Arunima Datta (PhD, FRHistS)
@migrationhistorian.bsky.social
Historian. Author. Associate Professor. Studies: Britain, British Empire, South & Southeast Asia, women’s history, migration history Author of: Waiting on Empire: Ayahs in Britain (OUP, 2023) Fleeting Agencies: Coolie women in Malaysia (CUP, 2021)
introducing to y’all DFWCURRYCHRONICLES -Uncovering rich history of South Asian curries & curry maestros in DFW. A research project I am co-leading with @moye.bsky.social pl visit our first social page from the project at: www.instagram.com/dfwcurrychro... pl reach out if u want to get involved
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Chatted about history of football (ahem soccer) chants with NBC5
Self promotion alert! My new article is out now. 🤗 If you can’t access through your institutions let me know I have a limited number of free access links for your reading pleasure 🤗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Imperial surveillance of marital distress: the Tute divorce case and the British Raj
Through a close study of Richard and Helen Tute’s divorce experiences (1897–1913), this paper captures the historical nuances of imperial family histories through the lens of marital breakdowns. Sp...
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Taking a moment to celebrate these women this Mother's Day... who "mothered" soooo many children across the world! WAITING ON EMPIRE - the stories of incredible traveling ayahs (and the exhibition we co-curated at the museum of the home!) @academic.oup.com @museumofthehome.bsky.social
I had the pleasure to review Arunima Datta's wonderful book 'Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain' for Cultural & Social History. A very welcome corrective to the entrenched biases in histories of travel. 🗃️
Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain
Published in Cultural and Social History: The Journal of the Social History Society (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Our third issue of the year was launched on Friday and is now fully available to access here. Read articles from Christopher Joby, Arunima Datta, Andrekos Varnava, and many more. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fimm20/4...
Immigrants & Minorities
Volume 43, Issue 3 of Immigrants & Minorities
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#WomensDay #WomenAtWork In ‘Waiting on Empire’, Arunima Datta resurrects the largely forgotten travelling ayahs – one of the many groups of Southasian migrant workers in the British Empire, writes @Sohel Sarkar
The incomplete histories of women migrant caregivers under the British Empire
In ‘Waiting on Empire’, Arunima Datta resurrects the largely forgotten travelling ayahs – one of the many groups of Southasian migrant workers in the British Empire
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My interview with bbc features for their story on knocker uppers is now out: www.bbc.com/future/artic... To read more about the history of knocker uppers see my article - academic.oup.com/jvc/article/... (might I add it received the honor of bring an editor’s choice artcle)
Happy thanksgiving everyone! My neighbor (I’m lucky to have another author living next to me) just alerted me that my book (WAITING ON EMPIRE: history of Indian travelling ayahs in Britain) is on sale now @amazon
Excited to see my book - WAITING ON EMPIRE (Indian ayahs in Britain) sharing space with @willdalrymple.bsky.social at Chester Beatty Museum 🥳🤗
Looking forward to sharing incredible stories of mobile caregivers (Indian ayahs who travelled) from 19th and 20th century.
Chester Beatty@chesterbeatty.bsky.social · 10mo agoJoin your next Chester Beatty talk from anywhere in the world for just €5 - plus take part in a historian-led Q&A! 😍 ow.ly/ZMHM50XeN2g @migrationhistorian.bsky.social #empire #ayahs #womenshistory #digitalevent
Out now! Tadaaa! My essay on Indian performers in Britain Let me know if you would like a copy and don't have access to it via your library
Arunima Datta weaves together the larger histories of colonialism, migration, adaptation, acculturation, and globalization through an incredible history of Indian curry in Britain. Check out 'Curry Tales of the Empire' today! Read here: jvc.oup.com/2021/05/27/c...
Join us for the new season of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️! In this new episode, Dr Arunima Datta discusses her article, "Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback...” and her new monograph, "Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain" Listen here:
Arunima Datta, “Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback: Indian Hawkers and Victoria�...
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Another highlight: the Reading Resilience presentation by Arunima Datta and Jonathan Fardy. It is so interesting learning more about archives in nontraditional formats with my background as an archivist and as a current student of history. #AHA24
From June 2024: In ‘Waiting on Empire’, Arunima Datta resurrects the largely forgotten travelling ayahs – one of the many groups of Southasian migrant workers in the British Empire. A review essay by @SohelS28: buff.ly/RIb4CWz
The incomplete histories of women migrant caregivers under the British Empire
In ‘Waiting on Empire’, Arunima Datta resurrects the largely forgotten travelling ayahs – one of the many groups of Southasian migrant workers in the British Empire
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Thank you 🙏🏽
Ian Petrie@icpetrie.bsky.social · last yr.Another recent acquisition, @migrationhistorian.bsky.social's WAITING ON EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF INDIAN TRAVELING AYAHS IN BRITAIN Hoping a student will take this topic for their project on mobility in the Indian Ocean world this fall global.oup.com/academic/pro...
This is a talk you won't want to miss! Join us in Santa Clara, California 8/1 for Dr. Arunima Datta's luncheon presentation of “Waiting on Empire: Travelling Ayahs in Britain and a History of Migration, Labor, and Counterflows of Empire.” Follow the link to register: www.pcb-aha.org/archives/2089
Delighted to share I will be delivering the AHA-PCB’s WAWH sponsored luncheon lecture this year wawh.org/wawh-in-the-...
So honored to have presented my recent work on south Asian performers in Britain at the British Library. Thank you to all who came and thanks for the engaging questions and comments.
Here is a local history and archives project I did with archives in UK. they have a whole series of shorts. But this is a snapshot …. Wanna know more about travelling ayahs … get in touch 🤗 youtu.be/w2Jx6RvNMhY?...
Travelling Ayahs in Britain with Dr Arunima Datta
YouTube video by Dig Where You Stand
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Looking forward to speaking at the BRITISH LIBRARY soon
Delighted to share that my article on travelling entertainers/performers in Britain just got published in Journal of Immigrants and Minorities (a journal that has for long inspired me! 🥹) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Entertaining the metropole: vagrancy, repatriation and Indian performers in Britain
During the nineteenth century, several British colonial agents and touring companies working in the entertainment industry brought Indian travelling performers to Britain. However, these performers...
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Late in posting these but as the term ends … I do believe this event from March 25 was the most rewarding experience and a highlight of the year for me…🤗 thank you @museumofthehome.bsky.social for collaborating and bringing to life the stories of these incredible women.
If you happen to be in London and are interested come visit 🤗 www.museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/eve...
Housewarming: A Victorian Home from Kolkata to London | Museum of the Home
Housewarming: A Victorian Home from Kolkata to London - Enjoy exclusive late-night access to our galleries with a special tour of A Townhouse in 1878, led by co-curator and historian of the British Em...
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Whenever I’m having a rough day …I just have to look at this painting that a former student made for her art series on women and resilience 🥹🥹🥹
A moving review of my work in Bengali.
RUDE!!!! I heard someone say “I wasn’t even born when Backstreet Boys formed! And I still like them as antique music” I get it we are getting old. But still RUDE! 😂🤣
It’s that time of the year when Mariah will seamlessly keep on trying to convince that all she wants for Christmas is “YOU”…. Although I must admit for me it’s WHAM over Mariah! 🤗
