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The ADDAAhimsa in the Modern World: The Power of Non-Violence with Rajni Bakshi | E. 10In this episode, Deepa Mirchandani shares a conversation with Rajni Bakshi, an award-winning journalist and author known for her work on social, political, and economic issues. Her celebrated book, Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom, reimagines value, exchange, and monetary systems driven by equity. Rajni also hosts Ahimsa Conversations, a channel exploring the modern relevance of non-violence.The conversation explores corporate sustainability, the role of social and environmental responsible investment, and the challenges posed by violent structures and systems in our global society. They reflect on activism,, and the value placed on money, alongside Rajni’s critique of the East India Co...2025-06-022h 10
Middle East Centre BooktalkEast of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars (Transcript)In this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College). For many years, scholars, politicians and activists have drawn comparisons between the partitions of India-Pakistan and Israel-Palestine, two seismic events which took place mere months apart. Yet they were far more than comparable: the two partitions were in fact deeply interconnected, and share origins in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. In ‘East of Empire’, Erin O’Halloran reveals how the crisis...2025-05-0800 minMiddle East Centre BooktalkEast of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the WarsIn this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College). For many years, scholars, politicians and activists have drawn comparisons between the partitions of India-Pakistan and Israel-Palestine, two seismic events which took place mere months apart. Yet they were far more than comparable: the two partitions were in fact deeply interconnected, and share origins in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. In ‘East of Empire’, Erin O’Halloran reveals how the crisis...2025-05-0850 min
The ADDAAhimsa in the Modern World: The Power of Non-Violence with Rajni Bakshi | E. 10In this episode, Deepa Mirchandani shares a conversation with Rajni Bakshi, an award-winning journalist and author known for her work on social, political, and economic issues. Her celebrated book, Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom, reimagines value, exchange, and monetary systems driven by equity. Rajni also hosts Ahimsa Conversations, a channel exploring the modern relevance of non-violence.The conversation explores corporate sustainability, the role of social and environmental responsible investment, and the challenges posed by violent structures and systems in our global society. They reflect on activism,, and the value placed on money, alongside Rajni’s critique of the East India Company an...2025-05-082h 10
New Books in Intellectual HistoryFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
New Books in Islamic StudiesFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
New Books in Big IdeasFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
New Books in South Asian StudiesFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
New Books in Political ScienceFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
The Harvard BriefFaisal Devji, "Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea" (Harvard UP, 2013)Pakistan, founded less than a decade after a homeland for India's Muslims was proposed, is both the embodiment of national ambitions fulfilled and, in the eyes of many observers, a failed state. Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard UP, 2013) cuts to the core of the geopolitical paradoxes entangling Pakistan to argue that India's rival has never been a nation-state in the conventional sense. Pakistan is instead a distinct type of political geography, ungrounded in the historic connections of lands and peoples, whose context is provided by the settler states of the New World but whose closest ideological pa...2024-10-041h 37
BIC TALKSAutonomy AscendantThe ongoing crises in Ukraine and Gaza highlight the pressing need for a revamped international approach that recognizes the increasing autonomy of middle and smaller powers globally. This necessitates a rejection of attempts to revive a failed unilateral U.S. dominance or force diverse conflicts into an outdated "great power competition" model akin to the Cold War. In both Ukraine and the Middle East, the United States has faced challenges in imposing its will, both militarily and diplomatically. Smaller nations have successfully resisted American-backed military efforts, and a substantial part of the global community diverges from endorsing...2024-02-0536 min
The LedeStatecraft and Storytelling — with Faisal Devji and Faisal Al YafaiGeopolitics is often conceived of as a realm of pure realpolitik, where ideology takes a back seat to the ruthless and unsentimental pursuit of strategic interests. But all politics involves storytelling, and geopolitics is no exception. Nation-states deploy narratives to legitimize themselves on the world stage, to shore up domestic support and to unite their allies around a common cause. But, says Faisal Devji, a professor of history at the University of Oxford, geopolitical storytelling is about more than just political strategy.
“They may tell one story externally or to a domestic audience and reserve ano...2023-07-2042 min
Oxford Political ThoughtFriendshipAssociate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’ Speakers:
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar, Institute of Ismaili Studies and American University of Sharjah
Associate Professor SherAli Tareen, Franklin & Marshall College
The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) of the University of Oxford.
