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  • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2026) |
  • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025) |
  • Environment and Infrastructure in the Middle East and Beyond (2024) |
  • Histories of Capitalism and Race in the Middle East and Indian Ocean (2022) |
  • Hafsa Kanjwal, "Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Hafsa Kanjwal, "Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation"

    Hafsa Kanjwal discusses her book Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation at SOAS, 4 December 2025. Discussant Samia Khatun joins her to respond to her book.

    This is the seventh event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Françoise Vergès, "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Françoise Vergès, "Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism"

    Françoise Vergès discusses her book Making the World Clean: Wasted Lives, Wasted Environment, and Racial Capitalism at SOAS, 20 November 2025. Discussants Helen Malhotra and Lisa Tilley join her to respond to her book.

    This is the sixth event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Tithi Bhattacharya, "Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Tithi Bhattacharya, "Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal"

    Tithi Bhattacharya discusses her book Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal at SOAS, 13 November 2025. Discussant Tania Bhattacharyya joins her to respond to her book.

    This is the fifth event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Nicky Falkof, "Worrier State: Risk, Anxiety and Moral Panic in South Africa"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Nicky Falkof, "Worrier State: Risk, Anxiety and Moral Panic in South Africa"

    Nicky Falkof discusses her book Worrier State: Risk, Anxiety and Moral Panic in South Africa at SOAS, 30 October 2025. Discussant Sharri Plonski joins her to respond to her book.

    This is the fourth event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Omar Cheta, "How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Omar Cheta, "How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt"

    Omar Cheta discusses his book How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt at SOAS, 28 October 2025. Discussants Yosra Hussein and Hengameh Ziai join him to respond to his book.

    This is the third event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Catherine Hall, "Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Catherine Hall, "Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism"

    Catherine Hall discusses her book Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism at SOAS, 16 October 2025. Discussants Annabelle Gilmore and Samia Khatun join her to respond to her book.

    This is the second event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

  • Esmat Elhalaby, "Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization"
    • Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic (2025),

    Esmat Elhalaby, "Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization"

    Esmat Elhalaby discusses his book Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization at SOAS, 9 October 2025. Discussants Mai Taha and Nivi Manchanda join him to respond to his book.

    This is the first event for 2025 as part of the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series. The theme for the autumn semester of 2025 is Empire, Race, Capital: Readings Beyond the Atlantic.

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