Who are the Muslims? Savarkar on Indian Muslim Origin
Luna Sabastian is Assistant Professor in History at Northeastern University – London. Prior to assuming this position, she held a postdoc at Cambridge University, from where she also received her PhD in 2020. Her work focuses on modern Indian political thought. She is writing a book titled ‘Indian Fascism?’. Among its highlights is an exploration of Savarkar’s Hindutva, gendered violence, and race. Much of the talk will be taken from this chapter. The book further explores a meaningful connection between Indian thought and Nazi ideas of “caste”; the idea and geography of the Hindu Crown; and seismic shifts in the political thought of Hindutva after Savarkar. One of her ongoing side projects focuses on British Indian legal history.

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Date: 7 November 2022, 16:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: HYBRID - Old FDR, St Antony’s College AND Zoom
Speaker: Professor Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University - London)
Organising department: Faculty of History
Organisers: Alizeh Paracha (University of Oxford), Zobia Haq (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: zobia.haq@mansfield.ox.ac.uk
Part of: South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: saih@history.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Public
Editor: Zobia Haq