Shibani Das
@Shibani1996
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(She/Her) AHRC Ph.D. at Exeter University, Studying the role of Telegraphy in the Colonial Raj. Poet, Artist from Delhi| TV PHD 2023| Founder of RWTA'23
Exeter
Joined August 2015
Interesting article in the @thecaravanindia for breakfast reading this morning
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By 1920, British policing intensified at the stations due to increasing terrorist activity. The stations had transformed into sites of mass-nationalism.
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This exhibition took a dream, the collective efforts of an army of friends and family, and a wonderful group of visitors who graced the inaugural event to become the resounding success that it has grown into. I'd like to thank every one who helped IOTL become a reality
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Curious to have a look yourself? book your tickets today!
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Explore India’s telecom past at Holborn's telephone exchange—where telegrams once connected empires, rebels, and everyday lives.
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On 16th July, a year-long project was finally inaugurated to the world! India on the Line: Communicating in Colonial India, my first exhibition based on my research, is now open for everyone, free of cost, at the BT Group ArchivesBook your tickets on: https://t.co/j8enqcpBNh
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Discover the untold stories of telegraphists in Colonial India at my exhibition (free to visit) at BT Group Archives' Holborn Telephone Exchange Visit slots available (10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm) on select Wednesdays and Thursdays. Book via Eventbrite: https://t.co/dgntzmIWtu
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Read Eram's article on this matter in the Caravan and would very much recommend a listen!
I am a member of the Disputed Sites and Religious Nationalisms Working Group at MIT. We invite you to this conversation with Eram Agha on the Archeological Survey of India. Scan the QR code to register.
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While seeking inspiration for the 5th draft of the curation of an exhibition on my doctoral research, I came across the wonderful work of Ngaire Blankenberg. Sometimes, it takes an outsider's perspective to help fix museum outreach.
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The former museum director has a new initiative dedicated to repairing institutions and communities through arts and heritage.
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In September 2022, I presented my work in the decolonial research festival at the @UniofExeter, here is a glimpse of my thoughts on decolonial museum practise in India in the past few years
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Looking into young telegraphist's lives in Agra in the 1920's and came across George Marthins, a young man who played the 1926 Amsterdam and 1936 Berlin Olympic games on the same team as Dhyan Chand and @_SaifOnline's grandfather!
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I'd love to read a history of history teaching at Delhi University on the lines of 'The Rise and Fall of Indian Studies at USyd' https://t.co/gYchPNOJXt , any recommendations?
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Grabbing a few minutes of the Public history seminar organised by @C2DH_LU was such a thought-provoking experience. Having speakers addressing public history in Asia was rare and much appreciated
Today at 10, 13h and 15h: International Public History seminar with colleagues from Kenya, Singapore, and the UAE:
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Attending the CDP career event this morning gave me the reassurance that I was intently looking for in the last year of my doctoral study. Thank you @ahrcconnect, @JoshuaJMcMullan , @janariedel @Tom_Ritchie1 @minuscule_eth @Julieh80 for the wonderful insights
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Thank you @GhoshSamyak for sharing. I published Romila Thapar, Nayanjot Lahriri, & Manan Asif @Harvard_Press. There are so many younger historians doing good work on India - Supriya Gandhi, Mircea Raianu, @DinyarPatel, @moubanerjee28, and more. I am amazed by their talent.
Here are four books by four academic historians who write legibly for an audience beyond academia. Most of them have been doing this for decades, and at least one of them also writes in an Indian language other than English. Read these books if you haven’t already!
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Just finished reading Munnu: a Boy from Kashmir. A heart wrenching, tear-provoking, mood ruining, thought striking novel on the banality of evil in Kashmir. 10/10 please read when you life is otherwise in a good space
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https://t.co/z35pRthHZH Kolmogorov’s law, Batchelor’s scaling and atmospheric pressure isnt usually what you expect from your art history dose for the day, but what a superb read!
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Artwork’s swirls closely resemble natural phenomena, Chinese researchers say
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https://t.co/HXpw6kRQ7A If paying 19£ to visit the new Royal Portraits exhibition at Buckingham sounds like a good idea, it might be useful to read about propaganda through photography before you do so. Recommendations: Christopher Pinney, Kama Maclean for starters
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A new exhibition showcases images of the British royal family through a century of photographs
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https://t.co/0J3FFsCkOy Struggling to seriously engage with 'Neopatriarchy', struggling to convince myself to seriously engage with Neopatriarchy.
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When you think about the defining voices of the Trump-era Republican party, Harvard political theorists aren’t typically at the top of the list. But Harvey Mansfield should be an exception.
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More than 5300 artefacts have been returned to Egypt in 2021! When I saw Nefertiti at Neues this year, I wondered why she is so far from home. Egyptians launch campaign to repatriate lost queen Nefertiti https://t.co/eOrY7LpG3z via @nbcnews
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Zahi Hawass, a renowned archaeologist and Egypt’s former antiquities minister, has launched a petition urging Berlin's Neues Museum to return the 3,400-year-old bust.
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I came across the work of the remarkable journalist and poet Krishnalal Sridharani a few months ago. He moved to the US in 1934 to check out the 'American way'. Here's what he had to say about student life in New York in the 1930s https://t.co/oItXdPgjTZ
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Krishnalal Shridharani studied in the US in the 1930s, when few Indians harboured the American dream, and wrote an account of what he saw and experienced.
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Currently in the process of developing a text based videogame on the laying of the first telegraph line to India. Came across https://t.co/L6wGc5a2aD and https://t.co/sBS4aCPYt0 in my research. In awe of the creativity abound in this field. Struggling to gamify a complex history
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The Best Game Ever Made (but in twine form). Play in your browser
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