Interview with Bongai Munguni

Marjoleine Kars, professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Marjoleine Kars: slavery’s legacy damages all of us

The Cundill History Prize winner talks about uncovering a forgotten archive to tell the story of a slave rebellion ‘from the inside out’

By John Morgan

3 February

Rama Govindarajan, dean of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore

Rama Govindarajan: battling discrimination taught me to fight for my rights

Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class

By Pola Lem

20 January

Judith Giesberg: history is dynamic and ever changing

The historian raised in a military family talks about her interest in both war and community, and the formative class which shaped that

By Paul Basken

6 January

Sujit Sivasundaram: it took courage to switch into the humanities and appreciate their value

Cambridge professor discusses swapping engineering for history, why researchers overlook the Indian and Pacific oceans, and what it means to offer ‘an environmental lens’ on imperial history

By Matthew Reisz

23 December

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Marjoleine Kars: slavery’s legacy damages all of us

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