The Haida Totem Pole: A First Nations Treasure in Oxford
The second article in our short series delving into the background of items in the …
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Irish Nationalist, British Imperialist: The Uncomfortable Identities of Sir Michael O’Dwyer
“No man in the whole history of British rule in India has done such great …
What’s in a Street Name? Questioning Florence Park’s Colonialist Legacy
This is a guest post by the Decolonising Florence Park project. Some street names are …
‘Mint Julep Day’: Oxford’s South Carolinian Tradition
Content warning: slavery Every year, on the 1st of June, Mint Julep Day rolls around …
Collective punishment and colonial terror: The lessons of Britain’s war in Malaya
Britain’s military policies during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) not only inflicted untold suffering upon the …
Review: ‘Between making and knowing something’ by Mariana Castillo Deball
This is a review of Mariana Castillo Deball’s 2020 exhibition at Modern Art Oxford. The …
Alexander the Great in Skopje: an “up yours” to Greece?
Since Macedonian independence in 1991, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Greece has contested the country’s …
Diego de Landa: From Monasteries to Roundabouts
In the North of the peninsula of Yucatán, in modern Mexico, next to the yellow …
Medicine and Colonization: How Scientific Research Shapes Politics
In recent months we have seen a wave of renaming initiatives around the world, which …
Empty Spaces: Where are the Statues to Imperial Victims?
In the midst of a revolution against problematic historical statues, we might reflect on the …
An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part Two
This is the second part of an interview with Isabella Hammad, the author of The Parisian: an epic tale of a Palestinian man’s journey beginning at the outbreak of the First World War.
An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part One
We had a chance to chat with The Parisian’s author, Isabella Hammad, about the broader …
