The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
@jich.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis academic journal exploring the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and wider colonialism.
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JICH will now award two annual prizes: The Stockwell-Burroughs Prize for Best Article; & the Murphy-Howe Prize for Best Postgrad Article.
Winners will be announced each Feb & receive £200 in book vouchers from @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Winning articles will become free access for 12 months.
Winners will be announced each Feb & receive £200 in book vouchers from @tandfresearch.bsky.social. Winning articles will become free access for 12 months.
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...
On Site. Colonial Labour, Business and the Construction of the Swakopmund Jetty, c. 1911–1915
The Swakopmund jetty was one of only two entry points to the colony of German South West Africa (GSWA) located on the Atlantic coast. It was first built as a silted-up mole at the turn of the centu...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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...
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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...
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fic...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Publishes works on the history of the British Empire, Commonwealth and comparative European colonial experiences, including imperial policies and decolonization
www.tandfonline.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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...
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...
Working Through a War: The Traders of John Holt & Co. in Cameroon During the First World War
This paper will explore the experiences of John Holt & Co.’s European and African traders who were in German-controlled Cameroon when war broke out in August of 1914. Using company and government a...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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...
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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
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The East India Company as Landowner
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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
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...
Colonial Tug-of-War: Shifting Narratives and Desirability of Indian Minorities in Burma and Indochina
This article examines the responses of colonial authorities in British Burma and French Indochina to the Chettiar bankers following the 1929 stock market crash, focusing on the resulting tensions a...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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...
Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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...
They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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...
Being Economical with the Truth: Dutch Public Claims and Hidden Agendas about Papuan Self-Determination and the Economic Exploitation of Netherlands New Guinea
In its public diplomacy between 1949 and 1962, the Netherlands consistently claimed that its presence in Netherlands New Guinea – also widely referred to at the time as West New Guinea (WNG) and to...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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...
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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
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Paper in @jich.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student Marly Tiburcio-Carneiro
Colonial Tug-of-War: Shifting Narratives and Desirability of Indian Minorities in Burma and Indochina
This article examines the responses of colonial authorities in British Burma and French Indochina to the Chettiar bankers following the 1929 stock market crash, focusing on the resulting tensions a...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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
doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Paper in @jich.bsky.social by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student Marly Tiburcio-Carneiro
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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
Stay tuned!
@pocobusiness.bsky.social
@mariehuber.bsky.social
@aengel.bsky.social
@kim-todzi.de
@samuelcoghe.bsky.social
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...
Coffee and Diamonds: Labour Recruitment, Colonial Labour Regimes and Agency in German East Africa and German South West Africa, 1908–1918
This article examines labour recruitment and work regimes in two distinct yet structurally comparable sectors of the German colonial economy: coffee cultivation in German East Africa and diamond mi...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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
Stay tuned!
@pocobusiness.bsky.social
@mariehuber.bsky.social
@aengel.bsky.social
@kim-todzi.de
@samuelcoghe.bsky.social
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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....
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...
Reasonable Parties: Empire and Ethnonationalism in Burma and Malaya, 1945–1948
At the end of World War II, the British Empire in Asia found itself in terminal decline. British officials planned for their retreat, but they would not leave before ‘reasonable parties’ could take...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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...
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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...
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...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 53, Issue 6 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
www.tandfonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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...
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...
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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....
Shankar Nair reviews 'Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929' by Jim Tomlinson
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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....
Shankar Nair reviews 'Churchill and Industrial Britain: Liberalism, Empire and Employment, 1900–1929' by Jim Tomlinson
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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....
Joseph Bienko reviews 'They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence' by Lauren Benton
@princetonupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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....
Joseph Bienko reviews 'They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence' by Lauren Benton
@princetonupress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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.
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.
may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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.
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...
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Volume 53, Issue 6 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
www.tandfonline.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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...
Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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...
AI Empire: The Rise of Technocolonialism
The rapid flourishing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has sparked multiplex debates across the world, revealing not only its transformative potential but also its capacity to reproduce deep global ...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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...
Coffee and Diamonds: Labour Recruitment, Colonial Labour Regimes and Agency in German East Africa and German South West Africa, 1908–1918
This article examines labour recruitment and work regimes in two distinct yet structurally comparable sectors of the German colonial economy: coffee cultivation in German East Africa and diamond mi...
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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...
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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....
Wietske Merison reviews ‘Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World’
by Corey Ross
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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....
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...
Abolitionist Currents Converging on the Windward Coast: Land Negotiations in 1821 for a U.S. Colony in West Africa
The historiography of the Cape Mesurado land acquisition in 1821 has been disproportionately influenced by three sensationalised books, which presented one of the American negotiators, U.S. Naval C...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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...
Containment and Engagement: Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand’s Cold War Relations with the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1980s
This article examines the Cold War strategies of Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from 1949 to the 1980s. As members of the Commonwealth and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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...
Nasser’s Islamic Propaganda and British Decolonisation Policy in Northern Nigeria
In the period 1950–1960 a greater concern about Muslim sensibilities in northern Nigeria and consciousness among Muslims in the southwest (Yoruba land) was on the increase. The question of how this...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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...
Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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...