We hope you enjoy Oxford Political Thought podcast, hosted by the Oxford Middle East Centre. Follow the activities of our Middle East Centre by signing up t...2023-01-201h 24Oxford Political ThoughtFriendshipAssociate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’ Speakers:
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar, Institute of Ismaili Studies and American University of Sharjah
Associate Professor SherAli Tareen, Franklin & Marshall College
The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies) of the University of Oxford.
We hope you enjoy Oxford Political Thought podcast, hosted by the Oxford Middle East Centre. Follow the activities of our Middle East Centre by signing up t...2023-01-201h 19Oxford Political ThoughtThe LeftFadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. Speaker(s):
Associate Professor Fadi Bardawil (Duke University).
Associate Professor Nadia Bou Ali (American University in Beirut).
Convenor:
Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.2023-01-161h 35Oxford Political ThoughtThe LeftFadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. Speaker(s):
Associate Professor Fadi Bardawil (Duke University).
Associate Professor Nadia Bou Ali (American University in Beirut).
Convenor:
Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.2023-01-161h 31Oxford Political ThoughtDissentValerie Hoffman speaking on Charges of Radicalism: Ibāḍī–Wahhābī Polemics and Articulations of Identity. Convenors: Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.2022-12-231h 24Oxford Political ThoughtDissentValerie Hoffman speaking on Charges of Radicalism: Ibāḍī–Wahhābī Polemics and Articulations of Identity. Convenors: Professor Faisal Devji (Faculty of History, University of Oxford) and Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.2022-12-231h 19Oxford Political ThoughtReligion IIProfessor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) speaking on 'Decolonizing the category of religion' and Dr Rushain Abbasi (Stanford University) speaking on 'Regulating Religion in Premodern Islamic Governance'. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford).2022-07-151h 20Oxford Political ThoughtReligion IIProfessor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) speaking on 'Decolonizing the category of religion' and Dr Rushain Abbasi (Stanford University) speaking on 'Regulating Religion in Premodern Islamic Governance'. The series convenors are Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College, University of Oxford) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford).2022-07-151h 25
Asian Studies CentreHuman Rights Violations in TajikistanSteve Swerdlow, Neil Clarke, Syinat Sultanalieva discuss human rights violations in Tajikistan, chaired by Faisal Devji2022-07-081h 26
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldSpin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series by Michael ScottPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569652to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Spin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series
Author: Michael Scott
Narrator: Michael Scott
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Michael Scott presents this bite-sized history series, exploring key years of change across the world 'Captivating... takes mundane conventional history and turns it on its head' Radio Times Some dates are indelibly etched into our minds, forever associated with particular historical events. But what else was going on in the world during those climactic years? In this surprising, thought-provoking series, historian Michael...2022-06-163h 13
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldSpin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series by Michael ScottPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/569652 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Spin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series Author: Michael Scott Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 13 minutes Release date: June 16, 2022 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Michael Scott presents this bite-sized history series, exploring key years of change across the world 'Captivating... takes mundane conventional history and turns it on its head' Radio Times Some dates are indelibly etched into our minds, forever associated with particular historical events. But what else was going on in the world during those climactic years? In this surprising, thought-provoking series, historian...2022-06-1605 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookSpin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series Audiobook by Michael ScottListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 569652
Title: Spin the Globe: A BBC Radio 4 history series
Author: Michael Scott
Narrator: Michael Scott
Format: Unabridged
Length: 03:13:03
Language: English
Release date: 06-16-22
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, World
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Michael Scott presents this bite-sized history series, exploring key years of change across the world
'Captivating... takes mundane conventional history and turns it on its head' Radio Times
Some dates are indelibly etched into our minds, forever associated with particular historical events. But what else was going on in the world during those climactic years? In...2022-06-163h 13
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy's PodcastUniversities, Free Speech and the Internet - Justify Season 3 Episode 8In the 8th episode of Justify Season 3, Vidhi’s podcast on law and politics in India, Dr Arghya Sengupta discusses the role of internet and social media on free speech, particularly within academic institutions, with Faisal Devji, Professor of History at Oxford University.
