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THE PRINCE AND THE POISONER
in conversation with Dan Morrison
📅 Sat 14 Sep ⏰ 2pm BST
Please join me for a fascinating conversation with
@dmsouthasia
author and editor at
@USATODAY
His brilliantly written true crime historical thriller, a tale of
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@IAmCaseStephens
@MichaelRosenYes
I’ve read many books that made me cry. Both ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘And The Mountains Echoed’ by
@khaledhosseini
for example. What happened to the Hazara boy is what lingers most in my thoughts.
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@ProfDBernstein
@aayoub
Imagine being so comfortable with genocide of Palestinians as to come up with a statement like that!
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@ProfDBernstein
@aayoub
No matter how many times you try to trivialise the killing of 23,000+ Palestinian people (including several thousand children and babies), and the deliberate targeting and murder of emergency service workers (326 in healthcare alone) and at least 75 journalists by
#IDF
bombs,
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@AnnebellaPollen
@V_and_A
For a salary of £25,070 - £27,855, you need to be living with your parents for the whole 2 years. Even a room in a house share in formerly cheaper parts of London is now mostly well over £1.1k a month. Which, after taxes on the higher £27,855 salary only leaves about £10K (if
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Here are some more photos of the burial pit and chariot. Plus, a Newsweek report from 2017. You can clearly see the scale of the horse burials.
Burial pit with horses and chariots, near the city of Xinzheng, in central China's Henan Province in 2017. Four chariots and the skeletons of more than 90 horses have been unearthed from the pit.
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Nimmatnama-i Nasiruddin-Shahi book of recipes (India 1495-1505) advises that the best KHEER needs the milk from a cow fed on sugar cane for weeks.
If you love food history, you can submit essay/article to THE SOPHIE COE PRIZE
#food
#history
#Archaeology
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Clay tablets at
#SulaymaniyahMuseum
,
#Iraq
contain previously unknown lines from ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’. Humbaba now seen as a foreign ruler in a royal court. Not an ogre. Exotic music, noisy animals + a cedar forest also mentioned
@osamasmamin
#Mesopotamia
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@mpgpresident
You say “Why we separated from Ghassan Hage”. Glad you believe you stand for wonderful principles
@mpgpresident
. But mere insinuation on a matter so serious, renders such allegations rather trivial. Please do share links to show why you think
@anthroprofhage
has been racist!
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@OraRachelAnne
@MarkRuffalo
Yeah
@MarkRuffalo
, how dare you think the massacre of 25,000+ Palestinian human beings and the 62,000+ injured (including children, babies, journalists and emergency workers) is something to get upset about?!
@OraRachelAnne
, you tell him! And while you’re at it, if not 25,000+,
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@KateTaylorSully
@AngusMaccaX
@stillgray
Mentioning this here in response to a story about a black woman shot 5 times in her friend’s house by police officers, is so inappropriate.
#privilege
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THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
📅 Fri 9 Jun ⏰ 2pm BST
Join me
#today
with Dr
@DavidVeevers1
to discuss his gripping new
#book
on cultures + characters across the globe and their encounters and response to British colonial
THE GREAT DEFIANCE
HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
📅 2pm BST Fri 9 Jun
Join us for an exploration of the
#history
of global
#defiance
+
#resistance
#colonial
#BritishEmpire
#India
#slavery
#Ireland
#indigenous
#Africa
#digitalmuseum
#book
#EIC
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SCOTTISH CLEARANCES
2pm (BST) Thur 6 Aug
Prof Tom Devine + Dr Martin MacGregor
Host:
@Jibunnessa
Fascinating afternoon examining the nature of the clearances and profound impact on highland + lowland culture, communities, landscape and global migration.
