Precarity and Independence

Precarity and Independence

This blog post was written by Hélène Maloigne, archaeologist, historian, cultural heritage professional, and IHR Fellow. As a historian, you meet a lot of people. Or at least, that is how I like to think about my research on the history of archaeology in the Middle...
The Changing Relevance of Empire

The Changing Relevance of Empire

In this article Professor Trevor Burnard, a section editor for Empire to 1783 at the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull, and Director of the Wilberforce Institute reflects on...
Colonialism’s climatic legacies

Colonialism’s climatic legacies

By Harriet Mercer   Environment & History, essay no. 10   In the tenth article in our ‘Environment & History’ series, Dr Harriet Mercer discusses how the history of knowledge production can help us understand whose voices are more privileged in the...
Deltas after rice: agrarian pasts, environmental futures

Deltas after rice: agrarian pasts, environmental futures

By Aditya Ramesh     Environment & History, essay no. 9   Our ninth contribution to our ‘Environment & History’ series by Dr Aditya Ramesh takes us back to waterways, this time in southern India. Reflecting on the historiographical positioning...