Watch out for Vidhi’s quiz, CLATTR, at the end of the episode, and stand a chance to win a voucher for a Disney+Hotstar subscription. Write in your answer and feedback on the episode to justify@vidhilegalpolicy.in.2022-05-211h 00
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit VarmaThe Ferment of Our FoundersOur freedom fighters didn't just fight the British. They also grappled with each other in the marketplace of ideas and actions. Shruti Kapila joins Amit Varma in episode 272 of The Seen and the Unseen to describe how so many of our founders were also innovative political philosophers -- and how we still fight their battles today. Also check out: 1. Shruti Kapila at Cambridge, The Print and Twitter. 2. Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought in the Global Age -- Shruti Kapila. 3. An Intellectual History for India -- Edited by Shruti Kapila. 4. Political Thought in Action: The Bhagavad Gita and Modern India -- Edited...2022-04-113h 23Oxford Political ThoughtSovereigntyNeguin Yavari speaking on ‘Islamic imperatives and Islamic rulers’, Samy Ayoub speaking on ‘Law and the Exercise of Power: Debates on Political Legitimacy and Authority in the 19th - 20th centuries Egypt’. Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-021h 26Oxford Political ThoughtSovereigntyNeguin Yavari speaking on ‘Islamic imperatives and Islamic rulers’, Samy Ayoub speaking on ‘Law and the Exercise of Power: Debates on Political Legitimacy and Authority in the 19th - 20th centuries Egypt’. Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-021h 19Oxford Political ThoughtReligionMadawi al-Rasheed speaking on ‘Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia between “the Violence of the Minority and the Apathy of the Majority”. Pascal Menoret speaking on ‘Graveyard of Clerics’. Speaker(s): Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE), Pascal Menoret (Brandeis University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-021h 33Oxford Political ThoughtReligionMadawi al-Rasheed speaking on ‘Islamic Reform in Saudi Arabia between “the Violence of the Minority and the Apathy of the Majority”. Pascal Menoret speaking on ‘Graveyard of Clerics’. Speaker(s): Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE), Pascal Menoret (Brandeis University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-021h 27Oxford Political ThoughtCaliphateElizabeth Alexandrin speaking on ‘Empire of the End Time: Fāṭimid Sovereignties in the 4th Century AH/11th Century CE’. Hüseyin Yilmaz speaking on ‘The Ottomans and the Question of the Caliphate'. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Alexandrin (University of Manitoba), Hüseyin Yilmaz (George Mason University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-011h 26Oxford Political ThoughtCaliphateElizabeth Alexandrin speaking on ‘Empire of the End Time: Fāṭimid Sovereignties in the 4th Century AH/11th Century CE’. Hüseyin Yilmaz speaking on ‘The Ottomans and the Question of the Caliphate'. Speaker(s): Elizabeth Alexandrin (University of Manitoba), Hüseyin Yilmaz (George Mason University).
Convenor: Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College) and Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College).2022-03-011h 16
BIC TALKSThe Impossible IndianIn this conversation with Vaibhav Vats, Dr. Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History at St.Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, provides a glimpse into the range and spectrum of his research and writing - touching on history of Indian diaspora and identity drawn from personal history, enquiring into Gandhi and decoding his continually evolving understanding of sacrifice, violence and non-violence through the lens of the Mahabharata, understanding the dynamics of personalities like Jinnah, Ambedkar and Nehru, while drawing parallels with the current dispensation and communal, political climes. The essence of non-violent protest endures due to their moral emphasis tha...2022-02-011h 34
Religion and Global ChallengesRevolutionary afterlives, promiscuous martyrs, and India’s haunted present – Dr Chris MoffatIn this third and last episode of our mini-series on the politics of martyrdom, we talk to historian Dr Chris Moffat (Queen Mary University London) about the manifold afterlives of the early-twentieth-century Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh. Our conversation explores the political potency of self-sacrifice, interrogates the difficulty to stabilize the meaning of martyrdom, and reflects on the politics of commemoration in contemporary India. Music: Plaster Combo by Blue Dot Sessions; Punjab Shuffle by The Polish AmbassadorBioChris Moffat is Lecturer in South Asian History at Queen Mary University of London. In 2019 he...2021-08-2638 min
IHSHG PodcastGandhi and PeaceConfabulating with Prof. Faisal Devji
He is an intellectual historian whose work focusses both on the theory on non-violence in the 20th century and the globalisation of violence in the 21st. He is also interested in anti-statist and anti-nationalist ideas and movements and in particular their engagements with the concept of sovereignty.
