America's oldest journal of contemporary world affairs. Founded 1914.
Joined August 2013
- Tweets 1,802
- Following 433
- Followers 1,407
- Likes 156
5 Photos and videos
In our May issue, Jody Benjamin reviews a book by @toby00green on 17th-century struggles with Portuguese colonial rule in a West Atlantic port town.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
67
In our new Africa issue, John J. Chin explains why the Sahel coup belt is spreading.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
35
In our May issue, @drjustinpearce surveys 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
33
In our annual Africa issue, Basile Ndjio examines the history of LGBT exclusion and resistance in Cameroon.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
90
In our new Africa issue, Moses Khisa traces Uganda’s drift toward dynastic autocracy.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
5
6
401
In our annual Africa issue, Patrick Desplat explains what drove Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
28
Our annual Africa issue is out! With Patrick Desplat on Madagascar’s Gen Z uprising, Moses Khisa on Uganda’s autocratic drift, Basile Ndjio on LGBT exclusion and resistance in Cameroon, @drjustinpearce on 50 years of strife in Angola and Mozambique…
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
1
2
656
More in our new issue: John J. Chin on the Sahel coup belt’s spread, Ebenezer Obadare on the African democracy debate, and Jody Benjamin’s review of a book on 17th-century struggles with Portuguese colonial rule in a West Atlantic port town.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
112
Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay by Ebenezer Obadare in our May issue, on Africa’s debate over democracy: online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
42
RT @drjustinpearce: A decade after my last contribution to
@currenthistory1 I have a new article on how the habits of ruling parties & the…
5
In our annual South Asia issue, Šumit Ganguly considers the legacies of Indira Gandhi's Emergency in a review of Srinath Raghavan's new book on the late prime minister's years in power in the 1970s and early 1980s.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
44
In our April South Asia issue, Anirudh Krishna @DukeSanford examines the key role of blocked social mobility in a wave of Gen Z protests in the region and beyond, proposing potential solutions.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
2
2
138
In our April South Asia issue, @sshneiderman and Salina Dolmo Lama explain how Nepal’s 2025 Gen Z protests toppled a regime, from the key role of social media to the movement's dilemmas on issues such as hierarchy and corruption.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
1
89
In our annual South Asia issue, Magnus Marsden details the long history of Afghans’ now-imperiled presence in Pakistan and their connective role across the region and beyond.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
41
In our new issue, Xu Peng (@SOASDevelopment) explains why China’s interventions in Myanmar's armed conflicts are limited and focused on the border region.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
58
In our annual South Asia issue, Kenneth Bo Nielsen and @alfgunvald examine the linkages between state-sanctioned communal violence and Hindu nationalist legislation and ideology in India.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
2
1,483
For a limited time, enjoy free access to this essay by Atreyee Sen in our annual South Asia issue—on the growing real-world impact of online anger, as seen in the recent toppling of governments in Bangladesh and Nepal.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
43
Our annual South Asia issue is out! With Kenneth Bo Nielsen and @alfgunvald on violence and Hindu nationalist statecraft, Xu Peng on China’s selective interventions in Myanmar, Magnus Marsden on Afghans’ imperiled presence in Pakistan…
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
1
3
410
More in our April issue: @sshneiderman and Salina Dolmo Lama on Nepal’s Gen Z protests, Anirudh Krishna on addressing Gen Z's economic grievances, Atreyee Sen on digital rage and protest culture, and Šumit Ganguly on legacies of Indira Gandhi's Emergency.
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
1
1
249
In our annual Europe issue, Monica Black reviews a new history of the Weimar Republic’s collapse. "The question of when the breakdown happened has relevance, and not just historically, but here and now."
online.ucpress.edu/currenthi…
50