DIGITAL MUSEUM

Digital Museum brings some of the finest experts in archaeology, history, anthropology, linguistics, palaeontology, geology and philosophy, along with writers, filmmakers, journalists, artists, and public decision-makers, from around the globe together online to create a scholarly space for intelligent talks and conversations accessible to all.

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Speakers have included:

William Dalrymple, Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, David Mitchell (author), Prof David Abulafia (Wolfson History Prize 2020 winner), Prof Camilla Townsend (Cundill History Prize 2020 winner), Prof Mark Horton, Prof Martin Puchner, Prof Sharada Srinivasan, Prof Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Shrabani Basu, Prof James Shapiro, Prof Jon Wilson, Prof Sir Tom Devine, Dr Madhusree Mukerjee, Dr Shruti Kapila, Matthew Zajac, Prof Sarah Ward, Alex Renton, Dr Maniruzzaman, Ahmed Rafiq, Prof Judith Jesch, Prof Tansen Sen, Prof Iftikhar Malik, and many, many more

Our first online event was An Afternoon at The Digital Museum: SILK ROAD talks at 2pm BST, Thursday 30 April 2020 with Prof Iftikhar Malik (Bath Spa University) and Associate Prof Tim Williams (Institute of Archaeology, UCL). All Digital Museum events are FREE. And we always try to innovate to create new and interesting ways to engage. Please do take a look at our video recordings. Most are available in full on Zoom on-demand via links belows. The list is in reverse chronological order. The first 2 events (end of the list) are edited versions on YouTube. Just follow the links and enjoy

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Digital Museum recordings and edited videos on Zoom + YouTube

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

SUGAR & COTTON: BRITAIN & TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY

  • https://bit.ly/46WcPSz
  • 16 Jul 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Stephen Mullen, Dr Cassandra Gooptar

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

  • https://bit.ly/3NLqPqW
  • 26 Jun 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Gunja SenGupta, Prof Awam Amkpa

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

  • https://bit.ly/3NKHJpo
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Richard Eaton, Dr Ramya Sreenivasan

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM 5-Minute Monday

  • https://bit.ly/3oQ6Ugi
  • 01 May 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Palash Davé, Rania Hafez, Litsa Tunnah, Ashis Basu, Brendan Quinn, Agnik Bhattacharya

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM Breaking Bread

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM Sunday Lunch

  • https://bit.ly/3NtQK6z
  • 30 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Dr Khaldoon Ahmed
  • Guests: William Dalrymple, Prof Sharada Srinivasan, Prof Arup K Chatterjee, Alex Renton, Dr Georgie Wemyss, Dr Christopher Joby, Prof Iftikhar Malik

The BARD in the BORDERLANDS

  • https://bit.ly/3mYB14C
  • 24 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Katherine Gillen, Dr Adrianna M Santos, Dr Kathryn Vomero Santos

SHAKESPEARE & DISGUST

SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH

  • https://bit.ly/3oE36yQ
  • 23 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Vikram Singh Thakur, Shahman Moishan

CULTURE: THE STORY OF US FROM CAVE ART TO K-POP

DIGITISING BANGLA: Optical Character Recognition of non-English Scripts

  • http://bit.ly/3yVi0mf
  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Kaushik Roy, Prof Udaya Narayana Singh

ON SAVAGE SHORES - in conversation with Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2023 - Technology & mother tongues - BANGLA & PORTUGUESE

  • http://bit.ly/3lyzlOE
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Isabel de Vasconcellos, Jibunnessa Abdullah

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2023 - Technology & mother tongues - communication in the age of globalisation

  • http://bit.ly/3ZcMxGx
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Rasel Khan, Jibunnessa Abdullah

13 FOODS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

  • http://bit.ly/3Z3FAaR
  • 01 Jul 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Alex Renton, Sheila Dillon

MARITIME MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS ON EARLY MODERN ENGLISH VOYAGES: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • http://bit.ly/3TBQkvS
  • 04 Jun 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Salma Begum, Sylvia Ikomi, Agnik Bhattacharya