Research Interests
He is interested in the intellectual history and political thought of modern South Asia as well as in the emergence of Islam as a global category. In my research He has focussed on the cultural and philosophical meanings of violence as much as the emergence of...2021-08-201h 01
ImmigrantlyHistory of Religion & Violence
Our today's guest is Faisal Devji. Faisal is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence, and ethics. He is a professor at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. Some of his published work includes "Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity," which explores the ethical content of jihad, and "The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence," which presents Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker rather than an idealistic pacifist. This episode is sponsored by Indiana University's (IU) "Muslim Voices Project" & IU Inner Asia...2021-08-0349 min
ImmigrantlyHistory of Religion & ViolenceOur today's guest is Faisal Devji. Faisal is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence, and ethics. He is a professor at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. Some of his published work includes "Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity," which explores the ethical content of jihad, and "The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence," which presents Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker rather than an idealistic pacifist. This episode is sponsored by Indiana University's (IU) "Muslim Voices Project" & IU Inner Asia...2021-08-0348 min
BanterlyHistory of Religion & ViolenceOur today's guest is Faisal Devji. Faisal is a historian who specializes in studies of Islam, globalization, violence, and ethics. He is a professor at St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. His multidisciplinary work grounds empirical historical issues in philosophical questions. Some of his published work includes "Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity," which explores the ethical content of jihad, and "The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence," which presents Gandhi as a hard-hitting political thinker rather than an idealistic pacifist. This episode is sponsored by Indiana University's (IU) "Muslim Voices Project" & IU Inner Asia...2021-08-0348 min
PakistonomyPakistonomy - Episode 63 - Potential of AgribusinessIn this episode, Uzair talks to Ovais Zuberi, founder of Shazday Foods, which is doing some fantastic work in Gilgit-Baltistan. This conversation focuses on the potential of agribusiness in the country, how this potential can be fully realized, and the good, bad, and the ugly about doing business is Pakistan.
You can check out Shazday on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ShazdayCo/
Reading recommendations are:
- The Lean Startup by by Eric Ries
- The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
- Muslim Zion by Faisal Devji2021-05-241h 10
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesBook at Lunchtime: Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh EmpireTORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire, written by Dr Priya Atwal. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all.
In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet.
Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom...2021-01-281h 04TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesBook at Lunchtime: Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh EmpireTORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire, written by Dr Priya Atwal. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all.
In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet.
Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom...2021-01-281h 04Middle East Centre BooktalkThe Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the InternetEpisode 2, with Dr Faisal Devji, (St Antony’s College, Oxford), talks with Joshua Craze (University of Chicago) and writer Aaron Tugendhaft about Aaron's new book The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, University of Chicago Press 2020. Aaron Tugendhaft is an author and educator based in Berlin. He studied art history, political philosophy, and the history of religion at the University of Chicago, New York University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Sorbonne, and has taught humanities to diverse audiences on four continents. In 2013, he was awarded the Jonas C. Greenfield Prize by the American Oriental Society.
