New and #OpenAccess, check out 'On Site. Colonial Labour, Business and the Construction of the Swakopmund Jetty, c. 1911–1915' by Nina Kleinöder: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

With that said, if you’re interested in reviewing a newly published book in the field of imperial or Commonwealth history (broadly defined) for @jich.bsky.social, please get in touch! www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, see 'Working Through a War: The Traders of John Holt & Co. in Cameroon During the First World War' by Deborah Neill: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Our most recent Current Debates essay is now out. In "The East India Company as Landowner" John Marriott considers the legal origins of British colonial rule in India. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/0308... @jich.bsky.social

Just published and #OpenAccess, see the article 'Colonial Tug-of-War: Shifting Narratives and Desirability of Indian Minorities in Burma and Indochina' by Marly Tiburcio-Carneiro: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

See the book review by Shankar Nair of 'Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929' by Jim Tomlinson (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out Joseph Bienko's review of 'They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence' by Lauren Benton, (Princeton University Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hot off the press! Have a read of 'Being Economical with the Truth: Dutch Public Claims and Hidden Agendas about Papuan Self-Determination and the Economic Exploitation of Netherlands New Guinea' by Grace Cheng & Astrid Cornelisse: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Colonial tug-of-war: Shifting narratives and desirability of Indian minorities in Burma and Indochina doi.org/10.1080/0308... Paper in @jich.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student Marly Tiburcio-Carneiro

We are very happy to see the first article of our upcoming Special Issue published. It is Part of our work in the scientific Network (Post-)Colonial Business history Stay tuned! @pocobusiness.bsky.social @mariehuber.bsky.social @aengel.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @samuelcoghe.bsky.social

Delivered a guest lecture to students at @ucl.ac.uk based on my recent paper, ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’, published open access in @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out the recent article 'Reasonable Parties: Empire and Ethnonationalism in Burma and Malaya, 1945–1948' by Matthew J. Bowser: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Issue 53/6 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (@jich.bsky.social) has now been published, with new 5 books reviewed. It is the last issue from the first full year that I've been book reviews editor. 32 book reviews have been published in 2025. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Shankar Nair reviews 'Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929' by Jim Tomlinson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another new book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Joseph Bienko reviews 'They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence' by Lauren Benton @princetonupress.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As the book reviews editor for @jich.bsky.social, this is good advice! If you would like to review a recently published book in the field of imperial, colonial or Commonwealth history (broadly defined), do get in touch! We published 32 reviews in 2025 and already have more lined up.

Our final issue for 2025 has been published - Check out JICH Vol 53 Issue 6 now: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/5...

See the recent book review by Wietske Merison of Corey Ross' 'Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World' (Princeton University Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Have a read of our recent current debate 'AI Empire: The Rise of Technocolonialism' by Mohammad Mohi Uddin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out our latest article (and part of an upcoming special issue): 'Coffee and Diamonds: Labour Recruitment, Colonial Labour Regimes and Agency in German East Africa and German South West Africa, 1908–1918' by Mona Rudolph: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

New book review published advance access by @jich.bsky.social Wietske Merison reviews ‘Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World’ by Corey Ross www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hot off the press! Check out 'Abolitionist Currents Converging on the Windward Coast: Land Negotiations in 1821 for a U.S. Colony in West Africa' by C. Patrick Burrowes: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hot off the press and #OpenAccess, check out 'Containment and Engagement: Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand’s Cold War Relations with the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1980s' by Dalton Rawcliffe: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out the recent article 'Nasser’s Islamic Propaganda and British Decolonisation Policy in Northern Nigeria' by Ismail Misbahu: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

See the recent book review by Pierluigi Bolioli of 'Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia' by Jayne Persian, Routledge, 2024: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out the recent article 'Disarming the Resistance: Police Collecting of Indigenous Australian Cultural Property for Museums' by Gareth Knapman, Paul Turnbull, Cressida Fforde & Jocelyn S. Bardot: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Have a read of the recent article 'Baron de Thierry's British Emigration Schemes in Transimperial Context: New Evidence about Proposals to Settle New Zealand in the 1820s', by Spencer Scoular: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out the recent article 'The Unexpected Friend: Anglo-Rwandan Relations from the Civil War to the Commonwealth (1990–2009)' by Paolo Perri: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

See the latest #OpenAccess current debate 'Late Colonial Unreason' by Bill Schwarz: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay is now out! In "Late Colonial Unreason" Bill Schwarz reflects on the continuities of colonialism in the present. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Have a read of the recent book review by Daniella McCahey of 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin, Oxford University Press, 2024: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

on the transgression of the civilian–combatant divide: 'colonial genocide is not a reactive counterpart to anticolonial indistinction but a structural potential of colonial domination, while anticolonial indistinction represents a liberatory ethos challenging the colonial order of violence' PERUGINI

I had the privilege of speaking to Points Media 棱角 about the 88,000 colonial-era Hong Kong Government files that remain withheld by the UK Government points-media.com/%e9%a6%99%e6... Based on my recent paper published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...

"Persian forces readers to confront the uneasy coexistence of humanitarianism and hypocrisy in Australia’s post-war nation-building." Pierluigi Bolioli reviews @drjpersian.bsky.social's 'Fascists in Exile' for @jich.bsky.social (advance access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out the recent #OpenAccess current debate 'Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law' by Nicola Perugini: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Recently published & #OpenAccess, check out 'Central Banking on Independence: The Birth of the National Bank of Libya' by Maddalena Zaglio: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Check out the recent article, 'From Neglect to Compromise: The McMahon Line and the Dilemmas of British Policy towards Tibet, 1914–1947' by Zhaodong Wang: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.

See the recent essay '‘Neutral in Matters of Party Politics’?: The Uneasy Place of The Mormon Church within Commonwealth Politics' by Brenton Griffin: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Hong Kong diaspora communities are inhibited in accessing their city’s colonial history, I argue in my blog post for @activehist.bsky.social activehistory.ca/blog/2025/11... Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0308...

In our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay entitled "Between Anti-Colonial Resistance and Colonial Genocide: Gaza at the Limits of International Law", Nicola Perugini interrogates the tension between anticolonial and colonial indistinction. #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New advance access book review published in @jich.bsky.social @farsouthhistory.bsky.social reviews 'An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism' by Edward J. Gillin www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

See Ciarán McKillop-O'Shea's recent book review of 'The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission' by Cormac Moore, (Irish Academic Press, 2025): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

See the recent book review by Joe Redmayne of 'Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century' by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

New book review published in @jich.bsky.social Ciarán McKillop-O’Shea reviews “The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission” by Cormac Moore www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our latest Current Debates essay is now out! In 'Neutral in Matters of Party Politics'? Brenton Griffin explores the role of the Mormon Church in Commonwealth politics. @jich.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are proud to share that JICH has received over 58k downloads in 2025's 3rd quarter - a 76% increase from this time last year! Well done to our editorial team and all our supporters - @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social @jonasgjerso.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social

Check out the recent article 'Engendering Empire: The British Women’s Services in Egypt & Palestine, 1940–1945' by Natalie D. McDonald: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

1,000+ views in less than 4 weeks! Delighted to see that my paper ‘Hong Kong Colonial Government Migrated Archives at Hanslope Park’ has reached over 1,000 views just 26 days after its publication. Published open access in @jich.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0308...