The afterword addresses a tension in the concept of cosmopolitanism between its European origins and its global purview. It identifies, with the help of the foregoing essays, four frameworks that s...

Volume 52, Issue 4 of History of European Ideas

On 20 August 1947, the Director of Public Instruction for the Education Directorate of the newly created state of West Bengal, S. Dutta, issued an order—“in view of the decision of the Separation Offi...

The Scottish philosophe Adam Ferguson’s views on the British empire—especially beyond the Atlantic context—have proved elusive. This Document draws upon a new letter of Ferguson to show that these vie...

In his recent book, Joshua Ehrlich presents a rich portrait of how scholars and scholarship played explicit political roles during the Company Raj.

In his recent book, Joshua Ehrlich presents a rich portrait of how scholars and scholarship played explicit political roles during the Company Raj.

YouTube video by Harry Ransom Center

As the days grow colder this winter season, it’s the perfect time to settle in with a great read. Explore our latest reading recommendations—there’s something here for every kind of reader. We hope th...

As a crucial nexus of interaction between East and West, Macau holds a distinctive position in the long process of globalization. Exploring Macau’s connections with countries and regions across the wo...

The afterword addresses a tension in the concept of cosmopolitanism between its European origins and its global purview. It identifies, with the help of the foregoing essays, four frameworks that s...

Published in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Joshua Ehrlich’s book The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge offers an original and densely populated intellectual history of the changing wa

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant Professor at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University.

Corruption scandals have long been viewed as crucial to the making of the British Empire in India in the late eighteenth century. But histories of these scandals have mainly focused on metropolitan...

"Rather, the view from Macau prompts a reassessment of the prospects for British imperial history; it raises different questions from those currently dominant in the field."

"Rather, the view from Macau prompts a reassessment of the prospects for British imperial history; it raises different questions from those currently dominant in the field."

Cambridge Core - South Asian History - The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge

Special issue: New Perspectives on the Life and Worlds of Sir William Jones. Guest Editors: Joshua Ehrlich and Ian Stewart. Volume 10, Issue 2 of Global Intellectual History

Cambridge Core - British History after 1450 - Monopolizing Knowledge

Recommended Resources These resources introduce authors to a range of ideas that fall within the scope of the TLHC, but they are by no means mandatory or exhaustive. They may be of particular benef…

In 1829, at the height of Lord William Bentinck's regime of reform, a keen young civil servant in north India took on one of the last of the Company's nabobs and won. It was a clash of a new s...