Samuel D Carpenter

Tag: Historiography

  • Legacies of Empire #1: academic debates

    Recent conversations about the good, bad, ugly and indifferent legacies of the British Empire… The debate about the legacies of the British empire does not go away. Various academic projects are devoted to it, while public discourse usually responds reactively to contemporary issues and debates such as Black Lives Matter. This blog series will highlight…

  • Notes on Colonial-Imperial knowledge formation

    A number of scholars of British India have sought to understand the ways in which British power was exercised through constructing knowledge about Indian societies, including their histories and literatures, languages and geographies. At one end of the spectrum, intellectual followers of Edward Said argue that the British imposed their own knowledge and cultural forms on…

  • Books

    My first books have arrived by courier from the fantastic Massey Library Distance Service! Here’s the list: Origins of nationality in South Asia: patriotism and ethical government in the making of modern India / C.A. Bayly Imperial meridian: the British empire and the world, 1780-1830 / C.A. Bayly The Maori and New Zealand politics: talks…