09 | Crossing Boundaries of British India: New Perspectives on Connected Histories of Princely States
Moving beyond the colonial discourse on British and Princely India, this panel deconstructs the discursive production of boundaries in colonial India by exploring connected histories of the princely states.
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Timeslots:
· 07/27 | 15:30-17:00 UTC+2/CEST
· 07/28 | 15:30-17:00 UTC+2/CEST
· 07/28 | 17:30-19:00 UTC+2/CEST
Long Abstract
Moving beyond the colonial discourse on British and Princely India, this panel deconstructs the discursive production of boundaries in colonial India by exploring connected histories of the princely states. It does so by looking at new themes emerging from studies on princely states that compel us to rethink existing historiography not just on princely but also on colonial India. Recent scholarship in the field have examined new themes ranging from political histories and debates around constitutionalism and federalism in colonial and postcolonial India to economic histories and models of development originating in princely states. Furthermore, this panel explores various projects of princely modernity in the realm of urbanity, education, science, establishing and preserving archives, architecture, music, dance, and paintings. Our intention is not only to include histories of different princely states separately but to also bring together these divided accounts into connected histories that reveal their profound impact on developments in colonial and postcolonial India. These include histories of social and religious reform and histories of communalism, nationalism and public cultures. We therefore hope to break discursive and disciplinary boundaries in the study of princely states in South Asia. The panel is open to submission from Urban and Visual studies, Ethnomusicology, History of Science, Medicine and Technology, Legal history, International relations and other inter- or multidisciplinary approaches.
Presentations
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07/27 | 13:30-13:50 UTC+2/CEST
Princes, Anachronism and the Anti-Democratic Impulse (Amar Farooqui) -
07/27 | 13:50-14:10 UTC+2/CEST
Administration of Hindu Temples: Analyzing the Regional Trajectories of State-Religion Interactions in Colonial and Post-Colonial India (Sujata Chaudhary) -
07/27 | 14:10-14:30 UTC+2/CEST
From Baroda to "Free America": Maharaja Sayaji Rao III of Baroda's Engagement With Anticolonialism Through the United States (Teresa Segura-Garcia) -
07/27 | 14:30-14:50 UTC+2/CEST
Photo Albums as a Link Among Maratha Princely States (Irina Glushkova) -
07/27 | 15:30-15:50 UTC+2/CEST
Building Princely States: Mobile Intermediaries, Labor, and Islamic Heritage 1857-1915 (Amanda Lanzillo) -
07/27 | 15:50-16:10 UTC+2/CEST
Musicians’ ‘Significant Geographies’ in Colonial Punjab: From Patiala and Kapurthala to Lahore and Delhi (Radha Kapuria) -
07/27 | 16:10-16:30 UTC+2/CEST
Hindustani Music and Princely Patronage: A Systemic Historical Study of Today’s India (Anna Morcom) -
07/27 | 16:30-16:50 UTC+2/CEST
Revisiting Princely Patronage, the Institution and Practice of the Zonal Cultural Centres: Hauntings, Continuities, Conjunctions (Anita Elizabeth Cherian) -
07/28 | 15:30-15:50 UTC+2/CEST
Reconsidering Customary Law: Local Legalities in and Beyond Colonial Rajasthan (Brian Cannon) -
07/28 | 15:50-16:10 UTC+2/CEST
‘International Justice Within Reach of All’: The Rise of India’s ‘International Courts’, 1830-1860 (Christopher Jenkins) -
07/28 | 16:10-16:30 UTC+2/CEST
The Crisis of Nationalism: Round Table Conference, Constitutional Patriotism, and the Possibility of an All-India Federation (Sarath Pillai) -
07/28 | 16:30-16:50 UTC+2/CEST
Political Futures and the Ends of Empire: Anti-Colonialism, Federation and Civil Liberties in Twentieth-Century South India (Rama Mantena) -
07/28 | 17:30-17:50 UTC+2/CEST
Princely Ruled Jammu and Kashmir, Its Development and Reforms During Colonial and Post Colonial Times (Marvi Slathia) -
07/28 | 17:50-18:10 UTC+2/CEST
The Raj and the Princely States of North-East India: An Account of Monetary Diplomacy (Debajit Dutta) -
07/28 | 18:10-18:30 UTC+2/CEST
Up-Rooting Colonial Boundaries: Narratives From Jaintiapur and the Southern Khasi Chiefdoms (Sashi Teibor Laloo)