Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (18th Century)
Hooda Shawa rewrites the fairytales in England's 18th century country houses, exposing the Indian and Palestinian foundations of Derbyshire's Kedleston Hall. Nestled amidst acres of rolling hills, Der...
7 Heinä 202219min
Ivory Statue of St. Michael the Archangel, Basilica of Guadalupe (17th Century)
Dr. Stephanie Porras carves out the Chinese connection between Spain's colonies in Mexico City and Manila in the Philippines, in a 17th century ivory statue of St. Michael the Archangel. With gently c...
23 Kesä 202217min
Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam, John Greenwood (c. 1752-1758)
Dr. Jared Hardesty picks up the party debris littered by New England's illegal imperialists, via John Greenwood's 1750s painting, Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam. Drinking, gambling, and debauchery ...
9 Kesä 202215min
Map of Endowments for 'Colonial' University, New Zealand (1873)
Dr. Caitlin Harvey maps out land transfers from Indigenous communities to European education institutions, through an 1873 Map of New Zealand’s 'Colonial' University. Depicting the North Island of Aot...
26 Touko 202216min
Painting of Silver Labourers in Potosí, Bolivia, from Translation of the History of the New World (c. 17th Century)
Dr. Saygin Salgirli mines the hidden link between four early modern empires, in a 17th century Painting of Silver Labourers in Potosí, Bolivia. In a peaceful mountain landscape, three labourers in col...
12 Touko 202217min
The Tragedy of Mustapha, Fulke Greville (1609) and Roger Boyle (1665)
Aisha Hussain plays out tropes of Ottoman Turks in English Orientalist theatre, in two 17th century productions of The Tragedy of Mustapha. In 1553, the Ottoman Sultan Soleyman ordered the murder of h...
28 Huhti 202215min
Pierced Jade Scholar's Screen, China (19th Century) (EMPIRE LINES x Freud Museum Interview)
For EMPIRE LINES’ 40th episode, Professor Craig Clunas dials in from London’s Freud Museum to discuss their latest exhibition, Freud and China, shrinking the international networks of psychoanalysis.S...
14 Huhti 202224min
Mining the Museum at the Maryland Historical Society, Fred Wilson (1992-1993)
Anna Ghadar turns back against colonial archives of Native American peoples, via Fred Wilson's 1992 exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society, Mining the Museum. Amidst precisely whittled arrowhea...
7 Huhti 202217min
