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Railways and re-imagining travel in colonial South Asia

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Dates

This is a past event
Time
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location

Hybrid | Online via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Institute

Institute of Historical Research

Event type

Seminar

Event series

Transport & Mobility History

Speakers

Aparajita Mukhopadhyay (University of Kent)

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This paper will explore the ways in which railway travel in colonial South Asia (late 19th and early 20th centuries) played an instrumental role in re-imagining meanings of travel. The paper will show how railway travel added new forms of travel while powerfully shaping the existing varieties of travel (most notably pilgrimage). Broadly, the paper will argue for technology transfer that was mediated by colonisers in ways unexpected by railway promoters and colonial administrators. 

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- this seminar is free to attend, but advance booking is required.

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