Caste as seen through an Orientalist lens: The ironic legacy of 18th-century Company paintings

Kanupriya Sharma

· Jun 22, 2025 · 12:30 pm

The Congolese philosopher who liberated ‘Africa’ from the chains of Western thought

Christophe Premat, The Conversation

· May 12, 2025 · 10:00 pm

A postcard from India: How a colonial worldview travelled the Empire and beyond

Omar Khan

· Sep 15, 2024 · 11:30 am

How two English artists, a century apart, saw the Taj Mahal and what it says about colonial-era art

Giles Tillotson

· Aug 18, 2024 · 11:30 am

How an Englishman captured vibrant hues of a colonial Calcutta transforming into a commercial hub

Sonal

· Jun 23, 2024 · 11:30 am

Academia both colonial and modern owes an intellectual debt to the sidelined ‘native’ scholar

Atul V Nair

· Mar 13, 2024 · 09:00 am

In paintings: How foreign artists saw Benaras in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Giles Tillotson Aditi Mazumdar

· Jan 14, 2024 · 08:00 am

Explainer: Why Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’ is one of the greatest scholarly books ever written

Cyma Hibri, The Conversation

· Feb 18, 2023 · 05:30 pm

The art of conquest: Images of India on the verge of British rule, as seen by two travellers

David Arnold

· Oct 21, 2022 · 11:30 am

Knowledge is power: The unintended outcomes of Orientalist William Jones’ study of Sanskrit texts

Girish Shahane

· Sep 28, 2021 · 11:30 am