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.

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