Niladri Chatterjee

Canon, Contestation, Consequence: The Nobel Peace Prize and the Limits of Recognition - শুদ্ধস্বর The ‘optics of absence’ of deserving recipients from the global south is not a ledger of past mistakes; they are a map of risks the Nobel Peace Prize still runs when it tells the world what peace look...

Fresh from the press! I am delighted to share with you my latest article on the recent #NobelPeacePrize controversy from a historical and decolonial perspective. Thanks to Ahmedur Tutul Chowdhury for inviting me to write this for Shuddhashar FreeVoice. Have a read! 🤩

shuddhashar.com/canon-contes...

Relocating Hindutva in Bengal’s Political Landscape This article examines the trajectory of Hindutva politics in West Bengal through the national and state elections between 2014 and 2024, a state that has remained unusually resistant to the Bharati...

I am delighted to share my latest #OpenAccess publication on the political and cultural entrenchment of #Hindutva in #WestBengal, co-authored with Zaad Mahmood. Here's the link. Have a read! 🤩
@lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Recently at the conference on #Polycrisis, #Risks & #Resilience, organized by @lunduniversity.bsky.social, I presented a paper on #MaanKiBaat to examine the subtle technologies of affective governance & therapeutic populism that it enacts. @eleonormarcus.bsky.social.
@lnuccon.bsky.social; @uio.no

Latest publication (forthcoming in 2026)! I am absolutely delighted to share the acceptance of my research article in *South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies* co-authored with the brilliant Arild Engelsen Ruud, Deva N H, and Guro W. Samuelsen. @lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no

Wow, many congratulations! I look forward to reading the article soon ish! Interestingly, my article on the panic and colonial anxiety during the 1857 uprising will hopefully be out soon from JICH.

indianexpress.com/article/indi...

@lnuccon.bsky.social

Claiming Mt. Everest: How early postcolonial Indians saw themselves, the empire, and the world. Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!

Join us next week for a lecture with Gaurav C. Garg (Ashoka University):
"Claiming Mt. Everest: How early postcolonial Indians saw themselves, the empire, and the world."

Register for online attendance (Zoom):
lnu.se/mot-linneuni...
@lnuccon.bsky.social

@mbarber.bsky.social I believe you've already looked into NMML and the national archives of India private papers?

The latest co-authored #publication of mine is out now! We wrote for #Scroll India on the situation in #Bangladesh and its geo-political implications in #SouthAsia. Have a read👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1076...

The #CFP for our #SummerSchool in #globalhistory is out! In association with @lnuccon.bsky.social and European Network in Universal and Global History.
Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼

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YouTube video by Circle U. European University Alliance Open Conversation: The Politics of Poverty and Hope

A brilliant talk by the ever-so-brilliant @danbanik.bsky.social on the politics of #poverty and #hope, raising a very pertinent point that while there are huge challenges, there's also 'hope'. Do listen. Link 👇🏼 @circleu.bsky.social
youtu.be/Vs67cMWwNsE?...

Thanks to @lnuccon.bsky.social for the generosity that made this short visit to the #SwedishNationalArchives at #Vadstena and #Jönköping possible. Working with the #Swedish documents on #SouthAsia within a #global scope was a wonderful experience indeed!
@eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social

Hi. Can I be included? Thanks!

In #India, where 1/4th of the respondents believe #RamMandir as the most important work done by the government, it's no wonder that #health as voter's electoral priority is the least. But why is that so? This is the question I seek to explore in my current project from a historical perspective.

Via @madhupai.bsky.social.
Bottom line: #vaccines, even though the process of making them was hurried, saved millions of lives during the #covid pandemic. But the continuing #vaccineinequality and #vaccinenationalism is a curse that must be dealt with. Related:
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This is fantastic. Can I be added? Thanks!

Mann Ki Baat: Interrogating Modi's Political Personae & the Art of Communication Narendra Modi has skilfully cultivated a succession of unique political personas. Every one of these personae represents a distinct register, conveying specific values and ideas about his leadership.

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Zaad Mahmood and I co-authored this write-up for #quintindia on #NarendraModi, #MannkiBaat and the art of #politicalcommunication. This is a prequel to our forthcoming journal article on the theme.
www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this month, I was honoured to be invited to present a paper at the International conference organized by @unioslo.bsky.social on the Relocations of #Hindutva in #India. Link 👇🏼
@lnuccon.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...

How do I add myself? Thanks for this!

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the downfall of #SheikhHasina regime in #Bangladesh, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Asif Basar and I co-authored this piece for #ScrollIndia, trying to understand the possible reasons behind the atrocities against the #Hindu minorites. Link 👇🏼

scroll.in/article/1071...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. While the #JulyUprising in #Bangladesh was unfolding earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud and I co-authored this write-up for the #ScroolIndia on the student protest movement and what it might entail. Link👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1070...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the piece which @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I wrote for the #ScrollIndia, we considered it necessary to write a similar #editorial piece for the #Times newspaper in India for the #Bengali readership. #Health #electoralpolitics #Covid #loksabhaelection2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app Earlier this year, @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I co-authored this write-up for #ScrollIndia on #health and #electoral politics in #India, or the lack thereof. Have a read.👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1068...

That time of the year when I advertise for my #University - or rather the #Master's programme in #Colonial and #Postcolonial Studies that I'm coordinating:
lnu.se/en/programme...
Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative)
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Late post: With less than two days before the world's largest #democracy goes to vote, it was an honour to be invited for this wonderful discussion with Francesca Jensenius, Deva N H , and K.B. Nielsen. Fantastic audience and insightful questions! @unioslo
#IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024

Heal-Thy Democracy! Prioritising healthcare within the 2024 Indian electoral agenda - শুদ্ধস্বর The year 2024 is a significant one for the future of democracies and democratic values across the world. The year marks multiple elections taking place in more than 50 countries, including the United ...

New publication! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I have written a piece on the prioritization of #PublicHealth within the electoral agenda for the upcoming #IndiaElections2024 . Have a read!
#VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity
shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...

I am also indebted to the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM): University of Oslo, and SOAS: University of London for providing the financial assistance and the research milieu.

No words of gratitude are enough for the insightful comments and suggestions received over the years from Crispin Bates, Tapti Roy, late C.A. Bayly, Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Arild Engelsen Ruud, and @eleonormarcus.bsky.social to develop this paper.

Nationalist Discourse in the Colonial World: The Indian Uprising of 1857 Vis-à-Vis the Ambivalent Middle-Class Intelligentsia of Bengal The paper addresses and contributes to one of the core debates concerning the usage of terminologies such as ‘loyalists’ and ‘rebels’, often ascribed to actors involved in the anti-colonial movemen...

Fresh off the press! Delighted to share the publication of my research article, available as #openaccess, on the uprising of 1857 and the #ambivalent #middleclass #intelligentsia of #bengal.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....