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Biography
Dr Vikram Visana joined the History team as Lecturer in World History in September 2018. After completing his PhD in 2015, he held a teaching post at the University of Edinburgh and then a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Global History, Freie Universität Berlin.
Vikram currently teaches on the first-year module 'Britons Abroad, 1500-2000' and the second-year modules 'Modern India: From Raj to Independence' and 'Research Skills'. From September 2019 he will offer a new third-year module called 'India's "Tryst with Destiny": the Making and Remaking of the World's Largest Democracy', which will allow students to explore the uniqueness of the democratic revolution in India between 1947 and 2000. Using seminal tracts of political thought alongside subtitled Bollywood movies and an array of other sources, this module will approach the topic from the perspective of political elites but also that of the average Indian citizen.
Research Expertise and Interests
- South Asia
- Imperial History
- World/Global History
- The History of Political Thought
Vikram's research to date has focused on the global intellectual history of liberalism and how it is re-articulated in non-European contexts. His PhD focussed on the making of Indian liberalism between 1840 and 1920, which forms the basis of his forthcoming book. He is currently working on two new projects, one charts the re-imagining of British liberalism for the local conditions and customs of the Sudan Condominum from 1899 to 1960. The other examines the post-colonial fate of liberalism in India after 1947, with a particular focus on the Swatantra Party.
Vikram is happy to supervise undergraduate dissertations, masters theses, and PhD theses on topics which fall under the above themes.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Cambridge
Sep 2011 → Sep 2015
Master, London school of economics and political science
Oct 2010 → Jul 2011
Bachelor, University of Cambridge
Sep 2007 → Jul 2010
Keywords
- World History
- Imperial History
- South Asia
- Political Thought
- Intellectual History
- India
- Global History
- 19th Century
- 20th century
- Liberalism
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Research Output 2013 2019
Beyond Citizen and Subject: New Perspectives on Political Thought, 'Tribe' and 'Indirect Rule' in Africa
Visana, V., 7 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : History Compass.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Vernacular Liberalism, Capitalism, and Anti-Imperialism in the Political Thought of Dadabhai Naoroji
Visana, V., Sep 2016, In : Historical Journal. 59, 3, p. 775-797Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Empire and Imperial Ambition: Liberty, Englishness and Anti-Imperialism in Late Victorian Britain, by Mira Matikkala
Visana, V., 25 Mar 2013, In : English Historical Review. 128, 531, p. 457-459 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Activities 2015 2018
Never say die!: Dadabhai Naoroji’s Indianisation of British politics
Vikram Visana (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Modern Intellectual History (Journal)
Vikram Visana (Reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
New Pathways in the History of Political Economy Interdisciplinary Conference
Vikram Visana (Organiser)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...