Joshua Craze is...2021-01-1825 min
Europe's Stories Project10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 7. Europe's stories seen from outsideWhat Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Ashoka University, Delhi), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Khaled Fahmy (Cambridge) Chair: Faisal Devji (Oxford). Held in St Antony's College, Oxford on 2nd and 3rd May 2019.2020-06-1245 minEurope's Stories Project10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 7. Europe's stories seen from outsideWhat Stories Does Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Ashoka University, Delhi), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Khaled Fahmy (Cambridge) Chair: Faisal Devji (Oxford). Held in St Antony's College, Oxford on 2nd and 3rd May 2019.2020-06-1245 minEurope's Stories Project10th Anniversary Dahrendorf Lecture and Colloquium 7. Europe's stories seen from outsideWhat Stories Dos Europe Tell? Contested Narratives, Complex Histories, Conflicted Union. With Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Ashoka University, Delhi), Sonia Lucarelli (University of Bologna), Khaled Fahmy (Cambridge) Chair: Faisal Devji (Oxford). Held in St Antony's College, Oxford on 2nd and 3rd May 2019.2020-06-1245 min
The Global Thinkers Series, OxfordThe International Thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Dr Faisal DevjiDr Faisal Devji from the University of Oxford speaks on the international thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In the first episode of the Global Thinkers of the International Discussion Series, join Dr Faisal Devji from the Faculty of History, University of Oxford, to speak on the International Thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah was a lawyer, a politician, and the founder of modern Pakistan. Faced with the serious problems of a young country, he tackled Pakistan’s problems with authority. He was not regarded as merely the governor-general. He was revered as the father of the nation. He worked hard un...2020-04-2144 min
BackchatAn Epic ElectionThe Indian elections are the largest democratic exercise in history, with 900 million eligible voters. To find out more, Natasha Livingstone spoke to Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford. 2019-05-0431 min
SynTalk#TFOS (The Faculty Of Suffering) --- SynTalkIs it nonsensical to think that suffering is a part of the ‘human condition’? Are you a passive victim? Can you easily be more or less of yourself? Who suffers? Do we suffer because we are highly (self) conscious creatures? Are you forced to engage with the everyday? Does suffering have a duration, and can we live purely (& independently) in the present? Is violence inevitable in all lives? Can one voluntarily incur suffering? Does being a victim have any moral consequences? Can sacrifice be practised narcissistically? Is sacrifice a way of taking violence, and turning it inwards? Does everyone have some...2018-12-151h 09Asian Studies CentreShahzia Sikander in conversation with Faisal DevjiShahzia Sikander and Faisal Devji speak at the Art of Independence Conference on 13 October 2018.2018-07-1034 minAsian Studies CentreShahzia Sikander in conversation with Faisal DevjiShahzia Sikander and Faisal Devji speak at the Art of Independence Conference on 13 October 2018.2018-07-1034 minAsian Studies CentreArt of Independence, Day 1: Introduction to the day and the theme of ConferenceFaisal Devji's introductory remarks at the Art of Independence Conference on 12 October 2018.2018-07-1002 minAsian Studies CentreArt of Independence, Day 1: Introduction to the day and the theme of ConferenceFaisal Devji's introductory remarks at the Art of Independence Conference on 12 October 2018.2018-07-1002 min
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Simon Stålenhag - The Electric State https://simonstalenhag.bandcamp.com/
Simon Stålenhag - The Smokestacks Of Kin...2018-05-2400 min
Israel Studies SeminarFaisal Devji: Jewish Pecedents and Muslim NationalismFaisal Devji discusses the surprising relations between Pakistani nationalism and Zionism.2018-05-021h 22Asian Studies CentreOpposition Politics in IndiaSalman Khurshid speaks at St Antony's College on 28 February 2018 Speaker: Salman Khurshid
Former Minister of External Affairs,
Former Minister of Law and Justice, Republic of India
Respondent: Shruti Kapila
Fellow and Director of Studies in History, Corpus Christi College;
Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge
Convened by Faisal Devji and jointly organized by the Asian Studies Centre of St Antony’s College and the Oxford India Society.2018-04-0646 minAsian Studies CentreCivil Resistance: The Originality of GandhiRomila Thapar, Faisal Devji, Gautham Shiralagi and Adam Roberts speak at St Antony's College on 16 October 2017 An event held under the auspices of St Antony’s College and the Oxford University Research Project on Civil Resistance and Power Politics, to mark 70 years of Indian independence.
