Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empire. 'A remarkably readable précis of the whole British imperial story - triumphs, deceits, decencies, kindnesses, cruelties and all' - Jan Morris
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
From Pulitzer Prize–winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that probes the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe.
🆕 British historian Sue Onslow is the third IHC Visiting Scholar, an IHC initiative whose aim is to promote a short programme of research and advanced training activities each year by an international historian.
The José Medeiros Ferreira Lecture, which marks the beginning of the academic year of the PhD in History at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, is organised by the IHC and will have as its guest speaker our Visiting Scholar, Sue Onslow, from King's College London.
On the morning of 29 September, Sue Onslow, IHC’s 2023 Visiting Scholar, will presente a seminnar on her experience as an #OralHistory practitioner, namely interviewing actors in the Zimbabwe independence process.