PIRATE QUEENS: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read

INSECT WEAPONS: HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WARFARE

MUGHAL RESPONSES TO THE PLAGUE IN AGRA, 1618-19

THE DUTCH IN BENGAL: Calcutta, Hooghly & Chinsurah, 1600-1825

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2022 - Session 2: MULTILINGUALISM - Bangla, Arabic, Welsh, English + Spanish

  • https://bit.ly/3t3cLO2
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Rania Hafez, Karen Al-Ghabban, Jibunnessa Abdullah

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2022 - Session 1: TAIWAN - Siraya Revival, Dutch, Spanish + Chinese

  • https://bit.ly/3HcapRG
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Uma Talavan, Edgar Macapili, Dr Christopher Joby
  • Music + song: Edgar Macapili + Uma Talavan

HOW TO FORMAT YOUR PHD(taster session)

HOW TO TURN YOUR PHD INTO A BESTSELLING BOOK (taster session)

COPYRIGHT: How Not To Get Into Trouble Online (taster session)

  • https://bit.ly/35qGAzz
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Angela Daly, Jibunnessa Abdullah

THE BENGAL DELTA: ECOLOGY, STATE AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 1840–1943

Bengal Season - DHAKA: HISTORY & SETTLEMENT

  • https://bit.ly/3GNKC2p
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Sharifuddin Ahmed, Dr Tanzil Shafique

Bengal Season - THE OSTEND COMPANY IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - CREOLE BENGAL: DHAKAI PONEER, BANDEL CHEESE, SANDESH, ROSOGOLLA

Bengal Season - EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK ENTERPRISE IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - BENGAL MUSLIN

Bengal Season - BANGLADESH: A POLITICAL HISTORY SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Bengal Season - HISTORY OF ARMENIANS IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - INDIANS IN LONDON

Bengal Season - BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS & MUGHALS

THESIS CORNER

Bengal Season - WRITING, LANGUAGE & TAGORE

  • https://bit.ly/2ZPkB3a
  • 01 Dec 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Udaya Narayana Singh, Dr Bashabi Fraser

Bengal Season - CLIMATE CHANGE IN BANGLADESH

ARCHAEOLOGY OF GANDHARA with Prof Gul Rahim Khan

SPEED DATING for BOOKS

  • https://bit.ly/3oMhFy7
  • 02 Oct 2021
  • Participants give 4-5 mins passionate reviews on their favourite book to make the audience fall in love with a book. We then vote for best loved book based on the review.
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Reviewers: Matthew Zajac, Dr Angela Daly, Dr Shuchi Gupta, Francis Akpata

SULTANATE ARCHITECTURE IN BENGAL: 13th - 16th Centuries with Prof Sutapa Sinha

THE BENGAL SULTANATE with Prof Syed Ejaz Hussain

COURTS OF THE DECCAN SULTANATES with Dr Emma J Flatt

INDIA IN THE PERSIANATE AGE in conversation with Prof Richard M Eaton

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • https://bit.ly/2WRwN1U
  • 04 Sep 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Anushka Kahandagamage, Reeti Basu, Rupert Record

RETURN OF A KING in conversation with William Dalrymple

WRITING DIFFICULT FAMILY HISTORIES

  • https://bit.ly/37iAq2u
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Martin Puchner, Alex Renton

THE NOBLEST PROSPECT: SCOTS AND LONDON, 1660-1820

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (VOC)

  • https://bit.ly/3AOxPuq
  • 10 July 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Christopher Joby, Dr Helen Paul, Dr Wendy van Duivenvoorde

MYANMAR’S ROHINGYA GENOCIDE in Conversation with Dr Ronan Lee

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • https://bit.ly/3xPjwDN
  • 04 June 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Mike Efstathiou, Richard Kendall, Kathryn Bullen, Matthew Lee and Daniel Carey

THE COMPANY QUARTET in conversation with William Dalrymple

SPEED DATING for BOOKS

  • https://bit.ly/3uoUngZ
  • 22 May 2021
  • Participants give 4-5 mins passionate reviews on their favourite book to make the audience fall in love with a book. We then vote for best loved book based on the review.
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Reviewers: Rania Hafez, Himadri Chatterjee, Peter Snell, Anand Madhvani, Muhammad Fahad Uzair, Vivek Bammi

ISLANDS AND MARITIME INTERACTIONS IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN (3rd century BCE to 4th century CE)

