InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanEuropean empires competing in 16th-century East AsiaIn 1511 CE, Portugal became the first of the European empires to establish a presence in East Asia. That was the year in which conquistador…Feb 8, 2022
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanBaltimore Quakers & westward expansion in the early United StatesOn Monday, I wrote about the involvement of Quakers in William Penn’s settler-colonial project in Turtle Island in the 17th century CE…Jan 6, 2022
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanFrance’s “historic position” in the Indo-Pacific regionThe French and the Anglo-Saxons have gotten into a big pissing match over Australia’s decision to nix a longstanding contract for…Sep 20, 20211Sep 20, 20211
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanThe “innovation” of transoceanic empires with cannonsThroughout history there have been numerous empires, none of which was built using peaceful means. All were built through the use of…Sep 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanLanguage, empire, nation, stateI’m at the transition point between completing the big essay on the birth of the Portuguese empire, which I published August 30, and…Sep 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanEuropean empires competing in 16th-century East AsiaIn 1511 CE, Portugal became the first of the European empires to establish a presence in East Asia. That was the year in which conquistador…Feb 8, 2022
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanBaltimore Quakers & westward expansion in the early United StatesOn Monday, I wrote about the involvement of Quakers in William Penn’s settler-colonial project in Turtle Island in the 17th century CE…Jan 6, 2022
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanFrance’s “historic position” in the Indo-Pacific regionThe French and the Anglo-Saxons have gotten into a big pissing match over Australia’s decision to nix a longstanding contract for…Sep 20, 20211
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanThe “innovation” of transoceanic empires with cannonsThroughout history there have been numerous empires, none of which was built using peaceful means. All were built through the use of…Sep 19, 2021
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanLanguage, empire, nation, stateI’m at the transition point between completing the big essay on the birth of the Portuguese empire, which I published August 30, and…Sep 13, 2021
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanMore on Portugal’s use of exemplary terrorIn the longform essay on the birth and early decades of the Portuguese empire that I published last week, I referred to the uses the…Sep 6, 2021
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanPortugal and the origins of “the West”1492? How about 1415 CE?Aug 30, 20211
InProject 500 YearsbyHelena CobbanEmpires and ‘absent-mindedness’I’ve been writing my longform article about the role Portugal played in pioneering the concept, practice, and justifying ideologies of…Aug 13, 2021
