Souvik Naha
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Senior Lecturer in imperial and postcolonial history @UofGlasgowESH. Cricket fan, @Marvel addict.
London, England
Joined September 2017
Wrote a history of Britain's efforts to retain close ties with its former South Asian colonies through ‘the greatest permanent link between this country and the East’ - cricket! Part of a larger project on the reshaping of the post-war British World.
academic.oup.com
Abstract. This article examines England’s cricketing contacts with India and Pakistan in the 1930s-1940s and the extent to which cricket constituted a situ
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The book offers an in-depth analysis of cricket's role in the complex and shifting global landscape of the twenty-first century, examining themes of identity politics, state power, capitalism, nationalism, and concepts of nationhood.
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Delighted to share that my edited volume on 'cricket and nationhood', bringing together 8 fantastic critical friends, is now published online, with the print version to follow soon. @oupacademic @UofGlasgowESH @BritSportHisSoc @CricketSociety
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Abstract. This book is a history of our unsettling present—the global drifts in identity politics, state power, capitalism, nationalism, and nationhood in
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I no longer feel inspired to write. Was looking at my first submission to a journal earlier today. I was 23, and happier.
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RT @aniketmishra299: Thought today would be an apt day to announce that my book on the summer Olympics will be published in the lead up to….
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RT @GlobalHistJnl: Harald Fischer-Tińe (@ETH_en) and @SouvikNaha excavate the history of Indian intercontinental cycling journeys c.1923-19….
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Visa Delay Denies Iranian Tennis Player Chance To Play In Wimbledon
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Sandeep Lamichhane asks ECB for 'clear answer' after visa issues scupper his Hundred plans
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Britain, America Deny Nigerian Athletes’ Visas To Commonwealth Youth Games
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Exclusive: London 2012 visa applications rejected for a reason, says UK Minister
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BY TOM DEGUN JUNE 28 - HUGH ROBERTSON, THE MINISTER FOR SPORT AND THE OLYMPICS, HAS SAID THAT VISA APPLICATIONS FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS TO ATTEND LONDON 2012 WILL ONLY BE REJECTED BY THE RELEVANT...
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'Eritrean star rider Biniam Girmay has withdrawn from the cycling world championships in Scotland citing injury, hours after it was reported he and three teammates had been denied visas to enter the U.K.' ESPN, 2 Aug 2023. Just saying.
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Pleased to share my @GlobalHistJnl article with Harald Fischer-Tiné, on the bicycle’s socio-cultural impact beyond the West, the complicit masculinity of Indian cyclotourists, and world tours as a novel form of anti-imperial counter-mobility, 1920s-30s.
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Man-making and World-making on Two Wheels: Indian ‘Globe Cyclists’ in the Interwar Years - Volume 19 Issue 3
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RT @UofGSPS: We are delighted to introduce a new set of PhD Scholarships here at the School of Social and Political Sciences!. We are invit….
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