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From apartheid to Brexit – decolonisation is a two-way street 

From apartheid to Brexit – decolonisation is a two-way street 

by Talking Humanities | Apr 17, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

Image: President Nelson Mandela with Michael Manley,  former prime minister of Jamaica and leader of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the first post-apartheid elections in South Africa in 1994. © Commonwealth Secretariat In the ninth of a series of scholarly...
Can there be decolonisation without respect for African values?

Can there be decolonisation without respect for African values?

by Talking Humanities | Mar 23, 2017 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

After a recent visit to universities in his home country leading South African intellectual Professor Xolela Mangcu, asks ‘How do we decolonise the curriculum when our young have created their own version of history – when there is no facticity?’ Earlier...
Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

by Talking Humanities | Mar 14, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law

We talk to the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who says ‘far from gently fading away, the collective memory of empire and its consequences is becoming an ever more prominent element in current political debates.’ Professor Philip Murphy...
Stories from the Commonwealth

Stories from the Commonwealth

by Talking Humanities | Oct 15, 2015 | Digital, Interviews, Research & Resources

Research for Commonwealth Oral Histories, hosted by the School of Advanced Study, began in 2013 with the aim to provide a world-class online resource for students, researchers, historians and policymakers. Dr Sue Onslow, senior lecturer at the Institute of...
Hidden histories: Britain’s secret stash

Hidden histories: Britain’s secret stash

by aseifert | Feb 18, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, History & Classics, Training and Research

Dr Sarah Stockwell, a senior lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at King’s College London, discuss the latest in a series of decolonisation workshops organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. I am greatly looking forward to the upcoming workshop...
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