Join Bridget, James, and Matt as we interview Nav Athwal, an outgoing Masters Student of World History at Northeastern University, who focuses on the history of Medicine in the British Empire. We will talk about his academic journey from medical school to business to historian and his current process of applying to PhD programs. We talk specifically about his latest research on imperial medicine in British-ruled India and passive resistance vs active resistance. Nav also gives his thoughts on subaltern history, We then commiserate about trying to get into PhD programs. Nav tells us what he thinks of David Arnold. He links world history and subaltern methodology and problematizing Indian nationalist history.
Books mentioned in the podcast: "Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India" by David Arnold https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/552393.Colonizing_the_Body
"The Tropics and the Traveling Gaze: India, Landscape, and Science, 1800-1856" by David Arnold https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/606338.The_Tropics_and_the_Traveling_Gaze
"Dominance Without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India" by Ranajit Guha https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344813.Dominance_Without_Hegemony
"Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference" by Dipesh Chakrabarty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1008155.Provincializing_Europe
"Modern India, 1885 1947" by Sumit Sarkar https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4837599-modern-india-1885-1947
"Specters of Mother India: The Global Restructuring of an Empire" by Mrinalini Sinha https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/631220.Specters_of_Mother_India
"Ideologies of the Raj" by Thomas R. Metcalf https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21334316-ideologies-of-the-raj
"Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World" by Niall Ferguson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166434.Empire
Credits: Brought to you by the Northeastern Graduate History Association Sound editing: Beka Bryer Produced: Dan Squizzero
Music by Kieran Legg
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