Review: A Thirst for Empire, by Erika Rappaport

‘Truth-telling’ probe ‘about understanding university better’

Melbourne book explores slow conversion from institution that ‘excluded and dehumanised’ Aborigines into one that ‘accelerated their inclusion and success’

By John Ross

12 August

Person fills out ballot in Poland election

Polish presidential candidate ‘bad for historians’, academics say

Concerns raised about Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki’s role leading Institute of National Remembrance

By Emily Dixon

2 December

More UK university history departments cutting jobs and courses

Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds axe is falling most heavily on post-92 institutions

By Patrick Jack

28 October

Queer history MA axed in ‘bittersweet’ end to Goldsmiths dispute

Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 62 colleagues means averting further cuts is ‘no victory’

By Juliette Rowsell

22 August

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World, by Erika Rappaport

A. W. Purdue on a study that views the drink as the centrepiece of a new international economy

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