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Fair trade has become a household name for many shoppers who encounter certified products on supermarket shelves. But behind those labels lies a complex global movement with a rich history. Based on my book “Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Era of Postcolonial Globalization,” here are five insights that reveal why it is worth exploring the […]
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Zionism wasn’t just a political movement, it was a bold cultural experiment. At its heart was an ancient story: the idea that the Jewish people had a historic connection to the land of Palestine. But in the late 19th century, when Zionism began to take shape, that connection was more mythical than real. The modern […]
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How can individual freedom be historicised in the context of twentieth-century Europe? When setting out to answer this question I found myself grappling with the following problem: on the one hand, contemporaries invested the notion of individual freedom with very different meanings, and I wanted to grasp this multifacetedness rather than reduce it by adopting […]
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We are well aware how dramatically and rapidly a single innovation can change our lives. The smartphone has rapidly altered communication, access to information, navigation, photography and more. We know how transformative has been the arrival of the personal computer. We are yet to assess how fully AI will impact our social, personal, commercial and […]
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‘What about looting? Was there looting during the First World War?’ – I smile at the question from the young man who eagerly awaits confirmation of his supposition. There’s some habit in my answer because after a quickly interjected ‘how interesting!’, this is the standard question I get whenever I mention that I wrote a […]
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In the hit 2018 film ‘Black Panther’ a scene at the United Nations (UN) revealed a flag proudly flying the Welsh dragon among the litany of other UN member states. Although probably a mix-up in the props department, the presence of Wales in the UN, at least in the Marvel Universe, prompted a minor debate […]
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We live now in a time in which more and more people vouch for building up walls and barriers to deter the movement of people as it is seen with suspicion; as if mobility were the cause of all contemporary problems, a harmful activity that would break up societies and transform them away from their […]
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How did Indigenous people in the New World understand their encounters with Europeans during the colonial era? This question is at the centre of ongoing debates among anthropologists and historians and its answers vary as much as the differences between the groups involved in these historical encounters. The topic can be expanded to include questions […]
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