PROF Edward Simpson's Outputs (4)

State of play six years after Gujarat earthquake (2007)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2007). State of play six years after Gujarat earthquake. Economic and political weekly, XLII(11),

Six years ago, an earthquake in western Gujarat claimed around fourteen thousand lives. Many people I already knew well from previous research in the region died, more lost relatives, homes and possessions. In this article, I review in general terms... Read More about State of play six years after Gujarat earthquake.

The changing perspectives on three Muslim men on the question of saint worship over a 10-year period in Gujarat, western India (2007)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2007). The changing perspectives on three Muslim men on the question of saint worship over a 10-year period in Gujarat, western India. Modern Asian Studies, 42(2/3), 377-403. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X07003216

In many religious traditions, those who mediate relations between men and gods are often the focus of controversy and moral ambiguity. The ethnography in this paper outlines a number of perspectives on the role of such intermediaries (here ‘saints’)... Read More about The changing perspectives on three Muslim men on the question of saint worship over a 10-year period in Gujarat, western India.

The history of Bhuj as told by its own historians (2007)
Book Chapter
Simpson, E., & Kresse, K. (2007). The history of Bhuj as told by its own historians. In E. Simpson (Ed.), Struggling with history: Islam and cosmopolitanism in the western Indian Ocean (93-124). Hurst

Struggling with history: Islam and cosmopolitanism in the western Indian Ocean (2007)
Book
Simpson, E., & Kresse, K. (Eds.). (2007). Struggling with history: Islam and cosmopolitanism in the western Indian Ocean. Hurst and Co