Resharing my article from last spring (when the history crowd on here wasn't quite as buzzing), a critical analysis of the "colonial encounter" as an editorial creation. I'm pretty happy with this one and feel it might have got more eye balls; OA, too, and Wacana is a great Indonesian journal. 🗃️
An article of mine that was in a special issue of Asian Affairs is now here (also available open access from the Asian Affairs website) www.routledge.com/Citizenship-...
This book revisits the aftermath of the partition of 1947, and the war of 1971, to examine some of the longer-term consequences of the redrawing of borders across South Asia. From the eastern frontier...
Join my most favorite Tamara Fernando and American Institute for Lankan Studies for a conv around Boats - Details and link to register in poster below -
Book covers for Democracy's Dhamma by Gitanjali Surendran and Interasian Intimacies by Chie Ikeya - Have listened to sections of the research that went into both books over the years, and can't wait to read in entireity!
Vidhya Raveendranathan and Sukhalata Sen write about the relationship between legal and historical practice in this piece for The Wire: thewire.in/law/the-tria...
Law instrumentalises History. This, in turn, creates a dangerous precedent for public reception of meanings of historical events and interpretations.
Happy Saturday! Wordle 1,183 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Looking fwd to being in conv. w/ the amazing Vasuki Nesiah & Anam Samroo in 2 weeks; thx to Lys Kulamadayil & Praggya Surana for inviting and organizing this conversation around Boats - Check out Law by Color Code: Locating Race and Racism in IL: www.graduateinstitute.ch/research-cen...
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