In 1912, Jamini Sen became the first woman Fellow of Glasgow’s Royal College, founded in 1599 and long closed to women.

The British Museum in London has often been accused of cultural imperialism and colonialism, particularly by the U.K.’s ethnic minorities. There is a bitter dispute about many famous pieces acquired ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s strangely unsettling to peer into the razor-sharp, beautifully toned photographs of 19th-century English colonial gentry, servants, and native royals in India, now on view at ...