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Decolonising public space?

Following the American example, historical statues in Britain have become the center of a debate about racism. The statue of the colonialist and slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, England, was knocked down and...

Book review of “The Law of Strangers”

Read about Sara’s take on the newest publication by James Loeffler and Moria Paz (eds.), The Law of Strangers, published in 2019, in H-Soz-Kult. Sara Weydner: Review of: Loeffler, James; Paz, Moria (Hrsg.): The...

Review: ajrrefugeevoices.org.uk

Until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, around 70,000 Jews escaped to Great Britain, seeking refuge from the escalating legal, social, cultural and economic repression put forward by the Nazis. Starting...

Out now: GRR’s Legal History Special Issue

Since 2014, Benjamin Lahusen, Marcus Payk, Kim C. Priemel, and I have organized the legal history research seminar GRR (Geschichte, Recht und Rechtsgeschichte). The current special issue of Zeithistorische Forschungen is one if the...

Workshop Report „The London Moment“

On 21 – 22 March 2019, our project workshop “The London Moment – Exile Governments, Academics and Activists in Great Britain, 1940-1945” took place at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The conference report is now available at HSozKult:https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-8271

Review: ourmigrationstory.org.uk

Migration to the United Kingdom – much as to the European Union overall, has become a very politicised topic. Amidst heated debate about current affairs, an informative website sets out to shine light on...