Asia Pacific Histories

Convenors: John McQuilton and Julia Martinez
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The Asia-Pacific Histories group explores social, cultural and political transformations within the Asia-Pacific region with an emphasis on comparative and transnational approaches to historical studies. We take the Asia-Pacific region to include Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Our research is concerned with the colonial and post-colonial periods, and we bring together historians to consider a range of inter-related themes including:

• migrations and mobility
• nationalisms and diasporas
• comparative colonialism
• conflict
• labour,
• environmental and urban history
• gender