In the past, researchers have paid limited attention to this fact, which has led to a dearth of modern anthropological, historical and archaeological investigations as well as insights regarding this ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – There’s nowhere in Asia like it any more: a cityscape studded with hundreds of grand and humble buildings from the colonial era amid multiethnic communities that have remained ...

Jan. 5, 2024, marked 336 years since the passing of an extraordinary woman you have probably never heard of: Catarina de San Juan. Her life reads like an epic. Born in South Asia during the early 17th ...

The Central Asiatic Journal has been published since 1955, focusing on the linguistic, cultural and historical heritage of Central Asia and historically contingent regions. Our global pool of authors ...

There's nowhere in Asia like it any more: a cityscape studded with hundreds of grand and humble buildings from the colonial era amid multiethnic communities that have remained intact, vibrant and ...

Discover how Portugal initiated its colonial empire through maritime exploration, beginning with the 1415 conquest of Ceuta ...

Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired In-Soo Radstake’s “Selling a Colonial War,” which world premieres in the International Competition section of documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam. “Selling a ...

An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossil in existence in China. Researchers from the National Center for ...

Catarina de San Juan’s life reads like an epic – and her extraordinary story is little known. Born in South Asia during the early 17th century, she was captured by the Portuguese at age 8 and sold to ...