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CSSA lecture: The Indian Ocean’s Port Cities in the Anthropocene
23 January 2020, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
The Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World (CSSA) is delighted to welcome Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History at Harvard University.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World
Location
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IAS Common GroundSouth Wing, Wilkins BuildingUCL, Gower StreetLONDONWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
This lecture opens with two contrasting images of the Indian Ocean port city—historically, as cosmopolitan sites for the encounter of multiple diasporas; looking into a warming future, as places of risk, threatened by rising waters. To explore the ways that these two images are connected, this lecture will examine the intersection between urban history and environmental history in the Indian Ocean world.
All welcome but please register to attend.
This event is organised by the Centre for the Study of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World (CSSA), which is part of the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies.
About the Speaker
Sunil Amrith
Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History at Harvard University
His research is on the trans-regional movement of people, ideas, and institutions. Areas of particular interest include the history of public health and poverty, the history of migration, and environmental history. His most recent work has been on the Bay of Bengal as a region connecting South and Southeast Asia.
More about Sunil Amrith