Chair: Timothy Garton Ash2018-03-131h 15TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesGandhi, Sacrifice and the Ambiguities of Non-ViolencePart of the Sacrifice Revisited event TORCH's Crisis, Extremes, and Apocalypse hosted a seminar on the topic of sacrifice revisiting the concept of Sacrifice in late modernity in its various configurations, philosophical and ideological. This talk on 'Gandhi, Sacrifice and the Ambiguities of Non-Violence' was given by Faisal Devji (University of Oxford).2017-05-2235 min
ASEN PodcastNationalism and Transnational History - John Breuilly, Faisal Devji and Mark Hewitson (2013)Nationalism and Transnational History - John Breuilly, Faisal Devji and Mark Hewitson (2013)2016-07-1531 min
Politics and International Relations Podcasts'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World'Professor Timothy Garton Ash discusses the premise of his new book titled 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.' Introduced by Warden Margaret MacMillan of St. Antony's, Professor Timothy Garton Ash presents his newest book, 'Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World.' The work is based on the premises that the conditions of free speech are changing given movements of mass migration and the wide dissemination of the Internet, both of which make us all neighbors, both literally and figuratively. Professor Garton Ash organizes his book around what he argues are the ten main dimensions of...2016-06-161h 03TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesIndian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British EmpireElleke Boehmer discusses her new book with Megan Robb, Faisal Devji and Santanu Das Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford) discusses her new book with Megan Robb (Lecturer of Hindi and Urdu, Oriental Institute, and Junior Research Fellow at New College, University of Oxford), Faisal Devji (University Reader in Modern South Asian History, University of Oxford) and Santanu Das (Reader of English Literature, Kings College London). The discussion is introduced and chaired by Professor James Belich (Beit Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, University of Oxford).
Elleke Boehmer's book "Indian Arrivals 1870-1915: Networks of British...2015-11-2343 min
Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and CambridgeMarshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World HistoryProfessor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.2013-05-281h 14Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and CambridgeMarshall G S Hodgson, Islam and World HistoryProfessor Sir Christopher Bayly gives a talk for the Humanitias lecture series in Historiography with a response from Dr Faisal Devji.2013-05-281h 14
Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoNationalism and Transnational HistoryContributor(s): Professor John Breuilly, Dr Faisal Devji, Dr Mark Hewitson | This discussion will mark the launch of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism edited by Professor John Breuilly. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects—ideas, sentiments, and politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective, enables the reader to understand nationalism as a distinct and global historical subject. Th...2013-03-131h 32Spring 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfNationalism and Transnational HistoryContributor(s): Professor John Breuilly, Dr Faisal Devji, Dr Mark Hewitson | This discussion will mark the launch of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism edited by Professor John Breuilly. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Nationalism comprises thirty six essays by an international team of leading scholars, providing a global coverage of the history of nationalism in its different aspects—ideas, sentiments, and politics. Every chapter takes the form of an interpretative essay which, by a combination of thematic focus, comparison, and regional perspective, enables the reader to understand nationalism as a distinct and global historical subject. Th...2013-03-131h 32
History FacultyEurope's Muslim Passions - Oxford Transnational and Global History SeminarFaisal Devji, Reader in Indian History, Oxford, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar.2012-02-0200 min
AnthropologyDying for Islam: An Alternative History (12 Feb 2010)Dr Faisal Devji, from the Department of History and Anthropology at St Antony's College, Oxford, gave an Anthropology Departmental Seminar on 12 February 2010 entitled 'Dying for Islam: An Alternative History.2010-06-1557 min
Southern Asia EventsPanel 1: The Idea of EuropePanel 1: Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna; Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London; Faisal Devji, St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.2010-03-121h 12![CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]](http://chiasmos.uchicago.edu/chiasmosPodcastLogo_05_144.jpg)
CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [audio]Panel 1: The Idea of EuropePanel 1: Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna; Sanjay Seth, Goldsmiths, University of London; Faisal Devji, St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford. Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Franke Institute for the Humanities, and the Nicholson Center for British Studies.2010-03-121h 12
In Our TimeThe Indian MutinyMelvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed.On 10th May 1857 Indian soldiers from the Bengal section of the East India Company's army rose up and shot their British officers. By nightfall the troops had marched on Delhi and the aged Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II had been nominally restored to power. Nearly 15 months later, after great violence on both sides, the revolt was suppressed, but it left British rule in India transformed and, arguably, doomed.The trigger for the Mutiny was a rumour that cartridges...2010-02-1842 min
In Our Time: HistoryThe Indian MutinyMelvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the rebellion which followed.On 10th May 1857 Indian soldiers from the Bengal section of the East India Company's army rose up and shot their British officers. By nightfall the troops had marched on Delhi and the aged Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II had been nominally restored to power. Nearly 15 months later, after great violence on both sides, the revolt was suppressed, but it left British rule in India transformed and, arguably, doomed.The trigger for the Mutiny was a rumour that cartridges for...2010-02-1842 min