Additional resources

Below you can find an overview on additional resources that we consider helpful for research or information purposes in the postcolonial and transnational field.

For an extensive collection of important essays in postcolonial studies click here.
If you are researching more broadly on on critical theory this PDF is a good starting point.

Author profiles
History
Visual/performance art
Linguistics
Film

Author profiles


British Council Literature
http://literature.britishcouncil.org/writers

Comprehensive author profiles provided by the British Council

New Zealand Literature File: Bibliographies of New Zealand Authors, University of Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.nzlf.auckland.ac.nz

History


BBC history page
www.bbc.co.uk/history

The Legacy Project
http://legacyproject.human.cornell.edu/
Collection of trauma legacies: 20th century, Africa, America, Asia

Mundus Collection
www.mundus.ac.uk
Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom

School of Oriental and African Studies
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/subjects/africa/
Numerous links to resources on African Studies

Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Archive (LEMA)
on colonial Australia, India, and Sri Lanka
http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/lema/about.html

History & Culture of Africa & the African diaspora
www.blackpresence.co.uk 

Visual/ performance art


Arts Council England
national development agency for the arts in England
www.artscouncil.org.uk

British Library Collections of maps
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/maps/index.html

British Library Images online
access to thousands of images from the British Library's unparalleled collections
https://imagesonline.bl.uk/?service=page&action=show_home_page&language=en

International Artist Database
www.culturebase.net

Gallery on African, Asian and Caribbean art
colophon.com

Mongrel
socially engaged culture and art
http://www.mongrelx.org.uk/

Linguistics


Ethnologue: Languages of the world
http://www.ethnologue.com/

Film


Internet movie database, incl. film pictures
http://www.imdb.com/