In the 1940s, a student from Kenya named James Gekonyo applied to the Chemistry Department of Makerere University in Uganda. When his admissions interviewers asked him to explain the difference ...
The knowledge of indigo culture that developed on indigo plantations in colonial Bengal was remarkably cosmopolitan in its borrowings. The protean knowledge that was assembled in the first plantations ...
This article seeks to add to the exploration and development of Imperial History's contribution to the discipline of International Relations (IR). Focusing on British perceptions of Afghanistan in the ...
In the 19th century, the epicenter of Oriental Studies moved from colonial India to Europe. In this process, characteristics of early orientalism were also changed. Trautmann summarizes this change as ...
My first reaction to the concept of decolonisation of epistemology was cognitive dissonance. I could not reconcile decolonisation of anything within our contemporary space. To put it in philosophical ...
Holding out the promise of equity and inclusiveness, English language education in India signalled for the average Indian a life out of poverty and a climb to power and wealth. It was also the ...
Reparations by Britain to India for the injustices of colonial rule is a fair demand but must take forms other than financial, a group of writers and historians speaking at the 2016 Jaipur Literary ...
I am extremely thankful to Mr. Kanag-Isvaran, Chairman, the National Trust- Sri Lanka, for introducing me to this distinguished audience. I take this opportunity to thank the National Trust for the ...
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