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Recently started testing the
@gencraft_ai
app just to see what it can do. Today, I first typed, “Donald Trump as a Buddhist monk”. Why not? You never know what it’ll come up with. Completely refused to do anything. So I typed, “William Dalrymple on a flying carpet”
Not quite the
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@mrbarnicoat
Alex, what have the people of Madagascar done to deserve that? Where should they go? Not in favour of colonial handing over and carving up of other people’s lands
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Squirrels in a Plane Tree with Hunter Attempting to Climb the Tree - by Abu’l Hasan (c1605-08), artist of the Mughal court of Akbar + Jahangir
Never too late for
#SquirrelAppreciationDay
when the work is this beautiful
@mchidarazvi
@Peachtreespeaks
@BL_VisualArts
@DalrympleWill
Happy
#SquirrelAppreciationDay
from these two
#squirrels
who are happily feasting on some langsat fruit.
Watercolour, 1784-1808. British Library, NHD1/18
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Lockdown renovations of a Seville tapas bar reveal magnificent 12th-century Islamic bathhouse
@swajones
@guardian
@DalrympleWill
@BasuAshis
@Peachtreespeaks
@PadraigBelton
@KhaldoonAhm3d
@SahbaShayani
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@SoVeryBritish
I’ve grown up in the UK. But still find the following very odd
1. Washing plates/cutlery in a dirty plastic bowl and then not rinsing in water
2. Calling your parents’ cousins, cousin instead of aunt and uncle like normal people
3. Calling someone third cousin twice removed
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A
#PhD
in
#Germany
is
#FREE
. No
#tuition
#fee
. Same (or v low fee) for some other
#EU
countries. So, I’m curious,
#Germans
what are the main reasons you chose to do your PhD in the
#UK
or
#USA
?
@_DigitalMuseum
@PhD_Genie
@PhDVoice
@thephdstory
#PhDVoice
#phdlife
#AcademicTwitter
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Here's the recording of my conversation yesterday with Dr Stephen Mullen + Dr Cassandra Gooptar
SUGAR & COTTON: Britain & Transatlantic Slavery
#Book
#history
#slavery
#empire
#britain
#caribbean
#sugar
#cotton
#merchants
#glasgow
#manchester
SUGAR & COTTON
Britain & Transatlantic Slavery
🖥️
🗓️ Sun 16 July ⏰ 3pm BST
Join me with Dr Stephen Mullen + Dr Cassandra Gooptar
What was the role of sugar and cotton as commodities on Britain, the enslaved people taken to work on Caribbean plantations
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@Joanna__Hardy
I didn’t see the change as aggressive masculinity. More as triple X adult meets the X-Factor. Love your positivity
@Joanna__Hardy
. But ‘twas folly to ditch that friendly bird. Its chirpy welcoming design was a stroke of genius!
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“It is true that before British rule, India was starting to fall behind other parts of the world – but many of the arguments defending the Raj are based on serious misconceptions about India’s past, imperialism and history itself”
@AmartyaSen_Econ
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Plants + birds are my favourites in the
@DalrympleWill
Forgotten Masters book. Love to ogle the brushstrokes 'in person' if
@WallaceMuseum
ever considers repeating the exhibition post pandemic. Love to paint like this with such beautiful detail executed with such patient sympathy
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Habshi rule of Bengal (1487-94)
“Firuz Minar is attributed to Sultan Saifuddin Firuz Shah, 2nd Habshi ruler of Bengal, image from ‘Gaur: Its Ruins + Inscriptions’ – John Henry Ravenshaw, 1878”
@DalrympleWill
@Peachtreespeaks
@jonewilson
@barunghosh
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@MaureenDalby
@IrishMuslimCoun
I think
@MaureenDalby
what you meant to say is “Thanks
@IrishMuslimCoun
. That’s really kind. Love to know more about the work you do.” Just guessing
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THE ANARCHY
William, whose idea was this? Yours or the publisher’s? Another wonderful touch and a great choice of font. A secret gift. An unexpected additional story 🙂
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COPYRIGHT
How not to get into trouble online
🖥
📆 4 – 7 July ⏰ 2-4pm BST
Ever got into trouble for using
#video
/
#music
/
#image
you thought were free, but weren't?
