Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain

Stuart Ward is Professor and Head of the Saxo Institute of History, Ethnology, Archaeology and Classics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire (2010; co-authored with James Curran) and Australia and the British Embrace (2001), and the editor of British Culture and the End of Empire (2001).Astrid Rasch is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. She is the editor of Life Writing After Empire (2017).

• Notes on Contributors1. Introduction: Greater Britain, Global Britain Stuart Ward (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Astrid Rasch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)2. Debating Empire 2.0 David Thackeray and Richard Toye (both University of Exeter, UK)3. Brexit and the Anglosphere Mike Kenny (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Pearce (University of Bath, UK)4. How Unique is Britain's Empire Complex? Elizabeth Buettner (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)5. Forgetfulness. England's Discontinuous Histories Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London, UK)6. Ireland and the English Question Fintan O’Toole (The Irish Times, Ireland)7. Scotland, Brexit and the Persistence of Empire Neal Ascherson (University College London, UK)8. Gibraltar: Brexit's Silent Partner Jennifer Ballantine Perera (University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar)9. Brexit and the Other Special Relationship Camilla Schofield (University of East Anglia, UK)10. Refugees, Migrants, Windrush and Brexit Yasmin Khan (University of Oxford, UK)11. Rhodes Must Fall: Brexit and Circuits of Knowledge and Influence Saul Dubow (Cambridge University, UK)12. Relics of Empire? Colonialism and the Culture Wars Katie Donington (London South Bank University, UK)13. The Guerrilla Arts in Brexit Bristol Olivette Otele (Bath Spa University, UK)14. Biggar vs Little Britain Richard Drayton (King’s College London, UK)15. Visions of China Robert Bickers (University of Bristol, UK)16. Afterword Dane Kennedy (George Washington University, USA)EndnotesIndex

This assemblage of formidable essays illuminates the myriad understandings of yesteryear's empire and today's Empire 2.0, and their roles in the Brexit debates. Thought-provoking and deftly concise, this collection should be assigned reading for scholars and general audiences alike.