America is trying to come to terms with its British and European colonial origins and Native American conquest, as well as African slavery. Some cities, including Evanston, have even begun reparation ...
A tiny mahogany slipcase of microscope slides on display at the Yale University Art Gallery raises issues of conquest, colonialism, and empire. The slipcase, created in the workshop of a Dutch diamond ...
Discover why European powers rushed to colonize the New World driven by economic gain, religious missions, national rivalry, and the quest for new trade routes. This simplified U.S. history lesson ...
A few years ago, one of us (Guillaume) moved to the town of Stellenbosch, in South Africa, and found himself walking through town while being shaded from the sun by European oak trees. The region is ...
European colonialism, which methodically extracted wealth from Africa until the system’s collapse in the last century, has been replaced by climate colonialism that stifles the economic development ...
2 political scientists at Princeton help revive debate on how European liberals of centuries past viewed colonialism and imperialism It is one of the most troubling puzzles in the history of political ...
ROME—The Vatican apologized for the Catholic Church’s historical role in justifying colonialism by European powers in other parts of the world and criticized pronouncements by past popes that ...
The Vatican has formally rejected the Catholic Church’s “Doctrine of Discovery,” used to justify European colonialism in Africa and the Americas, which dates from “papal bulls” issued in the 1450s. In ...
The Munich Security Conference on Security and Policy is an annual gathering that was started in 1963. Its founding purpose ...
Contrary to the public beliefs, popular Nigerian musician, Seun Kuti has stated that he is against European colonialism, and not the people. The singer, who is known for his strong stance against ...