Historian of South Asia and the British Empire
Providence, RI
Joined February 2009
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Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Many of you have been an integral part of conversations and ideas that’s have gone into the making of my first book Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean. Thank you ! The book is now available open access and in hard copy (code UCPSAVE30).
ucpress.edu/flyer/books/moor…
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Ahh! "Reel Freedom" is out so soon, but you can pre-order it (if that's your thing) AND get 25% off (PO25S).
tupress.temple.edu/books/ree…
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Was pleasantly surprised to find Guru Dutt's passport in the British Museum, at the pinnacle of the South Asia collection in the post-independence section. Issued in 1950, he would have been no more than 25 here, with bright eyes gazing ahead to an incredible decade…laajawab ho!
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Fascinating article on Hobbes' involvement in the Bermuda company, and how that influenced his political thought.
Hobbes, Cavendish, and the Bermuda Company | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3NfBPf3
Excited to talk about Sudev Sheth’s terrific book on merchants and the Mughals this afternoon. Providence area folks, join us!
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
The NACBS Executive Committee has issued the following statement of support for staff and faculty at @GoldsmithsUoL facing program closures and redundancies:
@BlackBritHistMA @hannahelias @GoldsmithsUCU @AbenaKJohn @RoyalHistSoc
nacbs.org/news/statement-of-…
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
New MIH Issue: E. A. Heaman analyzes the figure of Rawson W. Rawson and notions of early Victorian poverty knowledge. Rawson founded the Journal of the Statistical Society of London and addressed Indigenous poverty on the colonial frontier in Canada. bit.ly/3TT3HZp
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Now available in FirstView from Modern Intellectual History: "Beyond Babel: East India Company Genre and Colonial Romanticism in an Indo-Persian Diary" by Rishad Choudhury: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Excited to be spending the spring semester in London with a great group of students. London-area friends and colleagues, if you’re around, hit me up!
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Why does American History matter for English History and vice versa? A pleasure to discuss _A Constitutional Culture_ with the wonderful historian Crawford Gribben on the @NewBooksNetwork podcast
LISTEN: Author @acweimer discusses her new book A CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURE on @newbooksnetwork's American Studies podcast! newbooksnetwork.com/a-consti…
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
So pleased that the big September issue of the American Historical Review has gone live at: academic.oup.com/ahr/issue/1…. A huge hurray for all the contributors!
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
An article I co-wrote with Sumaira Nawaz about Muhammad Iqbal’s translation to Chinese is now published open access!!
Relay translation and South–South imaginary: the case of Muhammad Iqbal in China tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
Apoorva (@BilingualWindow) and I are excited to share citiesinfiction.com/ -a database that locates the literary landscape of India and South Asia. This website is for those who are interested in using fiction to teach and learn about the urban - cities, towns, and beyond.
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
A fascinating little find in today’s archival trawl: an original poem, dated 1605, written in Arabic by Richard Brett (an Oxford don, clergyman, and translator of the King James Bible).
The earliest Arabic poem by an Englishman?
(In Bodleian MS Selden supra 84)
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
On Pakistan's Independence Day, I'm excited to introduce my upcoming monograph - Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat. The book delves into the intricate landscape of postcolonial citizenship, examining State's shaping of notions about 'Being Pakistani'. Published by @stanfordpress in Dec 2023.
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Friends and comrades, some heartbreaking news & an appeal.
The JNU admin is shutting down the department library of our world-class Centre for Historical Studies, which housing tons of rare, important books & docs.
Please amplify this issue for me tonight 🙏🏾
#SaveCHSLibrary
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
I'm so pleased that this is finally out in the world: a comment on an astute and incisive book by @poulomiqsaha , using what I learned from @SadiaShirazi. An Empire of Touch syndicate.network/symposia/l… via @synd_network
Osama Siddiqui retweeted
It's publication day for my book! After a decade of research in 30+ archives, countless drafts and revisions, countless debts incurred, I can't wait to see it out in the world and to hear what people make of it. doi.org/10.1017/978100936796…
