kalramnath
@kalramnath.bsky.social
writing and teaching histories of 19 and 20c South Asia and Indian Ocean Worlds.
This October in Oxford to celebrate the publication of The Cambridge History of International Law in Asia Vol 2! www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
A roundtable and book launch: Whose Law? Asia
Description This roundtable brings two recent works into conversation around the long history of
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The Oceanographer's House (2026) by British artist Christopher Thompson (born in 1969). Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Assistant Professor
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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could not have envisioned a better reviewer for ‘A Volatile Picture' than Shyam Tekwani who has lived this book & its photos. Enormously grateful for these words 🙏🏽 | How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War thewire.in/books/how-ph... @thewire.in
How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War
A groundbreaking study of how everyday photographs became instruments of memory, mourning and political resistance in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war.
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Many congratulations to Maria Adele Carrai and Surabhi Ranganathan on the publication of The Cambridge History of International Law Vol. 2 / International Law in Asia. The introduction "Against the Inequality of Ignorance" is linked below: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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Thomas and Barbara Metcalf have been so important to the study of South Asia, for decades. Thomas was influential in shaping and informing South Asian and British imperial studies at Cal and the wider world. He will be missed. southasia.berkeley.edu/news/remembe...
Remembering Prof. Thomas Metcalf (May 31, 1934–June 18, 2026) | The Institute for South Asia Studies
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Kim A. Wagner@kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn truth the end of an era...
Call for Applications: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies dissertation planning grants, to fund 6-8 weeks of exploratory research in Sri Lanka. Applications due December 1, 2026. https://www.aisls.org/grants/aisls-dissertation-planning-grant/
Thank you to the brilliant Emma Heaney @riislover667.bsky.social for this generous,wide-ranging, and deeply engaged conversation with me about my book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism @princetonupress.bsky.social
Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew at PB: @riislover667.bsky.social interviews @durba.bsky.social about her new book “The Future That Was” (@princetonupress.bsky.social), the vital history of Third World feminism, and the place of feminist visions for the future in our world now.
Presenting on maritime sovereignty and coastal livelihoods for the Indian Ocean in the Age of Empire seminar at the Oxford Center for Global History on 8 June at 2 PM BST / 9 AM ET. Please email capitalismsoftheindianocean-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk for Zoom link.
"[...] the work of building internationalist solidarity within an imperial social formation is the work of epistemic and affective claim-making" Sneha Krishnan explores the history of the Women's Christian College in colonial India.
An Unreliable Archive of Internationalism
What do frictions in the founding story of a missionary women's college reveal about Indian women's struggles for education and internationalism? Sneha Krishnan unpacks the history of the Women's Christian College in colonial India.
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Reading Anne-Isabelle Richard's valedictory editorial in Itinerario and very honoured to see that my and Andreas Greiner's 2024 special issue on colonial tourism gets a shout-out in her retrospective look at the past years.
The Strengths of Diversity and Community in Global History | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
The Strengths of Diversity and Community in Global History
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New special section of CSSAME on "Methodologies of the 'Everyday' in South Asian Islam" co-edited by Harini Kumar and me is now out! Featuring articles from Mudit Trivedi, Ali Altaf Mian, Elizabeth Lhost & Taushif Kara, Harini and me, with a post-script by Shahzad Bashir. Check it out here!
Volume 46 Issue 1 | Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East | Duke University Press
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***Blog Submissions from Undergraduates*** Our blog, Not From Here, will be running a short blog series this year highlighting the work of undergraduate students whose research engages with immigration and ethnic history. We invite submissions! Those interested should contact notfromhere@iehs.org
Also published today in Transactions: Peter Gatrell's article 'The "RefugeeWorld": A Twentieth-Century Retrospective' bit.ly/49nWmtg This is an article version of Peter's 2025 Prothero Lecture given in July last year. Now available free Open Access 1/2 #Skystorians
A thread about new bks that I used in my teaching about the Indian Ocean World this past semester:
OTD in 2019 the Easter Attacks led to mob violence and riots against the minority Muslim community in Sri Lanka. In this piece from the archive, @shamaraw.bsky.social considers the historical roots of these attacks and the genealogy of communal violence in Sri Lanka.
A brief history of anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
Delving into Sri Lanka's colonial past, Shamara Wettimuny shows how the 'Easter attacks', or recent anti-Muslim violence has its roots in the ethno-nationalistic paradigm of the island.
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71% of our planet is ocean, but you wouldn’t know it from traditional maps. Shift your land-based perspective this Earth Week with a story about the Spilhaus Projection map and the WHOI oceanographer who created it: go.whoi.edu/spilhausmap
Excited to host @unlawfulentries.bsky.social at @siwpscolumbia.bsky.social this week to talk about her new book!
I'm delighted to share that my book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918" (Liverpool UP) has been accepted by JSTOR as part of their Path To Open programme. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 | Home
Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire
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Ole Birk Laursen@olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's official! My next book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905-1918: Exile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire" is coming out with Liverpool University Press on 14 August 2026. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
thrilled to share that my article, "The Ghost of Comilla: Authoritarian Biopolitics and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan," is now out in print in the latest issue of @diplomatichistory.bsky.social.
Diplomatic History@diplomatichistory.bsky.social · last yr.Also featuring @aqayyum.bsky.social's article "'The Ghost of Comilla': Authoritarian Biopolitics and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan" academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...
PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only)
The inaugural Cambridge Amplify Grant will support early-career scholars in History and Area Studies in publishing their first book, providing financial and editorial support over 12 months. ⏰ The closing date for submissions is 13 April 2026. Find out more 🔗 https://cup.org/3NJAd1a
Happy publication month, @mitrasharafi.bsky.social ! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Fear of the False by Mitra Sharafi | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Fear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific det...
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Big news, everyone!! The ASLH has created a new dissertation prize for non-US legal history: the Global Dissertation Prize aslh.net/award/global... Eligible authors for this cycle must have received their doctoral degree in *2025.* Deadline: 1 June 2026. Please spread the word &/or submit your work!
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Today marked the launch of the Asian Legal History Association, with the secretariat at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Maynooth School of Law and Criminology is one of the founding institutional members. Further details about the Association and its activities here: web.law.cuhk.edu.hk/ALHA/
