Shows
German Historical Institute London PodcastThiago Barbosa, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: German racial science and modern anthropology in IndiaHow do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India? Today, we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science.
In this podcast interview, host Kim König is joined by Indra Sengupta, Senior Fellow and Head of our India Research Programme. They speak with Thiago Barbosa, winner of the 2023 GHIL dissertation prize, about his book, 'Racializing Caste: Anthropology Between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905–1970)', which has just been published as Volume 91 of our series 'Veröffentlichungen des Deut...2025-06-1928 min
German Historical Institute London PodcastRadhika Singha, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: Criminology and 'scientific' penology in India, 1894-1955In this GHIL Podcast episode host Kim König is joined by GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengupta to talk to Radhika Singha about her recent GHIL lecture and her research on criminology and 'scientific' penology in India, 1894-1955. Their conversation touches on criminal and labour histories, and seeks to answer the question of how the history of colonial India can be written into broader global histories.2024-08-0116 min
German Historical Institute London PodcastAwadhendra Sharan, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: Pollution and the modern city:How have India's colonial past and its life as a postcolonial nation state shaped the history of climate change, particulate matter, and germs and viruses in the region? What is the relationship between these histories and India's urban modernity?
In this GHIL podcast interview GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengupta and PR Officer Kim König are joined by Awadhendra Sharan, Director and Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, to talk about the research behind his GHIL lecture on ‘India’s Atmospheric Modernity: Smoke, Particulate Matter, and the Modern City’2023-11-1720 min
German Historical Institute London PodcastJanaki Nair, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The history of schooling in colonial IndiaHow can we unpack the history of schooling in colonial India by looking beyond official records of success and failure? How did the classroom in the Princely State of Mysore become a place where children and young adults unlearned traditional prejudices and picked up new sensory skills, which in turn shaped their understanding of their own selves in a modern world?
In this GHIL podcast interview PR Officer Kim König is joined by GHIL Senior Research Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengupta to talk to Janaki Nair about the ideas behind her lecture on ‘The Cla...2023-10-1328 min
German Historical Institute London PodcastPrabhu Mohapatra, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The employment contract in Indian labour historyWhat is the employment contract? When was it introduced in India? What is the role of Indian labour history within the field of labour history and historical research more generally?
GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengupta and PR Officer Kim König put these questions to Prabhu Mohapatra (University of Delhi) and talk to him about his research on the genealogy of labour regulation in India and the career of the employment contract in particular.2023-03-1619 min