@kalikamehta.bsky.social & I have been working together on mass starvation in Bengal, 1943 in the context of international criminal law. Here, we share observations on the persistence of mass starvation as an under prosecuted war crime in the context of colonial violence, then & now: aje.io/ja36qg

With Riley Linebaugh (@rileysline.bsky.social) joining the editorial board of Theory of History at Work, the blog gains valuable expertise on postcolonial justice and the links between archive-making and history-writing! Here is the excellent contribution by Sauda Nabukenya, edited by her 👇

The cover is here and the book will be soon! www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

I spent nearly a decade on this project, which will soon exist as a book. I am equally afraid that someone and no one will read it. It is imperfect, contains errors, and could be better (I said it first, reviewers!) It is also an offering to those who see history as a site of colonial conflict.

Microsoft PowerPoint has a free template for in-class use called "Make Your Own Colony." Students decide which resources to extract, how to accumulate capital and differentiate society. Literally made a bsky account to share this, go off!