Niladri Chatterjee
@niladri4u.bsky.social
Historian । Researcher, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Affiliated Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway.
Interested in Global Health, Nordic-Polycolonialism, Disaster Politics and South Asian History, Politics, Culture, and Development. PhD in History @SOAS
Interested in Global Health, Nordic-Polycolonialism, Disaster Politics and South Asian History, Politics, Culture, and Development. PhD in History @SOAS
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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
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
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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
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...
shuddhashar.com/canon-contes...
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...
shuddhashar.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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...
shuddhashar.com/canon-contes...
I am delighted to share my latest #OpenAccess publication on the political and cultural entrenchment of #Hindutva in #WestBengal, co-authored with Zaad Mahmood. Here's the link. Have a read! 🤩
@lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Relocating Hindutva in Bengal’s Political Landscape
This article examines the trajectory of Hindutva politics in West Bengal through the national and state elections between 2014 and 2024, a state that has remained unusually resistant to the Bharati...
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I am delighted to share my latest #OpenAccess publication on the political and cultural entrenchment of #Hindutva in #WestBengal, co-authored with Zaad Mahmood. Here's the link. Have a read! 🤩
@lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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
@lnuccon.bsky.social; @uio.no
October 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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
@lnuccon.bsky.social; @uio.no
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
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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
Reposted by Niladri Chatterjee
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
"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
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!
lnu.se
December 6, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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
"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
The latest co-authored #publication of mine is out now! We wrote for #Scroll India on the situation in #Bangladesh and its geo-political implications in #SouthAsia. Have a read👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1076...
scroll.in/article/1076...
Bangladesh’s inability to stop attacks on minorities bodes ill for stability at home and in region
The interim government faces an escalating geo-political crisis as it struggles to rebuild political trust and ensure social cohesion.
scroll.in
December 6, 2024 at 2:31 AM
The latest co-authored #publication of mine is out now! We wrote for #Scroll India on the situation in #Bangladesh and its geo-political implications in #SouthAsia. Have a read👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1076...
scroll.in/article/1076...
The #CFP for our #SummerSchool in #globalhistory is out! In association with @lnuccon.bsky.social and European Network in Universal and Global History.
Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
CfA: International Summer School Towards Inclusive Global Histories | H-Net
Organized by the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH) in collaboration with Global Diplomacy Network (GDN), Linnaeus University Center fo
networks.h-net.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The #CFP for our #SummerSchool in #globalhistory is out! In association with @lnuccon.bsky.social and European Network in Universal and Global History.
Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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?...
youtu.be/Vs67cMWwNsE?...
Open Conversation: The Politics of Poverty and Hope
YouTube video by Circle U. European University Alliance
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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?...
youtu.be/Vs67cMWwNsE?...
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
@eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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
@eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social
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.
November 24, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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.
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....
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....
November 24, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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....
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....
Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Zaad Mahmood and I co-authored this write-up for #quintindia on #NarendraModi, #MannkiBaat and the art of #politicalcommunication. This is a prequel to our forthcoming journal article on the theme.
www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...
www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...
Mann Ki Baat: Interrogating Modi's Political Personae & the Art of Communication
Narendra Modi has skilfully cultivated a succession of unique political personas. Every one of these personae represents a distinct register, conveying specific values and ideas about his leadership.
www.thequint.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Zaad Mahmood and I co-authored this write-up for #quintindia on #NarendraModi, #MannkiBaat and the art of #politicalcommunication. This is a prequel to our forthcoming journal article on the theme.
www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...
www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...
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/...
@lnuccon.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...
November 23, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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/...
@lnuccon.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...
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...
scroll.in/article/1071...
Bangladesh: How safe were Hindus under the Awami League?
Are there indications of a larger and darker political development in the country?
scroll.in
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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...
scroll.in/article/1071...
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...
scroll.in/article/1070...
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.
scroll.in
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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...
scroll.in/article/1070...
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
November 22, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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
Belated updates on @bsky.app Earlier this year, @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I co-authored this write-up for #ScrollIndia on #health and #electoral politics in #India, or the lack thereof. Have a read.👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1068...
scroll.in/article/1068...
Covid showed that India’s healthcare system was frail – yet it was not on the agenda this election
Political parties are unwilling to do the work of building a comprehensive public system bottom-up and citizens do not see it as an electoral concern either.
scroll.in
November 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Belated updates on @bsky.app Earlier this year, @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I co-authored this write-up for #ScrollIndia on #health and #electoral politics in #India, or the lack thereof. Have a read.👇🏼
scroll.in/article/1068...
scroll.in/article/1068...
Reposted by Niladri Chatterjee
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)
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lnu.se/en/programme...
Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative)
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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.
lnu.se
November 6, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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)
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lnu.se/en/programme...
Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative)
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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
#IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024
April 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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
#IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024
New publication! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I have written a piece on the prioritization of #PublicHealth within the electoral agenda for the upcoming #IndiaElections2024 . Have a read!
#VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity
shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...
#VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity
shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...
Heal-Thy Democracy! Prioritising healthcare within the 2024 Indian electoral agenda - শুদ্ধস্বর
The year 2024 is a significant one for the future of democracies and democratic values across the world. The year marks multiple elections taking place in more than 50 countries, including the United ...
shuddhashar.com
April 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
New publication! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I have written a piece on the prioritization of #PublicHealth within the electoral agenda for the upcoming #IndiaElections2024 . Have a read!
#VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity
shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...
#VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity
shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...
Fresh off the press! Delighted to share the publication of my research article, available as #openaccess, on the uprising of 1857 and the #ambivalent #middleclass #intelligentsia of #bengal.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Nationalist Discourse in the Colonial World: The Indian Uprising of 1857 Vis-à-Vis the Ambivalent Middle-Class Intelligentsia of Bengal
The paper addresses and contributes to one of the core debates concerning the usage of terminologies such as ‘loyalists’ and ‘rebels’, often ascribed to actors involved in the anti-colonial movemen...
www.tandfonline.com
April 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Fresh off the press! Delighted to share the publication of my research article, available as #openaccess, on the uprising of 1857 and the #ambivalent #middleclass #intelligentsia of #bengal.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
www.ub.uio.no/english/cour...
February 2, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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...
www.ub.uio.no/english/cour...
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.
January 14, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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.