The stories of Afghans themselves are frequently overlooked in reporting on the country, reflecting a long history of Western engagement. Elisabeth Leake explores the past and future of Afghan nationhood and citizenship, forged by…
Oral history creates a rich world of storytelling around any type of collection. Its methods can also shape a museum’s relationships and core identity.
Naomi Hossain compares President Trump's handling of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017 to the Pakistani government's response to the 1970 Bhola Cyclone in Bangladesh, to examine the implications of disaster for legitimacy, imperial…
Andrew Whitehead reveals how a women’s militia marked a moment of political empowerment as still unresolved conflict erupted in Kashmir at the end of empire.
Howard Brenton’s new play examines the last act of British rule in India, the dissection of the country in 1947 to create the independent nations of India and Pakistan.
The publication of a telling literary depiction of the most bitter period in Kashmir's insurgency twenty years ago prompts Andrew Whitehead to consider the value to historians of fictional accounts of conflict.