SHAKESPEARE IN A DIVIDED AMERICA

SHAKESPEARE IN SWAHILILAND

THINGS DYING AND THINGS NEWBORN: SHAKESPEARE, CERVANTES AND TRAGICOMEDY

MULTICULTURAL WORLD OF CERVANTES & DON QUIXOTE

FICTIONS OF HISTORY FROM CERVANTES AND SHAKESPEARE TO GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

ARCHAEOLOGY OF METALS IN ANCIENT INDIA - with Special Focus on the Indian Iron Age in Tamil Nadu

SUNDER NURSERY DELHI: Conservation & Landscape Restoration

INDIA'S COLONIAL HERITAGE

  • https://bit.ly/2RBYV6f
  • 13 Mar 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: William Dalrymple, Dr Shruti Kapila

THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS

FEMALE PIRATES

MOTHER LANGUAGE: ROTWELSCH, THE LANGUAGE OF THIEVES

  • https://bit.ly/3bIkKYR
  • 28 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Matthew Zajac
  • Guest speaker: Prof Martin Puchner

KUSHAN DYNASTY History & Coinage - Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India 1st–4th century AD

  • https://bit.ly/3f70i67
  • 27 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Joe Cribb, Lauren Morris, Robert Bracey

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 4 - Indigenous languages of the Americas

  • https://bit.ly/2SiCDqs
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Prof Martin Puchner
  • Guest speaker: Prof Camilla Townsend
  • Other contributors: Elizabeth Baquedano

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 3 - Gaelic and Jamaican

  • https://bit.ly/3u5sB91
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers and performers: Prof Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gordon Wells, Audrey West, Meg Hyland, Yvonne Blake

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 2 - Bilingual Identity, Maithili, Persian & Zimbabwe

  • https://bit.ly/3fy5PBH
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Dr Khaldoon Ahmed
  • Guest speaker: Prof Udaya Narayana Singh, Dr Sahba Shayani, Tawona Sithole

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 1: BHASHA ANDOLON + Language in Bangladesh

  • https://bit.ly/3u2qF1j
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Dr Maniruzzaman, Ahmed Rafiq
  • Music + poetry: Mafizur Rahman Laltu, Bibortan Cultural Centre Dhaka

VIKINGS

  • https://bit.ly/3f8AIha
  • 15 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Prof Judith Jesch
  • Other contributors: Prof David Abulafia, Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, David Mitchell (author)

BURNING THE BOOKS

THE BOUNDLESS SEA

MUSEUM for The FUTURE: Dutch East India Company Special

SPREAD OF BUDDHISM

  • https://bit.ly/3u8JK1C
  • 10 Dec 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, William Dalrymple
  • Guest speaker: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray

PIRATES

UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

An Afternoon at The Digital Museum: SEAFARING

  • https://bit.ly/3hVQoGn
  • 19 Nov 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, William Dalrymple
  • Guest speaker: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, Prof David Abulafia, Dr Chhaya Goswami

VASCO da GAMA

London & The East India Company

TRIAL OF ROBERT CLIVE

  • https://bit.ly/3u5tmyT
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Host/presenter and judge: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Prosecution team: William Dalrymple (witness), Prof Jon Wilson (barrister)
  • Defence team: Edward Chancellor (witness), Robert Dougans (barrister)
  • Other contributors: Meera Somji

BENGAL FAMINE

  • https://bit.ly/3ozjvjY
  • 27 Aug 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: William Dalrymple, Dr Madhusree Mukerjee

SCOTTISH CLEARANCES

  • https://bit.ly/3bJQUDk
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Prof Sir Tom Devine, Dr Martin MacGregor

TECH GIANTS vs EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • https://bit.ly/3oCwp0y
  • 09 July 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: William Dalrymple, Carl Miller, Alexi Mostrous, Matthew Rice

EAST INDIA COMPANY

SILK ROAD talks

  • https://youtu.be/buWbGR2InyA
  • 30 April 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Prof Iftikhar Malik, Associate Prof Tim Williams

Upcoming (2)

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral primary image

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral

Fri, Apr 5, 3:30 PM GMT+1

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LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA primary image

LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA

Fri, May 10, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral primary image

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral

Fri, Apr 5, 3:30 PM GMT+1

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LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA primary image

LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA

Fri, May 10, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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Past (83)

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World primary image

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

Fri, Feb 16, 4:00 PM GMT

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SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery primary image

SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery

Sun, Jul 16, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA primary image

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

Fri, Jul 14, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

Sun, Jul 9, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ

Sat, Jul 8, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY primary image

SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY

Wed, Jul 5, 4:00 PM GMT+1

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ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE primary image

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

Fri, Jun 30, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES primary image

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

Mon, Jun 26, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY primary image

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

Fri, Jun 23, 5:00 PM GMT+1

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HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT primary image

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

Sun, Jun 18, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL primary image

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

Sat, Jun 17, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE primary image

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Fri, Jun 9, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World primary image

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

Fri, Feb 16, 4:00 PM GMT

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SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery primary image

SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery

Sun, Jul 16, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA primary image

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

Fri, Jul 14, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

Sun, Jul 9, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ

Sat, Jul 8, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY primary image

SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY

Wed, Jul 5, 4:00 PM GMT+1

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ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE primary image

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

Fri, Jun 30, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES primary image

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

Mon, Jun 26, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY primary image

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

Fri, Jun 23, 5:00 PM GMT+1

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HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT primary image

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

Sun, Jun 18, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL primary image

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

Sat, Jun 17, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE primary image

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Fri, Jun 9, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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Digital Museum brings some of the finest experts in archaeology, history, anthropology, linguistics, palaeontology, geology and philosophy, along with writers, filmmakers, journalists, artists, and public decision-makers, from around the globe together online to create a scholarly space for intelligent talks and conversations accessible to all.

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Speakers have included:

William Dalrymple, Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, David Mitchell (author), Prof David Abulafia (Wolfson History Prize 2020 winner), Prof Camilla Townsend (Cundill History Prize 2020 winner), Prof Mark Horton, Prof Martin Puchner, Prof Sharada Srinivasan, Prof Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Shrabani Basu, Prof James Shapiro, Prof Jon Wilson, Prof Sir Tom Devine, Dr Madhusree Mukerjee, Dr Shruti Kapila, Matthew Zajac, Prof Sarah Ward, Alex Renton, Dr Maniruzzaman, Ahmed Rafiq, Prof Judith Jesch, Prof Tansen Sen, Prof Iftikhar Malik, and many, many more

Our first online event was An Afternoon at The Digital Museum: SILK ROAD talks at 2pm BST, Thursday 30 April 2020 with Prof Iftikhar Malik (Bath Spa University) and Associate Prof Tim Williams (Institute of Archaeology, UCL). All Digital Museum events are FREE. And we always try to innovate to create new and interesting ways to engage. Please do take a look at our video recordings. Most are available in full on Zoom on-demand via links belows. The list is in reverse chronological order. The first 2 events (end of the list) are edited versions on YouTube. Just follow the links and enjoy

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Digital Museum recordings and edited videos on Zoom + YouTube

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

SUGAR & COTTON: BRITAIN & TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY

  • https://bit.ly/46WcPSz
  • 16 Jul 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Stephen Mullen, Dr Cassandra Gooptar

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

  • https://bit.ly/3NLqPqW
  • 26 Jun 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Gunja SenGupta, Prof Awam Amkpa

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

  • https://bit.ly/3NKHJpo
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Richard Eaton, Dr Ramya Sreenivasan

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM 5-Minute Monday

  • https://bit.ly/3oQ6Ugi
  • 01 May 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Palash Davé, Rania Hafez, Litsa Tunnah, Ashis Basu, Brendan Quinn, Agnik Bhattacharya

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM Breaking Bread

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITAL MUSEUM Sunday Lunch

  • https://bit.ly/3NtQK6z
  • 30 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Dr Khaldoon Ahmed
  • Guests: William Dalrymple, Prof Sharada Srinivasan, Prof Arup K Chatterjee, Alex Renton, Dr Georgie Wemyss, Dr Christopher Joby, Prof Iftikhar Malik

