Doing research in archives is a lonely business… or is it? The idea of a collaborative research week is to gather a group of historians around a theme – in our case, peace movements and decolonization, and first get to know each other’s research projects. What are we working on, what are we hoping to…

In November, I was invited to participate in the Global South Colloquium of CAPI: the Center for Asia-Pacific Initiatives of the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island. This year’s theme for the colloquium was “Asia in World History: Indian Ocean Perspectives.” This was the perfect place to think through issues of peace and decolonization in…