Previous Posts

Worldlets: Pitcairn, Wrangel, and the ragged margins of Empire
Kate Boehme

Civilizing Empire?: Race, criminal justice, and how the Colonial Office reconciled the violence of colonial government
Kate Boehme

Fantasies of the Past, Fantasies of the Future: George Birdwood, Clements Markham, and how the shape of your archive determines the reach of your power
Peter Mitchell

Interdisciplinarity and Cooperative Research: Reflections on a Workshop
Kate Boehme

1857 on the Peripheries of Empire
Kate Boehme

Snapshots of Empire September Workshop – audio recording

Mobilising an Empire: Part 2 – “Not Calculated to Attract Any Particular Attention,” Or, How to Smuggle an Army Through Someone Else’s Country Without Anyone Making a Fuss
Peter Mitchell

Mobilising an Empire: Part 1 – Sir George Grey and the Tale of the Self-Sacrificing Cape Colony
Kate Boehme

“You should try having an email inbox”: 1857, power/knowledge, and the imperial state
Peter Mitchell

1857: Managing Imperial Crisis
Peter Mitchell

The Centre for Postcolonial Studies

Security, Economy and Education in Mauritius, August 1857
Kate Boehme

Under Pressure: steamships, global power and communications, and the East India Company – Part 2
Peter Mitchell

Under Pressure: steamships, global power and communications, and the East India Company – Part 1
Peter Mitchell

Where was Imperial Power?
Kate Boehme

Time to Throw Out the Balance Sheet
Alan Lester

Inside the Archives
Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell

Snapshots of Empire: An Introduction