The BARD in the BORDERLANDS

  • https://bit.ly/3mYB14C
  • 24 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Katherine Gillen, Dr Adrianna M Santos, Dr Kathryn Vomero Santos

SHAKESPEARE & DISGUST

SHAKESPEARE ON STAGE IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH

  • https://bit.ly/3oE36yQ
  • 23 Apr 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Vikram Singh Thakur, Shahman Moishan

CULTURE: THE STORY OF US FROM CAVE ART TO K-POP

DIGITISING BANGLA: Optical Character Recognition of non-English Scripts

  • http://bit.ly/3yVi0mf
  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Kaushik Roy, Prof Udaya Narayana Singh

ON SAVAGE SHORES - in conversation with Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2023 - Technology & mother tongues - BANGLA & PORTUGUESE

  • http://bit.ly/3lyzlOE
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Isabel de Vasconcellos, Jibunnessa Abdullah

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2023 - Technology & mother tongues - communication in the age of globalisation

  • http://bit.ly/3ZcMxGx
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Rasel Khan, Jibunnessa Abdullah

13 FOODS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

  • http://bit.ly/3Z3FAaR
  • 01 Jul 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Alex Renton, Sheila Dillon

MARITIME MUSICIANS AND PERFORMERS ON EARLY MODERN ENGLISH VOYAGES: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • http://bit.ly/3TBQkvS
  • 04 Jun 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Salma Begum, Sylvia Ikomi, Agnik Bhattacharya

PIRATE QUEENS: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read

INSECT WEAPONS: HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WARFARE

MUGHAL RESPONSES TO THE PLAGUE IN AGRA, 1618-19

THE DUTCH IN BENGAL: Calcutta, Hooghly & Chinsurah, 1600-1825

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2022 - Session 2: MULTILINGUALISM - Bangla, Arabic, Welsh, English + Spanish

  • https://bit.ly/3t3cLO2
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Rania Hafez, Karen Al-Ghabban, Jibunnessa Abdullah

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2022 - Session 1: TAIWAN - Siraya Revival, Dutch, Spanish + Chinese

  • https://bit.ly/3HcapRG
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Uma Talavan, Edgar Macapili, Dr Christopher Joby
  • Music + song: Edgar Macapili + Uma Talavan

HOW TO FORMAT YOUR PHD(taster session)

HOW TO TURN YOUR PHD INTO A BESTSELLING BOOK (taster session)

COPYRIGHT: How Not To Get Into Trouble Online (taster session)

  • https://bit.ly/35qGAzz
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Angela Daly, Jibunnessa Abdullah

THE BENGAL DELTA: ECOLOGY, STATE AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 1840–1943

Bengal Season - DHAKA: HISTORY & SETTLEMENT

  • https://bit.ly/3GNKC2p
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Sharifuddin Ahmed, Dr Tanzil Shafique

Bengal Season - THE OSTEND COMPANY IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - CREOLE BENGAL: DHAKAI PONEER, BANDEL CHEESE, SANDESH, ROSOGOLLA

Bengal Season - EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK ENTERPRISE IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - BENGAL MUSLIN

Bengal Season - BANGLADESH: A POLITICAL HISTORY SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Bengal Season - HISTORY OF ARMENIANS IN BENGAL

Bengal Season - INDIANS IN LONDON

Bengal Season - BENGAL UNDER THE SULTANS & MUGHALS

THESIS CORNER

Bengal Season - WRITING, LANGUAGE & TAGORE

  • https://bit.ly/2ZPkB3a
  • 01 Dec 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Udaya Narayana Singh, Dr Bashabi Fraser

Bengal Season - CLIMATE CHANGE IN BANGLADESH

ARCHAEOLOGY OF GANDHARA with Prof Gul Rahim Khan

SPEED DATING for BOOKS

  • https://bit.ly/3oMhFy7
  • 02 Oct 2021
  • Participants give 4-5 mins passionate reviews on their favourite book to make the audience fall in love with a book. We then vote for best loved book based on the review.
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Reviewers: Matthew Zajac, Dr Angela Daly, Dr Shuchi Gupta, Francis Akpata

