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Professor Gaiutra Bahadur of Selwyn College discusses the fellowship’s significance, and finding her identity through telling stories of the forgotten
The full title of this article published in The Indian Express is “Cambridge University launches first-ever visiting fellowship to study Indian indentured labour history.” Cambridge University's Selwyn College has appointed Guyanese American professor Gaiutra Bahadur as the Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indentureship Studies. Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey…
The University of Cambridge has created what is believed to be the first ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentureship, the controversial system that replaced slavery in the British Empire.Selwyn College has appointed Professor Gaiutra Bah
Cambridge University established a groundbreaking fellowship to examine the historical significance and enduring effects of Indian indentured labour, the historic system that replaced slavery during British colonisation.
The University of Cambridge has created the first ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentureship, under which a record number of Indians were transported to labour in harsh conditions in British colonies.