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IHS Book Talk: History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200–2000

March 23, 2021

The History Faculty New Book Series presents: History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200–2000(University of Washington Press, 2019) A book talk and discussion withSUMIT GUHAProfessor of HistoryThe University of Texas at Austinhttps://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/profile.php?eid=sg7967 With discussant:ANUPAMA RAOTOW Associate Professor of History,Barnard College and Columbia Universityhttps://history.barnard.edu/profiles/anupama-rao In this far-ranging and erudite exploration of the South Asian past, […]

Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia

February 1, 2015

It may sound strange to many readers, but when I was growing up as the son of upper middle-class civil servants in India in the 1960s, I was hardly aware of the existence of caste distinctions.

Review of India in the Persian World of Letters by Arthur Dudney (2022)

August 30, 2023

Before the 19th century, Persian was an important lingua franca and connected various territories, communities, and people across the Middle East and South Asia. Arthur Dudney’s book is a valuable account of cultural history of language and literature in this “Persianate Cosmopolis” during the 18th century. The book contextualizes the learned figures of Persian language […]

Review of Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700 (2020) by Ron Harris

April 13, 2023

It’s an old question: how did northwestern Europe, seemingly an economic backwater around 1400 CE, rise to trading dominance in just a few centuries? In Going the Distance: Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700, Ron Harris offers a fresh answer. He traces the financial tools and organizational forms in Eurasia that […]

Review of Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders (2023) by Isabel Huacuja Alonso

March 9, 2023

In Radio for the Millions, Isabel Alonso provides a captivating history of radio that sits at the intersection of sound studies, cultural history, and the politics of nationalism in modern South Asia. In this virtuosic tale, we read about the policymakers, artists, singers, political figures, and poets who inhabited a broader transnational space in South Asia. Using […]

From Camp David to Baghdad: Scrambling for and Against Peace in the Middle East, Fall 1978

January 19, 2023

Commentators and scholars have long represented the United States as the supreme guarantor of a well-tempered international order. Today, however, agents of American international relations find themselves confronting uncertainty both at home and abroad. Nevertheless, as they navigate the uncharted waters of contemporary global politics, representatives of the United States and its international interlocutors can […]

The Public, Access, and the Archival Dimensions of Digital Humanities: An Introduction to the Work of Christina Wasson

April 15, 2022

by Eden Ewing In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be […]

Four Books I Recommend from Comps – Law, Knowledge, and Empire in the Middle East and North Africa

November 19, 2021

by David Rahimi Before moving to the final dissertation stage of the PhD, graduate students in History must first pass their comprehensive exams (also known as orals, qualifying exams, or comps). These are designed in part to show mastery of a student’s chosen teaching and research fields. Experiences vary depending on how the student and […]

IHS Book Talk: “Tribe and State in Global History”: The Political and Cultural Work of the Category of Tribe in the Historiographies of Asia, Americas, and Africa

October 27, 2021

Institute for Historical Studies – Wednesday, October 20, 2021 A Roundtable Inspired by Sumit Guha’sTribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-Five Centuries(Columbia University Press, 2021) Notes from the Director Every literate person today will encounter the word “tribe” in many settings. What does this word mean? When and how did its use begin? Is it […]