Decolonisation through Archives, Scotland

Jay Sarkar, University of Glasgow
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Comprising a curated podcast series and archival fellows programme involving undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdocs, Decolonisation through Archives builds on strengths of Glasgow specifically and Scotland generally to bring archival evidence to public discussions of empires, colonialism, and capitalism. We prioritise knowledge exchange and engagement, from academia to practice. Founded through support from the Chancellor's Fund (2022-25) and SPS Public Engagement Fund (2023) from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.  Host & Producer: Professor Jay Sarkar, University of Glasgow https://www.freedompod.org/

Episodes

  1. 08/13/2025

    Interconnected Histories of Partitions with Tom de Wolf, University of Cambridge

    Join Tom and Jay to travel across time and space connecting disparate ideas about partitions.  Guest: Tom de Wolf, MPhil in American History, University of Cambridge and alumnus of University of Glasgow Host, Professor Jay Sarkar: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/jayitasarkar/ Date of Recording: January 26, 2024 — Sequence of six mini interviews: Dr Ali Raza (LUMS, Pakistan); Professor Glenda Sluga (EUI Florence, Italy); Professor Laura Robson (Yale University, USA); Professor Willem van Schendel (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands); Professor Cemil Aydin (UNC Chapel Hill, USA); Dr Connor Mulvagh (University College Dublin, Ireland). 2023 British Academy Conference, Partition Machine, University of Glasgow: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/partition-machine/ Date of interviews at conference: August 10-11, 2023 __ REFERENCES: Ned Blackhawk (2023): https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300276671/the-rediscovery-of-america/ Carl Griffin (2023): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society/article/enclosure-as-internal-colonisation-the-subaltern-commoner-terra-nullius-and-the-settling-of-englands-wastes/E7082C68E07BB68720B3BB024B9D5AB3 Laura Robson & Arie Dubnov (2019): https://www.sup.org/books/history/partitions Film, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/

    34 min

  2. 08/13/2025

    Glasgow and the World with Dr Kristin Hay, Lecturer in Economic and Social History at University of Glasgow

    Join to hear Kristin and Jay discuss Jamini Sen from Calcutta at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow and decolonization/deindustrialization in the Glaswegian context.  Guest, Dr Kristin Hay: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/kristinhay/ Host, Professor Jay Sarkar: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/jayitasarkar/ Date of recording: July 5, 2023 — REFERENCES: Jamini Sen Exhibit in 'Admitting Women' at the Royal College, Glasgow: https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/exhibits/show/admitting-women/admitting-women-sen University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/archivespecialcollections/

    35 min

  3. 08/13/2025

    Global History Wars with Dr Jessica S. Samuel, Founder of Radical Education & Advocacy League

    Join Jessica and Jay to listen to a fascinating discussion about education advocacy, history without archives, and the view of Scotland from the Caribbean. Guest, Dr Jessica Samuel: https://www.theradicalleague.com/home Host, Professor Jay Sarkar: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/jayitasarkar/ Date of recording: November 30, 2023 — REFERENCES: Marisa J. Fuentes (2016): https://www.pennpress.org/9780812224184/dispossessed-lives/ Amitav Ghosh (2021): https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo125517349.html Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, 1954: https://www.usvieda.org/sites/default/files/RevOrganicAct_1954.pdf Black Cake, Hulu Series (2023): https://www.hulu.com/series/black-cake-404d4be6-1658-44eb-905c-0a29ecf592ca Lawsuit to teach local history in the Virgin Islands: https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/06/27/education-department-board-face-deadline-for-new-k-12-history-curriculum/ University of Glasgow & University of West Indies' Double Masters in Reparative Justice: https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gccdr/mastersprogramme/

    32 min
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Comprising a curated podcast series and archival fellows programme involving undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdocs, Decolonisation through Archives builds on strengths of Glasgow specifically and Scotland generally to bring archival evidence to public discussions of empires, colonialism, and capitalism. We prioritise knowledge exchange and engagement, from academia to practice. Founded through support from the Chancellor's Fund (2022-25) and SPS Public Engagement Fund (2023) from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.  Host & Producer: Professor Jay Sarkar, University of Glasgow https://www.freedompod.org/

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