SULTANATE ARCHITECTURE IN BENGAL: 13th - 16th Centuries with Prof Sutapa Sinha

THE BENGAL SULTANATE with Prof Syed Ejaz Hussain

COURTS OF THE DECCAN SULTANATES with Dr Emma J Flatt

INDIA IN THE PERSIANATE AGE in conversation with Prof Richard M Eaton

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • https://bit.ly/2WRwN1U
  • 04 Sep 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Anushka Kahandagamage, Reeti Basu, Rupert Record

RETURN OF A KING in conversation with William Dalrymple

WRITING DIFFICULT FAMILY HISTORIES

  • https://bit.ly/37iAq2u
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Prof Martin Puchner, Alex Renton

THE NOBLEST PROSPECT: SCOTS AND LONDON, 1660-1820

DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY (VOC)

  • https://bit.ly/3AOxPuq
  • 10 July 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Dr Christopher Joby, Dr Helen Paul, Dr Wendy van Duivenvoorde

MYANMAR’S ROHINGYA GENOCIDE in Conversation with Dr Ronan Lee

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

  • https://bit.ly/3xPjwDN
  • 04 June 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Speakers: Mike Efstathiou, Richard Kendall, Kathryn Bullen, Matthew Lee and Daniel Carey

THE COMPANY QUARTET in conversation with William Dalrymple

SPEED DATING for BOOKS

  • https://bit.ly/3uoUngZ
  • 22 May 2021
  • Participants give 4-5 mins passionate reviews on their favourite book to make the audience fall in love with a book. We then vote for best loved book based on the review.
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Reviewers: Rania Hafez, Himadri Chatterjee, Peter Snell, Anand Madhvani, Muhammad Fahad Uzair, Vivek Bammi

ISLANDS AND MARITIME INTERACTIONS IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN (3rd century BCE to 4th century CE)

SHAKESPEARE IN A DIVIDED AMERICA

SHAKESPEARE IN SWAHILILAND

THINGS DYING AND THINGS NEWBORN: SHAKESPEARE, CERVANTES AND TRAGICOMEDY

MULTICULTURAL WORLD OF CERVANTES & DON QUIXOTE

FICTIONS OF HISTORY FROM CERVANTES AND SHAKESPEARE TO GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

ARCHAEOLOGY OF METALS IN ANCIENT INDIA - with Special Focus on the Indian Iron Age in Tamil Nadu

SUNDER NURSERY DELHI: Conservation & Landscape Restoration

INDIA'S COLONIAL HERITAGE

  • https://bit.ly/2RBYV6f
  • 13 Mar 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: William Dalrymple, Dr Shruti Kapila

THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS

FEMALE PIRATES

MOTHER LANGUAGE: ROTWELSCH, THE LANGUAGE OF THIEVES

  • https://bit.ly/3bIkKYR
  • 28 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Matthew Zajac
  • Guest speaker: Prof Martin Puchner

KUSHAN DYNASTY History & Coinage - Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India 1st–4th century AD

  • https://bit.ly/3f70i67
  • 27 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Joe Cribb, Lauren Morris, Robert Bracey

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 4 - Indigenous languages of the Americas

  • https://bit.ly/2SiCDqs
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Prof Martin Puchner
  • Guest speaker: Prof Camilla Townsend
  • Other contributors: Elizabeth Baquedano

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 3 - Gaelic and Jamaican

  • https://bit.ly/3u5sB91
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers and performers: Prof Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gordon Wells, Audrey West, Meg Hyland, Yvonne Blake

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 2 - Bilingual Identity, Maithili, Persian & Zimbabwe

  • https://bit.ly/3fy5PBH
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, Dr Khaldoon Ahmed
  • Guest speaker: Prof Udaya Narayana Singh, Dr Sahba Shayani, Tawona Sithole

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21 FEB 2021 - Session 1: BHASHA ANDOLON + Language in Bangladesh

  • https://bit.ly/3u2qF1j
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Dr Maniruzzaman, Ahmed Rafiq
  • Music + poetry: Mafizur Rahman Laltu, Bibortan Cultural Centre Dhaka

VIKINGS

  • https://bit.ly/3f8AIha
  • 15 Feb 2021
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speaker: Prof Judith Jesch
  • Other contributors: Prof David Abulafia, Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, David Mitchell (author)

