Contesting History

The Hagia Sophia as a palimpsest: Memories of the monument in five acts

Conquest and bloodshed, plunder and loot, magnificence and glory – it is the price of having existed for over a thousand years.

Kalim Rajab
· Aug 02, 2020 · 03:30 pm
Third World Quarterly row: Why some western intellectuals are trying to debrutalise colonialism

The author explains why he resigned from the editorial board of the journal after it published an apologia for colonialism.

Vijay Prashad
· Sep 21, 2017 · 12:30 pm
Biased liberal mafia takes on India's new head of historical research

As professor Rao said in a recent interview, to question his appointment is to question democracy itself.

Overrated Outcast
· Jul 16, 2014 · 07:52 am

How archaeology in Pakistan is forced to deny the nation's Hindu past

The nation's archaeological investigations are motivated by a desire to grant Pakistan historical legitimacy.

Haroon Khalid
· Jul 15, 2014 · 06:59 am