Join us:
#Online
#course
on
#copyright
#law
+ practical ways to comply
@nidhalaigh
@hrsnm
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@zarahsultana
What a disgusting
#Islamophobic
response by
@RishiSunak
and others to MP
@ZarahSultana
’s call for peace and de-escalation of what threatens to descend into a wider regional and global conflict. Massacre of 23,000+ people in
#Gaza
by the
#IDF
isn’t something any of us should be so
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@pepiblyton
@ProfDBernstein
@aayoub
Is that why the
#IDF
killed so many journalists?
The figures along with the nearly 60,000 injured are Gaza Health Ministry figures that
@hrw
,
@Oxfam
and others agree with. Journalist death figures are supported by
@CPJMENA
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I grew up in London in a culture of eating the whole of everything. Not wasting. Bangali wisdom knew everything was delicious. I once rescued the leaves of 8 cauliflowers from a kitchen. Is this too a legacy of 1943?
@Madhusree1984
@DalrympleWill
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@IrvineWelsh
Because, as everyone knows, the daily announcement of company closures, job losses, Covid deaths of frontline NHS staff, looming economic disaster and reintroduction of lockdown in some areas due to increased deaths, pales into nothing compared to Romany folk living in caravans!
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INDIA'S COLONIAL HERITAGE
Sat 13 Mar 11am UK
@DalrympleWill
@shrutikapila
@Jibunnessa
#India
#architecture
#colonialism
#art
#history
#politics
#BritishEmpire
#delhi
#lutyens
#kolkata
#calcutta
#mumbai
@Cambridge_Uni
@UCLHistory
@SOAS
@southasianhist
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ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE
3pm BST FRI, 30 JUN
Join me with
@jhowesuk
Robert Clive is a hugely controversial figure in British history. Linked to the plunder of vast amounts of India's wealth and the Bengal Famine of 1769-1770, in recent years
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TRIAL OF HENRY DUNDAS
2pm (BST), Thu 15 Oct
Please join me with
@SirGeoffPalmer
, Prof Tom Devine, Dr Iain Whyte,
@BobbyMelville
+ Jennifer Dundas for a fascinating afternoon and have your say! You will decide.
Zoom registration:
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THE GREAT DEFIANCE
HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
📅 2pm BST Fri 9 Jun
Join us for an exploration of the
#history
of global
#defiance
+
#resistance
#colonial
#BritishEmpire
#India
#slavery
#Ireland
#indigenous
#Africa
#digitalmuseum
#book
#EIC
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Going to school in the UK, we learnt little about empire other than that Victoria, Churchill and Wilberforce were great, and that Britain gave India the railways and stopped widow burnings. Children need to learn what really happened in all its complexity
@_DigitalMuseum
UK needs a museum of colonialism, says historian William Dalrymple
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You can now watch in full to my lovely conversation on Saturday with Dr
@richdavwilliams
on his
#book
, THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL
Free Zoom recording link:
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CITY OF DJINNS
1st
@DalrympleWill
book I bought > 20yrs ago. Great historian, wonderful storyteller, generous + open-hearted supporter of other scholars’ work. And a good friend to
@_DigitalMuseum
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Links to events to follow:
@Jibunnessa
#India
#Delhi
#history
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Beautiful painting of a bird on a branch with leaves and buds. Lovely detail. ‘Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for The East India Company’
Reflections on Forgotten Masters:
I'll be speaking with Xavier Bray, director of the Wallace, about the exhibition on Aug 20, 2020 03:00 PM
Register here:
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TRIAL of ROBERT CLIVE
2pm (BST) Thu 24 Sep
WITNESSES:
William Dalrymple, Nick Robins + Edward Chancellor
DEFENCE BARRISTER:
@RobertDougans
PROSECUTION BARRISTER: tbc
Zoom registration link tweeted next Friday!
