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Tobias Harper

Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Tobias Harper is a historian of modern Britain and the British empire at Arizona State University.

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Painting of a seated man with a moustache in ornate clothing, wearing jewellery and a turban, sitting on a decorated chair against a dark background.

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Nations and empires

Titles, medals and ribbons

The British honours system has outlived the Empire it was designed to foster. Does it have a role in the world today?

Tobias Harper