Podcasts about insurgent empire

This week we have a chat with Professor Priyamvada Gopal about her book Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance & British Dissent.

Who ended the British Empire? Priyamvada Gopal, who teaches at Churchill College in Cambridge, puts her focus on the colonial subjects as she examines a century of dissent on the question of empire and shows how British critics of empire were influenced by rebellions and resistance in the colonies, from the West Indies and East Africa to Egypt and India. In addition, a pivotal role in fomenting resistance was played by anticolonial campaigners based in London, right at the heart of empire. Much has been written on how colonized peoples took up British and European ideas and turned them against empire when making claims to freedom and self-determination. Gopal's highly influencial and valued book Insurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were active agents in their own liberation. What is more, they shaped British ideas of freedom and emancipation back in the United Kingdom. “Priyamvada Gopal has calmly and authoritatively produced this impressive study of resistance against Empire, in the face of the kind of constant hostility that only serves to reminds us why her work is so urgent in the first place. We all owe her a debt.”– Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) Priyamvada Gopal is University Professor in Anglophone and Related Literatures in the Faculty of English and Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence and The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration. Tessa Szyszkowitz is a journalist, writer and historian currently working for Falter, profil & Cicero. Her last book was Echte Engländer, Britain & Brexit (2018). She is also Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. Recorded at Kreisky Forum, May 3, 2022

This is a conversation with David Andress. He is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Portsmouth and is the author of the book “Cultural Dementia: How the West has Lost its History and Risks Losing Everything Else“ If you like what I do, please consider supporting this project with only 1$ a month on Patreon or on BuyMeACoffee.com. You can also do so directly on PayPal if you prefer. Patreon is for monthly, PayPal is for one-offs and BuyMeACoffee has both options. If you can't donate anything, you can still support this project by sharing with your friends and leaving a review wherever you get your podcasts! Music by Tarabeat. Topics Discussed What is Cultural Dementia? And why use that term instead of Amnesia? Why focus on France, the UK and the US? The current crises in the three countries George Orwell's reflection on the relationship between imperialism/colonialism, the UK's welfare state and the white working class France's Trente Glorieuses Prospects of Le Pen and the far right winning in France The ‘Brexit spirit' Impact of Trumpism on US politics and what might come next What is neoliberalism and how is that term (mis)used? What is populism and how is that term (mis)used? Berlusconi, the five star movement and racist politics in Italy Canada, Australia and New Zealand's specific contexts with regards to immigration and racism Cambridge Analytica The delusion of ‘socialism in one country' The realities and delusions of Brexit (including example of CANZUK proposals and how India is excluded) Ladybird libertarians (term by Otto English) Isolationism within the British Labour Party Weaknesses within Left parties, especially Labour (Attlee, Wilson, Blair) The specificity of France and republicanism there How Melenchon and Le Pen agree on Vichy's status as ‘not France' Chauvinism on the Left in France The metaphor of the mansion The Rhodes Must Fall protests in the UK The ‘race question' and white supremacy in the US The specificity of the US constitution (and how it is outdated and embeds conservatism) How history is taught (I gave the example of Lebanon) Recommended Books Priya Satia, Time's Monster; History, Conscience and Britain's Empire (Penguin/Allen Lane, 2020) Priyamvada Gopal, Insurgent Empire; Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent (Verso, 2019) Olivette Otele, African Europeans (Hurst, 2020) I also added: The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts

Priyamvada Gopal talks to Salil Tripathi about her latest book, Insurgent Empire: How rebellious slave colonies changed British attitudes to Empire (2019). Insurgent Empire shows how Britain’s enslaved and colonial subjects were active agents in their own liberation. What is more, they shaped British ideas of freedom and emancipation back in the United Kingdom. Priyamvada Gopal is a Professor in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge, where she is a Fellow of Churchill College. Her main teaching and research interests are in colonial and postcolonial literature and theory, gender and feminism, Marxism and critical race studies.  Salil Tripathi is a Bombay-born writer based in New York. He is the author of several books, and his next book is about the Gujaratis. He chairs PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee. Salil has been a correspondent in India, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and worked at human rights organisations in London. His journalism has won awards in India and abroad. He writes for Mint and Caravan. BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guest.

In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines the history of abolition and rebellion under colonial rule to demonstrate how colonized peoples served as active participants in their own liberation, reshaping ideas around freedom and self-determination during the expansion of capitalism and empire. “Liberty can mean many things, not just, for example, the freedom to earn a meager wage,” Dr. Gopal says.  Music in the Middle:  “La Carga” by The Bongo Hop from their album Satingarona Part 2, courtesy of The Bongo Hop. Become a member and unlock audio exclusives and all audio and video exclusives along with additional content for non-members alike.  Go to:   https://Patreon.com/theLFShow

Welcome to Refigure with Chris and Rifa, a weekly podcast about the arts, diversity and culture. This week we are both blown away by Michaela Coel's acclaimed new comedy-drama series I May Destroy You on BBC iPlayer. We also binge-watch the entire run of Danish/Swedish mystery thriller The Bridge, which we actually paid money for, as Rifa discovers her love for Nordic noir. In What You Reading For? Rifa is still reading bell hooks' trilogy on love, while Chris is still reading Priyamvada Gopal's Insurgent Empire. Thank you very much for listening. Find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Priyamvada Gopal is a Professor in Anglophone and Related Literatures in the Faculty of English and Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence, The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration, and Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent.

While anti-colonialism was driven by those in the global south, it was often in conversation with the imperial core. Aaron Bastani talks to Priya Gopal about her book ‘Insurgent Empire’ and the relationship between anti-colonial resistance and British dissent.