@manisha_bot
@palashdave
@jonewilson
@RadicalEIC
@BritBangla
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SUGAR & COTTON
Britain & Transatlantic Slavery
🖥️
🗓️ Sun 16 July ⏰ 3pm BST
Join me with Dr Stephen Mullen + Dr Cassandra Gooptar
What was the role of sugar and cotton as commodities on Britain, the enslaved people taken to work on Caribbean plantations
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TECH GIANTS vs EAST INDIA COMPANY
2pm (BST) Thu 9 July
William Dalrymple, Carl Miller (Demos) and Matthew Rice (Open Rights Group), with me, host + director of Digital Museum.
Please join us!
@mattr3
@Damian_Barr
@palashdave
@betty_de_brazil
@HistoryWO
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What is the point of history + preservation if Britain can’t be honest about its colonial past? Some choose to call it rewriting history to impose a continued ignorance
@nationaltrust
@guardian
@corinne_fowler
@ColonialCountr1
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RETURN OF A KING
Conversation with
@DalrympleWill
#ICYMI
new date is
#tomorrow
9:30am BST Thu 26 Aug
Please join us for a discussion on the First
#Anglo
-
#Afghan
#War
+ what it tells about
#Afghanistan
#today
Certificate of Attendance available
#Taliban
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@krisztina_ilko
Note to self: always carry an eyeliner and an ear pick with you. Excellent job!
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@CommissarTwitch
@ProfDBernstein
@aayoub
Oh it’s everyone else’s fault except the ones committing the murders?! Rapists also always blame their victims. Not the mentors you should be following!
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@GHoneythunder
Conscious breathing and mindfulness sessions might help you with that. Apparently works wonders. Help you relax and ignore people just quietly going about their business not bothering anyone.
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“‘Translation is an art’: why translators are battling for recognition”
Many of us who speak more than one language know how difficult it is to express certain ideas, emotions and other concepts from one language to another where those ideas could come
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Who was Robert Clive?
British hero? Asset stripper? Shrewd tactician? Or looter of Bengal's fortunes? Was he responsible for the Bengal Famine?
@DalrympleWill
, Edward Chancellor,
@RobertDougans
+
@Jibunnessa
- 2pm (BST) Thu, 24 Sep
You decide!
Zoom:
TRIAL of ROBERT CLIVE
2pm (BST) Thu 24 Sep
@DalrympleWill
, Edward Chancellor +
@RobertDougans
Host/Judge:
@Jibunnessa
Join us for a fascinating afternoon and have your say!
Zoom registration:
@manisha_bot
@RadicalEIC
@BritBangla
@jonewilson
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London & The East India Company
7pm (GMT) Mon 02 Nov
Please join me with Nick Robins for this fascinating
@_DigitalMuseum
event next month
Zoom reg:
@Sourit_Bhatt
@southasianhist
@manisha_bot
@MOLArchaeology
@britishlibrary
@GeorgieWemyss
@jonewilson
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1⃣VIKINGS
Mon 15 Feb 2pm UK
2⃣KUSHAN DYNASTY
Sat 27 Feb 11am UK
3⃣FEMALE PIRATES
Fri 05 Mar 6pm UK
4⃣INDIA’S COLONIAL HERITAGE
Sat 06 Mar 11am UK
@Jibunnessa
@shrutikapila
@Beckalex
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Bollywood was my Hindi teacher as a child. But reading has never needed to leap forward that far. Can’t wait to read this prize-wining English translation. But would love to read the Hindi original 1st. Is it hubris to think it possible?
@TheBookerPrizes
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@RubyR68
@ProfDBernstein
@aayoub
So the 23,000+ Palestinian people, including thousands of children and babies, were the baby butchers? And the war criminals were just exterminating baby-shaped baby butchers? I wouldn’t want such a horrible fate on your head despite your casual hatred of other people’s children.
