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Deepthi Murali

@deepthimurali.bsky.social

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Art Historian, Digital History, Things, Kerala, Indian Ocean World, Monsoons

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Sneak peek: this is a diagram showing that less than 13% of South Asian objects are displayed at The Met. The remainder are in storage!

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Had a short but amazing visit to Chicago for the #SSHA conference. @rrchnm.bsky.social had a full panel on mapping for the public put together by our wonderful PhD student Alexandra Miller. Also met my dissertation committee members & friends from the PhD program. And did the Chriskindl market run!

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Had a wonderful conference panel experience at #NCABS2025 in Montreal. We talked about textiles in the Indian Ocean World broadly and de-centering Europe in the discussion of British empire material culture. (Also tried poutine for the first time!) #arthistory #histoty #textiles

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Talking about Indian textiles, colonialism and 18th-19th century dress and identity in India and the Caribbean. Friday. Online and in-person at @georgemasonu.bsky.social

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We end the semester with presentations on nationalism in Bengali plays, materiality of Partition, and some well-deserved samosas and pani puri. #teachinghistory

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks to Dr. Neilesh Bose for putting together this colloquium at University of Victoria (BC). This was such a productive experience. I finally shared research I have been sitting on, on these beautiful ivory tankards from Travancore. Tankard featured: early 20th century at Napier Museum, Kerala.

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

At University of Victoria for the Global South Asia Colloquium. We discussed Indian Ocean World history and book projects for two very productive days. Thanks to Prof. Neilesh Bose for putting this together and the CAPI team for being wonderful hosts.

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Deepthi Murali @deepthimurali.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Victoria BC has the loveliest little Chinatown. The Fan Tan Alley has a little museum on the history of Chinese-Canadians. It’s the second oldest Chinatown in North America and the oldest in Canada.

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