I've been complaining a lot about #Heeramandi
Turns out I've written quite a lot about India's great courtesans and the culture that sustained them. If you're interested, here's a short list. 🧵

[Malagir, great Delhi courtesan 1815, Lalji or Hulas Lal William Dalrymple]

Where was everyone when SLB ruined Devdas and made a complete mockery of Bengalis and Bangla? ISHHH.

The long history of student protests at UW-Madison

wuwm.com/2024-05-02/the…

Don't rush to publish your book.

Faster publication does not guarantee fame.

Networking and publicity are not a shortcut.

Find your voice. Take your time.

Remembering #SatyajitRay . An essay I wrote last year for #ABPananda last year.

Reminded me of Clive of Plassey - 'Consider the situation in which the victory at Plassey had placed me... I walked through vaults which were thrown open to me alone, piled on either hand with gold and jewels! Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!

Congratulations Mateo!

I love that British Museum - filled with looted artifacts extracted from indigenous peoples subjected to centuries of colonial enslavement, is going to charge non-UK visitors. Very on brand. Really.

Excited for the two talks at UChicago. Thursday at the South Asian Seminar, and Friday at the Mass Culture workshop.

voices.uchicago.edu/massculture/20…

What a day. Proofs of my book are here. And I received UW-Madison's Undergraduate Mentorship Award in recognition for my work on the Nonviolence Project!

In a time where it is painfully evident whose life is valued and whose is not.

The Value of a Colonial Subject's Life in British India
Hardeep Dhillon TIME madebyhistory
time.com/6968249/compen…

My essay on planter violence against Christian converts who were largely Dalit, in Barisal in the nineteenth century, in today's The Daily Star:

The Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi's story about eating honey in a Circassian village is the most insane thing you'll read today

🌟 Join us for #DayoftheBadger 2024 at UW–Madison! 🌟 Save the date: April 16th-17th. Your support ensures excellence in South Asian education & cultural outreach. Let's make a difference together! #UWMadison #CenterforSouthAsia

Prepping an upper level queer theory syllabus. What are your must includes? I have a lot on South Asian and diasporic queerness for options, but I'm curious about other things you might include in a 6 week intensive course besides Lorde, combahee, Butler, halperin, Sedgwick etc

With another semester ending, here's your annual reminder that teaching evaluations systemically disadvantage women. Even when controlling for grades and other factors, students (esp. males) consistently give female professors lower scores. This can have serious ramifications.🧵

সবাইকে জানাই শুভ নববর্ষের প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা! Happy Bengali New Year!

'A deep and fascinating examination of the mobility of ideas and people in 20th century Asia.'

Shivshankar Menon reviews Sugata Bose's #AsiaAfterEurope for Biblio; read more:

I completely second this - Emily Silk is the best editor one could hope for!

All set up at #OAH2024 in New Orleans! Come visit Harvard University Press at Booth 207 in the exhibit hall starting 2 pm today. Check out these books and many more, all 40% off! Organization of American Historians Kathleen McDermott