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@PriyamvadaGopal
@kerry_sinanan
In the last general election, I helped the local Labour candidate with his campaign. Never again while Keir Starmer is leader and David Lammy is in high office. I’m voting SNP
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@BenWolfeVision
Until I read your tweet, on my iPhone, it looked like a woven basket. Always impressed when someone takes the time to do something meticulous. Lovely work. Hope it tasted as good as it looked. I’d have that with a scoop of very creamy ice cream.
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#ICYMI
RETURN OF A KING
@DalrympleWill
in
#conversation
last
#Thursday
First
#Anglo
-
#Afghan
#War
, other
#foreign
#military
#disasters
+ lessons to learn on
#Afghanistan
#today
#history
#book
#EIC
@YouTube
#politics
#Taliban
#Muslim
#India
@nidhalaigh
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@Elcjo
@Ghyan0
@PicturesFoIder
I’m a woman, and can definitely relate. But poor
@Elcjo
being kicked all round for a tiny typo and for trying. OK, grizzly bear metaphor is unexpected and doesn’t quite fit. But at least he’s trying to understand what it must be like to be surrounded by several individuals much
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Former student downloaded almost 70k white supremacist documents + bomb-making instructions. UK judge ordered him to read classic literature by Dickens, Austen, Shakespeare + Hardy or face going to prison 🧐
@guardian
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@MarkRPellegrino
@alon_mizrahi
You know
@MarkRPellegrino
, I’d have expected any half decent ‘rebel’ and ‘rational warrior’ (even self-proclaimed ones) to have some arguments up their sleeves. All you have are a list of insults. If you’re going to be a
#genocide
apologist, you should at least know why you’re
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Hortus Malabaricus by Hendrik van Rheede (1678–1693)
12 volumes in Latin - systematic study of plants of the Malabar region of India.
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INDIA'S COLONIAL HERITAGE
Sat 06 Mar, 11am UK | 4:30pm India
@DalrympleWill
+
@shrutikapila
in conversation with
@Jibunnessa
on the architectural + artistic legacy of colonialism in India + its significance to the cultural + political life of India today
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Merry Christmas and happy new year 🎄🌸🥳✨
Wishing you all peace, love and a permanent ceasefire
Christmas at Lahore, 1597
#MaliniRoy
#UrsulaSimsWilliams
@britishlibrary
@_DigitalMuseum
@DalrympleWill
@tweeter_anita
@PadraigBelton
@SushmaJansari
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@dahliasc
@edokonrad
So nuanced that she continues to describe 07 October as a ‘massacre’ and the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza involving the murder of more than 30,000 Palestinians, many of them children, merely with the words ‘bombardment’ and ‘besieged’
I call that bias.
—————
“After
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Look what came through my door today. Thanks
@jhowesuk
. Really looking forward to our chat at the end of the month
To join us live online, do register 👇
ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE
🗓 FRI 30 JUN ⏰ 3 pm BST
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TRIAL OF ROBERT CLIVE
2pm (BST) Thu 24 Sep
Witnesses:
@DalrympleWill
+ Edward Chancellor
Barristers:
@RobertDougans
+
@jonewilson
Host/judge:
@Jibunnessa
Guilty or not guilty? You decide!
Zoom
@manisha_bot
@RadicalEIC
@NVJRobins1
@HistoryWO
Who was Robert Clive?
British hero? Asset stripper? Shrewd tactician? Or looter of Bengal's fortunes? Was he responsible for the Bengal Famine?
@DalrympleWill
, Edward Chancellor,
@RobertDougans
+
@Jibunnessa
- 2pm (BST) Thu, 24 Sep
You decide!
