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.