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Keith Bell (1938–2025): An Appreciation and Commentary on his Final Scientific Paper
Celebrating the scientific legacy and final contributions of a pioneering geoscientist

Interpreting ethnic German sentiment in Nazi-annexed Poland: a comparative analysis of underground and SS intelligence reports (1942–1944)
Competing intelligence reports reveal how ethnic Germans in occupied Poland viewed Nazi rule

The gold rush: American architects in Iran in the 1970s
How American architects shaped Iran's urban boom during the Shah era

Worlding Mogadishu: ‘New cities’ and material modes of urban speculation
How telecom companies shape urban development and investment in post-conflict Mogadishu

The Voice of Reform: Muslim Nesan and Muslim Society in Colonial Ceylon
A pioneering newspaper's role in Muslim social reform and identity in 19th-century Sri Lanka

Economic History of the European Energy Industry: Lighting up Western Europe, 19th to 21st Centuries. Edited by Alberte Martínez-López, Jesús Mirás-Araujo, and Nuria Rodríguez-Martín. London and New York: Routledge (Explorations in Economic History), 2025. Pp. 216. £145.00, hardback.
How energy transformed Western Europe's economy over two centuries

The Democratization Paradox: Ordinary Germans, Allied Occupation, and the Built Democracy of Postwar Germany
How ordinary Germans experienced democracy imposed from above after World War II

Navigating the Landscape of Party Archives: A Compass for Social Scientists Doing Comparative Party Archival Research
Understanding how political party archives differ and what challenges researchers face