BURNING THE BOOKS

THE BOUNDLESS SEA

MUSEUM for The FUTURE: Dutch East India Company Special

SPREAD OF BUDDHISM

  • https://bit.ly/3u8JK1C
  • 10 Dec 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, William Dalrymple
  • Guest speaker: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray

PIRATES

UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

An Afternoon at The Digital Museum: SEAFARING

  • https://bit.ly/3hVQoGn
  • 19 Nov 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah, William Dalrymple
  • Guest speaker: Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray, Prof David Abulafia, Dr Chhaya Goswami

VASCO da GAMA

London & The East India Company

TRIAL OF ROBERT CLIVE

  • https://bit.ly/3u5tmyT
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • Host/presenter and judge: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Prosecution team: William Dalrymple (witness), Prof Jon Wilson (barrister)
  • Defence team: Edward Chancellor (witness), Robert Dougans (barrister)
  • Other contributors: Meera Somji

BENGAL FAMINE

  • https://bit.ly/3ozjvjY
  • 27 Aug 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: William Dalrymple, Dr Madhusree Mukerjee

SCOTTISH CLEARANCES

  • https://bit.ly/3bJQUDk
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Prof Sir Tom Devine, Dr Martin MacGregor

TECH GIANTS vs EAST INDIA COMPANY

  • https://bit.ly/3oCwp0y
  • 09 July 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: William Dalrymple, Carl Miller, Alexi Mostrous, Matthew Rice

EAST INDIA COMPANY

SILK ROAD talks

  • https://youtu.be/buWbGR2InyA
  • 30 April 2020
  • Host/presenter: Jibunnessa Abdullah
  • Guest speakers: Prof Iftikhar Malik, Associate Prof Tim Williams

Events

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral primary image

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral

Fri, Apr 5, 3:30 PM GMT+1

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LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA primary image

LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA

Fri, May 10, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral primary image

MUSIC & MUSICIANS IN LATE MUGHAL INDIA: Histories of the Ephemeral

Fri, Apr 5, 3:30 PM GMT+1

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LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA primary image

LOVERS OF GOD: SUFISM AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAM IN MEDIEVAL INDIA

Fri, May 10, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World primary image

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

Fri, Feb 16, 4:00 PM GMT

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SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery primary image

SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery

Sun, Jul 16, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA primary image

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

Fri, Jul 14, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

Sun, Jul 9, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ

Sat, Jul 8, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY primary image

SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY

Wed, Jul 5, 4:00 PM GMT+1

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ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE primary image

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

Fri, Jun 30, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES primary image

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

Mon, Jun 26, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY primary image

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

Fri, Jun 23, 5:00 PM GMT+1

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HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT primary image

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

Sun, Jun 18, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL primary image

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

Sat, Jun 17, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE primary image

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Fri, Jun 9, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World primary image

PERSIAN CULTURES OF POWER: And The Entanglement of the Afro-Eurasian World

Fri, Feb 16, 4:00 PM GMT

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SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery primary image

SUGAR & COTTON Britain & Transatlantic Slavery

Sun, Jul 16, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA primary image

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA: THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL HERO IN INDIA

Fri, Jul 14, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - THESIS CORNER

Sun, Jul 9, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ primary image

DIGITAL MUSEUM - POSTDOC CAFÉ

Sat, Jul 8, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY primary image

SHORT FILM WEDNESDAY

Wed, Jul 5, 4:00 PM GMT+1

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ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE primary image

ROBERT CLIVE IN BRITISH PORTRAITURE

Fri, Jun 30, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES primary image

SOJOURNERS, SULTANS, AND SLAVES

Mon, Jun 26, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY primary image

SLAVERY & SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

Fri, Jun 23, 5:00 PM GMT+1

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HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT primary image

HOW TO CREATE A GREAT TALK USING POWERPOINT

Sun, Jun 18, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL primary image

THE SCATTERED COURT: HINDUSTANI MUSIC IN COLONIAL BENGAL

Sat, Jun 17, 3:00 PM GMT+1

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THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE primary image

THE GREAT DEFIANCE: HOW THE WORLD TOOK ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Fri, Jun 9, 2:00 PM GMT+1

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