Priyamvada Gopal speaks about her book Insurgent Empire, which explores opposition to British colonial rule both within the empire and in Britain itself. Historyextra.com/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Laura Flanders Show, author and scholar Dr. Priyamvada Gopal discusses her latest book, Insurgent Empire, which examines a history of abolition and rebellion under colonial rule to demonstrate how these resistance movements served as active participants in their own liberation, while reshaping ideas around freedom and self-determination during the expansion of capitalism and empire. Liberty can mean many things, not just, for example, the freedom to earn a meager wage. She argues that lessons learned then should serve as models for contemporary action while supporting the need to understand ordinary people as viable agents in their own struggles.Help us reach our goal of 100 patrons by year end, by becoming a member today at https://LauraFlanders.org/donate.

Podcast ep3 - You may know her from her legendary tweets and her powerful anti-racism stance - Dr Priyamvada Gopal is 'Reader in Anglophone and Related Literature' at the University of Cambridge - an academic and contributor to public debates over racial inequality and the legacy of empire, her latest book "Insurgent Empire" (Verso, 2019) presents how Britain’s enslaved and colonial subjects were - contrary to enduring depictions - active agents in their own liberation. In fact, she argues, they shaped British ideas of freedom and emancipation back in the United Kingdom. Dr Gopal has previously discussed white fragility, stating that a "way of deflecting engagement with race is to personalise matters" and in October this year (2019), she criticised the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Report, 'Tackling racial harassment: universities challenged' for failing to address the systemic disadvantages faced by BME students or how whiteness dominates power structures and pedagogy. Here we we talk about the legacy of colonial modes of thinking, empire state of mind and just how helpful whiteness can be to the prickly conversations around racism in the UK.

Author of Insurgent Empire, Priyamvada Gopal on why everyone should be an ‘anti-colonialist’ — and what that means for Canadians.

n this episode of Modern Myth, we begin to unravel the lesser known history of colony and the nuacned ways  in which people occupied the British Imperial space. Talking with Cambridge Reader, Dr. Priyamvada Gopal about her new book Insurgent Empire, Tristan asks what voices are unaccounted for in traditional retellings of the British Empire and why does that have an effect on the modern narrative. The many modern myths of colony are outlined and discussed as well as what the future holds in terms of solidarity with the world. Links Insurgent Empire - Verso Books Twitter : @priyamvadagopal @anarchaeologist 

n this episode of Modern Myth, we begin to unravel the lesser known history of colony and the nuacned ways  in which people occupied the British Imperial space. Talking with Cambridge Reader, Dr. Priyamvada Gopal about her new book Insurgent Empire, Tristan asks what voices are unaccounted for in traditional retellings of the British Empire and why does that have an effect on the modern narrative. The many modern myths of colony are outlined and discussed as well as what the future holds in terms of solidarity with the world. Links Insurgent Empire - Verso Books Twitter : @priyamvadagopal @anarchaeologist 

n this episode of Modern Myth, we begin to unravel the lesser known history of colony and the nuacned ways  in which people occupied the British Imperial space. Talking with Cambridge Reader, Dr. Priyamvada Gopal about her new book Insurgent Empire, Tristan asks what voices are unaccounted for in traditional retellings of the British Empire and why does that have an effect on the modern narrative. The many modern myths of colony are outlined and discussed as well as what the future holds in terms of solidarity with the world. Links Insurgent Empire - Verso Books Twitter : @priyamvadagopal @anarchaeologist 

Our CRASSH Impact speaker this Easter Term will be Reni Eddo-Lodge, whose Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race recently won the 2018 Jhalak Prize for the best book by a British BAME writer. On 15 May 2018, Reni Eddo-Lodge will be in conversation with Priyamvada Gopal. The event is free and open to the public. No registration required. The conversation will be chaired by Lola Olufemi (Women's Officer, Cambridge University Students' Union). The event has been added to Facebook, if you'd like to invite friends. For details of Reni Eddo-Lodge's conversation with Heidi Safia Mirza, please click here. About Reni Eddo-Lodge Reni Eddo-Lodge is a London-based, award-winning journalist. She has written for the New York Times, the Voice, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Stylist, Inside Housing, the Pool, Dazed and Confused, and the New Humanist. She is the winner of a Women of the World Bold Moves Award, an MHP 30 to Watch Award and was chosen as one of the Top 30 Young People in Digital Media by the Guardian in 2014. She has also been listed in Elle's 100 Inspirational Women list, and The Root's 30 Black Viral Voices Under 30. She contributed to The Good Immigrant. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is her first book. It won the 2018 Jhalak Prize, was chosen as Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Year, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize and shortlisted for the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Non-Fiction. About Priyamvada Gopal Priyamvada Gopal is a Reader in Anglophone and Related Literatures at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College. She is the author of Literary Radicalism in India (Routledge 2005) and The Indian Novel in English: Nation, History and Narration (Oxford 2009). She has written for The Guardian, The Nation, Al-Jazeera, Open: the Magazine and The Hindu among others. She has also participated in programmes with the BBC, NDTV-India, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio and al-Jazeera. Her forthcoming book, Insurgent Empire is due out with Verso in Spring 2019.

Is Hindu fundamentalism becoming a dangerous force in India? Is the world’s largest democracy becoming less secular and less democratic? What does this mean for India’s future? Priyamvada Gopal is a Reader at the University of Cambridge in Anglophone and Related Literature. Her new book, Insurgent Empire, is due out with Verso in 2017 and follows Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence (2005) and The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration (2009). A regular writer for The Guardian,The Independent and Times Higher Education Supplement (UK), The Nation(USA), The Hindu and Open (India), she also has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera and NDTV (India).