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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Denmark’s Indian empire was limited in territory, population, military strength and fiscal capacity. It was nevertheless a colonial formation in its own right. Another insightful piece by @niladri4u.bsky.social and Eleonor Marcussen for @indianexpress.com indianexpress.com/article/rese...

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How Denmark’s forgotten empire in India led to the story of L&T

Denmark’s Indian empire was limited in territory, population, military strength and fiscal capacity. It was nevertheless a colonial formation in its own right.

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Delighted to have my latest co-authored #OpenAccess article titled "The Renouncer-King: Narendra Modi’s Poetry and the Hindu Leadership Style", published by South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. Have a read, link below! 👇 @lnuccon.bsky.social, @uio.no www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Renouncer-King: Narendra Modi’s Poetry and the Hindu Leadership Style

In three poetic publications, Narendra Modi presents himself as a renouncer-king and lays out what we refer to in this article as a ‘Hindu leadership style’. The image that emerges from the poems i...

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Delighted to announce the success of our research application, a multi years' project funded by #SwedishResearchCouncil @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social on The Swedish Match Industry and the Reconfiguration of Global Trade in South Asia, c. 1920–1970". @eleonormarcus.bsky.social @lnuccon.bsky.social

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Fresh from the press! I am delighted to share with you my latest article on the recent #NobelPeacePrize controversy from a historical and decolonial perspective. Thanks to Ahmedur Tutul Chowdhury for inviting me to write this for Shuddhashar FreeVoice. Have a read! 🤩 shuddhashar.com/canon-contes...

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Canon, Contestation, Consequence: The Nobel Peace Prize and the Limits of Recognition - শুদ্ধস্বর

The ‘optics of absence’ of deserving recipients from the global south is not a ledger of past mistakes; they are a map of risks the Nobel Peace Prize still runs when it tells the world what peace look...

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Recently at the conference on #Polycrisis, #Risks & #Resilience, organized by @lunduniversity.bsky.social, I presented a paper on #MaanKiBaat to examine the subtle technologies of affective governance & therapeutic populism that it enacts. @eleonormarcus.bsky.social. @lnuccon.bsky.social; @uio.no

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Latest publication (forthcoming in 2026)! I am absolutely delighted to share the acceptance of my research article in *South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies* co-authored with the brilliant Arild Engelsen Ruud, Deva N H, and Guro W. Samuelsen. @lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no

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Eleonor Marcussen @eleonormarcus.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Join us next week for a lecture with Gaurav C. Garg (Ashoka University): "Claiming Mt. Everest: How early postcolonial Indians saw themselves, the empire, and the world." Register for online attendance (Zoom): lnu.se/mot-linneuni... @lnuccon.bsky.social

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Claiming Mt. Everest: How early postcolonial Indians saw themselves, the empire, and the world.

Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A brilliant talk by the ever-so-brilliant @danbanik.bsky.social on the politics of #poverty and #hope, raising a very pertinent point that while there are huge challenges, there's also 'hope'. Do listen. Link 👇🏼 @circleu.bsky.social youtu.be/Vs67cMWwNsE?...

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Open Conversation: The Politics of Poverty and Hope

YouTube video by Circle U. European University Alliance

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Thanks to @lnuccon.bsky.social for the generosity that made this short visit to the #SwedishNationalArchives at #Vadstena and #Jönköping possible. Working with the #Swedish documents on #SouthAsia within a #global scope was a wonderful experience indeed! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

In #India, where 1/4th of the respondents believe #RamMandir as the most important work done by the government, it's no wonder that #health as voter's electoral priority is the least. But why is that so? This is the question I seek to explore in my current project from a historical perspective.

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Via @madhupai.bsky.social. Bottom line: #vaccines, even though the process of making them was hurried, saved millions of lives during the #covid pandemic. But the continuing #vaccineinequality and #vaccinenationalism is a curse that must be dealt with. Related: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this month, I was honoured to be invited to present a paper at the International conference organized by @unioslo.bsky.social on the Relocations of #Hindutva in #India. Link 👇🏼 @lnuccon.bsky.social www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the downfall of #SheikhHasina regime in #Bangladesh, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Asif Basar and I co-authored this piece for #ScrollIndia, trying to understand the possible reasons behind the atrocities against the #Hindu minorites. Link 👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1071...

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Bangladesh: How safe were Hindus under the Awami League?

Are there indications of a larger and darker political development in the country?

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app. While the #JulyUprising in #Bangladesh was unfolding earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud and I co-authored this write-up for the #ScroolIndia on the student protest movement and what it might entail. Link👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1070...

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Will Bangladesh student protests be a catalyst for change or prelude to greater authoritarianism?

It is unlikely that the Sheikh Hasina regime will fall immediately. But its image has been badly hurt.

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the piece which @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I wrote for the #ScrollIndia, we considered it necessary to write a similar #editorial piece for the #Times newspaper in India for the #Bengali readership. #Health #electoralpolitics #Covid #loksabhaelection2024

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Eleonor Marcussen @eleonormarcus.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

That time of the year when I advertise for my #University - or rather the #Master's programme in #Colonial and #Postcolonial Studies that I'm coordinating: lnu.se/en/programme... Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative) /1

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Master's in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies

Work with past and present expressions. Learn about how colonial exercises of power influence today’s economic, social, cultural, and political relations.

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Late post: With less than two days before the world's largest #democracy goes to vote, it was an honour to be invited for this wonderful discussion with Francesca Jensenius, Deva N H , and K.B. Nielsen. Fantastic audience and insightful questions! @unioslo #IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

It's an honour to be invited to this panel debate, as "the world's largest democracy" goes on to vote. Please do join us for what we hope to be a fascinating discussion, if you're in and around #Oslo. #IndiaVotes #LokSabhaElections2024 www.ub.uio.no/english/cour...

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 14/01/2024

Humbled and honoured to be invited to deliver the special lecture jointly organised by #BhairabGangulyCollege and #AsutoshCollege, on the Making and Unmaking of 20th century South Asia. Happening #tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues from in and around #Kolkata.

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Hot off the press! Delighted to share my long book review of one of the most carefully researched monographs on the Food Politics in #Bangladesh. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... In case you're interested, feel free to PM me for the PDF.

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Book review: Mohammad Mozahidul Islam. 2023. Why Nations Fail to Feed the Poor: The Politics of Food...

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Fantastic opportunity. Share widely amongst your network for those who might be interested!

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Happy to share our recent #podcast that provides a glimpse of the forthcoming article. We talk about the political communication of #NarendraModi and the kind of leader he portrays himself to be, as evidenced by a close reading of his published #poetries. newbooksnetwork.com/understandin...

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Podcast | Understanding Narendra Modi: The Poetry of a Populist Leader

Subscribe for free. Understanding Narendra Modi: The Poetry of a Populist Leader

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Here's the other one: co-authored with @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and Zaad Mahmood, #openaccess research article on the Politics of Vaccine Nationalism in #India during the #COVID pandemic. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Niladri Chatterjee @niladri4u.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

As my #firstpost, allow me to share some of the recently published academic and popular pieces. Here's the first one: #OpenAccess co-auth. research article on #bholacyclone 1970, #disasterpolitics, & the formation of #Bangladesh. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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