Mauragh Scott explores the controversial issue of museum loot. Specifically, the article critiques the British Museum, in London, for its continuation of colonial interpretations around the artefacts it has on display. Countries and representatives of cultures to whom artefacts belong argue that it is the museums’ responsibility to repatriate artefacts back to the cultures that they were stolen from and move forward together to teach a decolonised history of the past.
Category: History
Charles Henry Turner and the Bias in Academia
Is higher education free of institutional racism? The case of C. H. Turner, a 19th century African American scientist, might answer this question.
The myth of German history consciousness
By Katharina Schmitz. On Yom Kippur, a right extremist terrorist shot two people when attempting to storm a synagogue. Luckily, … More
A Review of Pitts’ Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire
By Oskari Mantere. Almost by definition, international law is universal. This belief seems nearly tautological, thus true to the point … More
Moyn, S. (2018), Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World
By Oskari Mantere. When historians became interested in the history of human rights in the 1990s and early 2000s, they … More
Do Fathers’ Rights Movements Undermine Domestic Violence’s Victims’ Claims?
By Anastasia Roscia. Fathers’ rights movements are political and social groups of activists that declare themselves to be defenders of … More
The US College Scandal, The UK “Class” Ceiling, & The Meritocracy Ideal
By Anastasia Roscia. Last month, the biggest US college scandal to date led the FBI to accuse famous Hollywood actresses, … More
International Broadcasting: Public Diplomacy or Propaganda?
By Berit Braun. Flipping through the channels available on my hotel TV, I stumbled not only onto Portuguese soap operas … More
The Impossibility of Global Ethics – A Review of Michael Ignatieff’s ‘The Ordinary Virtues’
By Oskari Mantere. Michael Ignatieff’s The Ordinary Virtues takes the reader on a safari through some of the most fragile … More