Nick Bhattacharya
@nickbhattacharya.bsky.social
Independent Researcher. He/him. Maybe a Historian, and one who works across many distinct fields and time periods.
New on the blog! @nickbhattacharya.bsky.social explores the gendered nature of parish welfare in Devon #womenshistory womenshistorynetwork.org/the-prejudic...
The Prejudice of Welfare for Women Under the Poor Laws – Shagnick Bhattacharya
In April 1818, Catherine Macknally, described in the parish records of St Andrew, Plymouth, as a ‘common prostitute’, was apprehended while wandering and begging with her two illegitimate children—…
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What historical insights can the past offer about human agency and effective policymaking in the present? Read my new article here: imperialglobalexeter.com/2026/04/08/a... #History #EmpireStudies #GlobalHistory #Policy #PublicPolicy #HumanRights #Research #Humanities #LaborHistory
Agency Within Exploitative Systems: Historical Insights Into Power and Policymaking
An Indian seaman (1929). Waterline Collection, National Maritime Museum, London. [RMG reference: P94093]. Shagnick BhattacharyaUniversity of Exeter In July 1945, as the Second World War was almost …
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My latest piece in @echistsoc.bsky.social’s The Long Run Blog explores a simple but unsettling question: how can government policy be officially race-neutral, yet still produce racialised outcomes? Read it here: ehs.org.uk/subsidising-...
Subsidising Whiteness: British Shipping and Racialised Politics after the Great Depression - Economic History Society
In this blog post Shagnick Bhattacharya (Independent Scholar) presents their research, which was supported by the 2026 Joint BME Small Research Grant. — Following the Great Depression, British shipown...
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Now on the Long Run Blog: 'Subsidising Whiteness: British Shipping and Racialised Politics after the Great Depression'. Shagnick Bhattacharya (Independent Scholar) presents their research, which was supported by the 2026 Joint BME Small Research Grant. ehs.org.uk/subsidising-...
Subsidising Whiteness: British Shipping and Racialised Politics after the Great Depression - Economic History Society
In this blog post Shagnick Bhattacharya (Independent Scholar) presents their research, which was supported by the 2026 Joint BME Small Research Grant. — Following the Great Depression, British shipown...
ehs.org.uk
How did the caste system function aboard ships in the twentieth century? Shagnick Bhattacharya explores the history of lascars. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/labour/shipb...
Shipboard Labour and Caste in the Twentieth Century
How did the caste system function aboard ships in the twentieth century? Shagnick Bhattacharya explores the history of lascars.
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As seamen criss-crossed the oceans in British ships in the Interwar period, Shagnick Bhattacharya @uniofexeternews.bsky.social discusses 2 examples of subaltern 'smugglers' & the problem confronting the Imperial Government. blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20... @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social
Century Tales: Subaltern Smugglers from South Asia
As hundreds of thousands of seamen criss-crossed the oceans in British ships in the Interwar period, instances of subaltern ‘smugglers’ aboard created a novel, radical problem especiall…
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Lascars, by Shagnick Bhattacharya. A lascar was a seaman of mostly South Asian origin. Described as the first proper ‘globalised workforce’, lascars made the inter-oceanic commerce of the British Empire possible. howtohistory.substack.com/p/lascars
