 2022, the High Court of Australia ruled that the correspondence between Governor-General Sir John Kerr and Queen Elizabeth II constituted Commonwealth records and not ‘personal’ records as t...
tandfonline.com
Our latest Current Debates essay is now out! "Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire" by @alanlester.bsky.social. It is free to read, share and download for a limited time. doi.org/10.1080/0308... @jich.bsky.social
Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Recently published and #OpenAccess, read '‘By Means of Unanimous Action’: Japanese Community Resistance to White Australia' by Tianna Killoran: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
‘By Means of Unanimous Action’: Japanese Community Resistance to White Australia
In Australia-Japan histories, Japanese migrants in Australia have often been treated as distinct from the political and diplomatic relationship between these two nations. As Horikawa acutely identi...
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