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May 21, 2018 by sarahharrop

How Britain’s colonial legacy still affects LGBT politics around the world

Many laws across the world that make homosexuality a crime were imposed during rule by the British Empire. Joseph O’Mahoney attempts to unpick why these stigmatising laws persist in a new post for The Conversation co-authored by Enze Han.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged British colonialism, homosexuality, Politics
April 9, 2018 by sarahharrop

Decolonise science

Colonialism has a lingering influence in modern scientific research – and scientists and historians must work together to  ‘decolonise’ science, says Dr Rohan Deb Roy in a new post for The Conversation.

Sir Ronald Ross at his lab in Calcutta, 1898. Image credit: Wellcome Collection, CC-BY-4.0

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Posted in History | Tagged British colonialism, decolonise science, history of medicine, india
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