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As Long as the System Prevails: Archives and Temporalities of Indenture 1830-1920 (2025)
Thesis
Wright, M. F. (2025). As Long as the System Prevails: Archives and Temporalities of Indenture 1830-1920 [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/soas.00773809

This thesis is concerned with the construction and staging of productive labour in colonial discourses surrounding Indian indentured labour from 1830-1920. It explores the shifting and tangled relationship between the law and the economy, and sketche... Read More about As Long as the System Prevails: Archives and Temporalities of Indenture 1830-1920.

Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal (2024)
Thesis
Mitra, S. (2024). Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00041622

The PhD dissertation traces the history of two categories of intoxicants, namely alcohol and opium, in nineteenth century Bengal. The dissertation contributes to the historical literature on intoxicants by concentrating on the colonial state’s attemp... Read More about Intoxicants and Hindu Subject Formation in Nineteenth-Century Bengal.

The Fantastic World of the Bengali Roopkatha: Unpacking Gender, Generation and Genre (2023)
Thesis
Adhya, R. (2023). The Fantastic World of the Bengali Roopkatha: Unpacking Gender, Generation and Genre [PhD thesis, SOAS University of London]. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039058

This thesis explores a Bengali literary genre called the roopkatha, which has commonly been seen as a counterpart to English 'fairy tales' It traces its crystallisation from the oral tradition to becoming both anti-colonial, or 'Swadeshi', literature... Read More about The Fantastic World of the Bengali Roopkatha: Unpacking Gender, Generation and Genre.

Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2016)
Book
E. Newbigin, O. Shani, & S. Legg. (Eds.). (2016). Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Duke University Press. http://cssaame.dukejournals.org/

The essays in this special section make a significant intervention into debates about the evolution of democracy in South Asia by prompting us to rethink the role of constitutionalism in this process. They focus on three constitutional moments in ear... Read More about Constitutionalism and the evolution of democracy in India - special section in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.