Zoom:
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#FYI
#BengalSeason
BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS & MUGHALS
5pm GMT Sat 04 Dec
Prof Richard M Eaton on
#history
+
#politics
of Bengal as part of the
#Delhi
#Sultanate
, independent
#Bengal
Sultanate + under the
#Mughals
#Bangladesh
@mchidarazvi
@Sourit_Bhatt
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COMPANY QUARTET with
@DalrympleWill
#ICYMI
this 4 volume meticulously researched
#British
#colonial
#history
in
#India
is now available to buy
And here is the wonderful conversation we had earlier
@nidhalaigh
@southasianhist
@BloomsburyBooks
#Mughal
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BENGAL FAMINE
2pm (BST) Thurs 27 Aug
Speakers: Dr Madhusree Mukerjee + William Dalrymple
Director/host:
@Jibunnessa
Stay tuned for more event details and links next week!
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@BruijnDanide
@OraRachelAnne
@MarkRuffalo
Just noticed this one. Wrong again. No cheering at human death or misery from me. But do keep making things up about people you don’t know. Much less work!
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Dārābnāmah Manuscript
“an illustrated prose
#romance
describing the adventures of the
#Persian
King Darab, son of Bahman, and Alexander the Great, originally composed in the 12th century by Muhammad ibn Hasan Abu Tahir Tarsusi”
#ValentinesDay2022
#Prose
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#INDIA
IN THE PERSIANATE AGE
6pm BST Sat 11 Sep
Please join us
#Conversation
+
#exploration
of 8 centuries of
#political
+
#cultural
evolution of
#Indian
#civilisation
with Prof Richard M Eaton
@uarizona
@PenguinBooks
#art
#history
#books
#Persia
#religion
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#BengalSeason
29 Nov - 16 Dec
14 great speakers, 12 great events on the
#history
,
#climate
,
#art
,
#culture
,
#language
+
#politics
of
#Bengal
All registration links can be found in replies below + on 👉🏽
http://_digitalmuseum.eventbrite.com/
#Bangladesh
#Dhaka
#Kolkata
#climate
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THE COMPANY QUARTET
11 am BST Thu 03 Jun
20 yrs of meticulous research + award winning
#books
on over 200 yrs of
#British
#colonial
#history
in
#India
on UK release next week
Join us for a conversation with
@DalrympleWill
@BloomsburyBooks
@nidhalaigh
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MUSEUM for the FUTURE
7pm (BST) Tue 13 Oct
Please join
@Jibunnessa
@PadraigBelton
@mariafarrell
+ James Joyce as we share objects that matter to us today so people of tomorrow can know who we are
Zoom reg:
@mattr3
@Damian_Barr
@BasuAshis
@hairygit
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#ISLANDS
+
#MARITIME
INTERACTIONS IN THE WESTERN
#INDIAN
#OCEAN
Sat 8 May 11am BST
Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray +
@Jibunnessa
#India
#history
#archaeology
#Asia
#Arabia
#Sea
#Seafaring
#trade
#boats
#ships
#island
#Roman
#RedSea
#WorldHeritageDay
@ASIGoI
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
📅 11am GMT Mon 27 Feb
🖥️
Join me with
@carolinepennock
to discuss her fascinating book on the Indigenous Americans who travelled to Europe and their impact on early modern
#history
#books
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@HearaichHerald
@IndianOceanJnl
@noddgooding
@mcgillu
It's also worth reiterating for anyone in
#Scotland
who doesn't know... if you join the National Library of Scotland, you get
#free
access to numerous
#newspapers
and academic
#journals
online.
@natlibscot
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You can now watch the
#FREE
recording of my conversation yesterday with Prof Richard Eaton + Dr Ramya Sreenivasan on SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
#book
#history
#slavery
#deccan
#delhi
#sultanate
#India
#rajput
#portuguese
#chola
#military
#war
#domestic
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BENGAL FAMINES - 1770 + 1943
causes, nature, greed, neglect
If you missed
@DalrympleWill
+
@Madhusree1984
discuss these 2 catastrophic events in Bengal history, you can watch on-demand...
