Sumit Mandal

Paper proposals (title, abstract and bio) are due on 12 Sep 2025 for the conference “Exploring the Sacred: People, Place and Power in the Islamic Indian Ocean” to be held at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore: shorturl.at/PL4Ye.
#sacred #Islam #IndianOcean

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If global history is, at its best, a collaborative project, the historical joining of Asia and Africa gives us a starting point, and a framework, to think about connections and comparisons across nations and regions still working through the legacies of colonialism.” (3/3)

“Part of Bandung’s appeal in the past decade and a half has been its symbolic ability to challenge the predominance of histories told from the point of view of nation-states. (2/3)

@sulinlewis.bsky.social reposted her 2016 essay in Afro-Asian Visions to mark the 70th anniversary of #BandungConference (18 April 2025): tinyurl.com/2t2dkuej. Her final paragraph on reframing the present & future remains inspiring & worthwhile. (1/3)

#connectingimaginaries
#transregionalstudies