The research seminar of the Global History of Anticolonial Thought interdisciplinary research cluster presents the talk titled, Paracolonial Thought in Afghan North India 1774-1857, by Dr. Naveena Naqvi (UBC Asian Studies).
The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have been understood as a moment in which “regional patriotisms” emerged out of their infancy, purportedly centered on the consolidation of communities around ethnic solidarity and shared genealogies and histories of statehood. Challenging this view, I will make a case for the Afghan political community in north India as polyvocal, decentralized, and engaged in a continuous process of generating and sustaining normative ideals of civility.
This talk is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 19, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
Location:
Buchanan Penthouse (B501), Buchanan Block B Building, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver
Speaker
Naveena Naqvi is an Assistant Professor of Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia at the UBC Department of Asian Studies. Her research interests include the Persianate world (ca. 13th-19th centuries), with a focus on non-courtly writers in regional contexts under early colonial rule.
