This article explores the remarkable temporal perceptions and attempted historical habitations of a young Javanese noblewoman at the turn of the century in the Dutch East Indies. It examines the ways in which this young woman used the concepts of relative temporality, civilizational evolution, and stagist histories to challenge both the imposition of Dutch colonialism and the conventions of her indigenous culture. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠https://gofund.me/04e5824c⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439⁠.

This piece explores Indonesian nationalist and feminist R.A. Kartini's role in the Dutch colonial hierarchy. It looks at identity, power, and the ultimate boundaries of colonial society that structure access to power. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/04e5824c. Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439.

This episode continues our discussion of Orientalism with a look at the British rediscovery of India after the Mutiny of 1857, and their attempts to surveil, taxonomize, and control colonial populations through new technologies. It examines the creation of identities, social categories, and the legacies of these colonial methodologies in our contemporary world. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠https://gofund.me/2ec80f54⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This episode explores "Orientalism" as a phenomenon and legacy of Western empire. It specifically analyzes British efforts to discover, define, categorize, and exhibit all things "Indian." It closes by examining this legacy as it manifests in the present day. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/2ec80f54⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This article explores the creation and processes of imperial historicism among Moro populations in the Southern Philippines while accounting for a number of disturbing disruptions and anomalies in the Americans’ historical narrative (such as slavery and Islamic civilisation) that threatened to unravel the tightly circumscribed concept of a uniform and interpretable progressive transitional past. It also examines the ways in which American imperialists accounted for these anomalies, and manipulated their own interpretations of the past and the present to maintain the integrity of their philosophical imperial foundations. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/2ec80f54⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439

This episode explores the meanings and function of frontier violence in the southern Philippines during a period of American military rule (1898-1913). It looks specifically at notions of colonial and frontier justice as demonstrated in the local press, and links these to the larger ideals and objectives of American colonialism.

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This episode looks at the development and imposition of Britain's "Civilizing Mission" in India and the terrible consequences that result from it. It explores concepts of imperialism, emasculation, and the emergence of modern racism, concluding with a look at the battle over Sati, or the Hindu practice of widow burning.

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This episode discusses the interesting practice of foot binding in the Song Dynasty and beyond. It examines the incentives, methods, and consequences of the practice, and analyzes its strange relevance to fashion and culture in our contemporary work. We need your support for more episodes, consider giving to our GoFundMe: ⁠https://gofund.me/2ec80f54⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557270533439⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.