Exile Governments, Academics, and Activists in the Capital of Free Europe, 1940–1945
The outbreak of the Second World War posed a problem to the British government regarding their colonial population. On one hand, Britain needed the support from its colonies for the war effort, in the...
The Jamaican physician Harold Moody was a passionate campaigner against racial discrimination in London in the 1930s and 1940s. His politization, which eventually led to the foundation of the League of Coloured Peoples (LCP) in 1931, is best explained by two reasons: Firstly, the constant struggle in face of the “colour bar”, and second his strong Christian faith. From its foundation until his death in 1947, Moody led the LCP, one of the most prominent Black political groups campaigning against racial discrimination in London at the time.
Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s keynote has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. However, the workshop will take place as planned. The keynote by Prof. Marc Matera (University of California, Santa Cruz) on...
Through migration from colonial territories to Britain, London was a hub for migrant flows from all over the globe from the Victorian era onwards. As such, the city became a “junction box”[1] for Black...
The biography of Una Marson is one of many “firsts”. Born in Jamaica in 1905, she lived between London and Kingston as a secretary, journalist, poet and radio broadcaster, with an especially remarkable period...
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...
As part of my doctorate on pan-African activism in London during World War II, I was fortunate enough to undertake an archival trip to West Africa in March 2020. In the following, I will...
Review of Waters, Rob: Thinking Black: Britain, 1964-1985. Oakland: University of California Press 2019. The review (in German) is available on HSozKult: https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-28444
The Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembe postulated that archives are “not a piece of data, but a status.”[1] He alluded to the fact that the recording of documents is a profoundly political act: decisions on...
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"Capital of Europe" is a blog following the Freigeist research project "The London Moment. Transnational Collaboration of Governments-in-exile during the Second World War and its Impact on European History". The project, coordinated by Dr. Julia Eichenberg, the Principle Investigator, is based at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung.
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