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Keeping It Real. Or What Was Stalinism, Exactly?

Posted on 11 March 2024 by Keir Waddington

In his post, James Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Russian History, asks what is 'real' about Stalinism. There once was a peasant whose worldly possessions, apart from his home, amounted to […]

Gaming the past: Cardiff Heritage Jam

Posted on 27 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Esther Wright explains in this post how a chance introduction to Daniel J. Finnegan, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Cardiff University, and the realization of our shared interest in […]

Power failures, sovereignty and environmental justice in Lebanon

Posted on 13 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Owain Lawson explains As I work towards finishing my first book—Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon—I have become preoccupied with the question of whether […]

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Posted on 26 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

Porthmadog Museum in north Wales displays a pair of heavy work boots called ‘Blutsiars Hambro’ or ‘Hamburg Bluchers’, their heavy wooden soles matched with rough leather and metal buckles. The […]

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Posted on 12 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

It was to my great shock (and delight) that I was invited to participate in the Sawyer Seminar, “Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue,” […]

New book: Neutrality and Collaboration in South China

Posted on 11 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

How could a small East Asian territory of 15 Km2 be a hub for global connections in World War Two? In my first book, Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: […]

Václav Havel dialogues 2023

Posted on 25 September 2023 by Keir Waddington

The first Central and East European event for the new academic year is coming up on 10 October 2023. The event is organised by the Czech Embassy in London and the Centre […]