BENGAL FAMINE
2pm (BST) Thurs 27 Aug
Tomorrow I'll be discussing the Bengal Famines of 1770 and 1943 with
@DalrympleWill
and
@Madhusree1984
Zoom registration:
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1️⃣ SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE IN INDIA & BANGLADESH
🗓 SUN 23 APR ⏰ 10 am BST
Dr Vikram Singh Thakur +
@ShahmanMoishan
2️⃣ SHAKESPEARE & DISGUST
🗓 SUN 23 APR ⏰ 7 pm BST
Dr
@bjirish
3️⃣ The BARD in the BORDERLANDS
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BENGAL TO BRITAIN
Recreating Historic Fashions of the Muslin Trade
Innovative Stepney Community Trust project conceived + organised by Dr Muhammad Ahmedullah of
@BrickLaneCircle
in collaboration with London organisations + local participants
#muslin
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@DalrympleWill
@LRB
Deeply saddened that even after witnessing 4 months of
#Genocide_of_Palestinians
by
#Netanyahu
and
#IDF
, UK premier venues like the
@BarbicanCentre
still continue to gag voices in support of
#Gaza
Same thing happened to
@PalFest
back in October. Talks and readings by
@asoueif
,
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#DUTCH
#EAST
#INDIA
#COMPANY
VOC
11am UK Sat 10 Jul
1⃣Dr Chris Joby
#Dutch
contact
#language
on island of
#Formosa
2⃣Dr
@HelenJuliaPaul
VOC + Early Finance
3⃣Dr
@wvduivenvoorde
VOC
#Shipbuilding
#history
#shipwrecks
#spice
#trade
#Asia
#Taiwan
@seaarch
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SUNDER NURSERY
#DELHI
#Conservation
&
#Landscape
#Restoration
2pm UK Fri 16 Apr
@NandaRatish
@Jibunnessa
#history
of the
#Mughal
#heritage
#site
conservation of
#monuments
#landscaping
of
#gardens
#India
@UNESCO
#birds
#trees
#architect
#architecture
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TRIAL OF ROBERT CLIVE
2pm (BST), Thu 24 Sep
@mnsomji
will also now join
@dalrymplewill
, Edward Chancellor,
@robertdougans
,
@jonewilson
and
@Jibunnessa
tomorrow.
She will give an impact statement of Clive's legacy on young people today.
@manisha_bot
@tweeter_anita
@radicalEIC
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THE DUTCH IN BENGAL: Calcutta, Hooghly & Chinsurah, 1600-1825
11am GMT Sat 05 Mar
Why did the
#Dutch
VOC go to
#Bengal
? How did they interact with locals +
#Mughals
?
Join me + Dr Byapti Sur
#history
#India
#Netherlands
#IndianOcean
#trade
#silk
#ships
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@ryangrim
@atrupar
Actually RETAKE is a careless word that both obscures + degrades Ukrainian right to autonomy. Sympathetic language that conjures images of Russia merely taking back what was rightfully theirs in the first place. Both softens the mind towards Putin + renders Ukrainians invisible
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Just 3 hrs to go!
SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
Today - 11am GMT
Hugely looking forward to
@DalrympleWill
in conversation with the brilliant Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray at
@_DigitalMuseum
with host
@Jibunnessa
#India
#gandhara
#ashoka
#Buddhism
#DigitalMuseum
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Me with the wonderful William Dalrymple, Mark Horton, Andrew MacKillop, Jim Tomlinson and Zareer Masani yesterday at the SCOTLAND and the EAST INDIA COMPANY. Thank you chaps for your fascinating and wonderful talks. And thanks to all of you who attended.
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SPREAD OF BUDDHISM earlier today
Himanshu Prabha Ray +
@DalrympleWill
in conversation +
@Jibunnessa
+
@_DigitalMuseum
Cameo role - Joe Cribb, former Keeper of Coins + Medals
@britishmuseum
Video link
#India
#buddhism
#Gandhara
#DigitalMuseum
#Ashoka
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