Professor Dr. Andrew Halladay

Biography

Andrew Halladay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics. His research focuses on modern South Asia, exploring cultural and political history, particularly during the colonial period. He examines shifts in Indian identity, and his work often intersects with the idea of popular symbols revealing histories of everyday Indians. Halladay's principal book project, titled 'Distant Throne: British Sovereignty and Indian Nationalism, 1919–36', investigates how various segments of Indian society creatively repurposed the figure of the British monarch to forward their own political propositions. His articles explore topics such as the Esperanto movement in India and the (post)colonial afterlife of the warrior king Shivaji. Halladay has been awarded notable fellowships including the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship and the Metcalf Fellowship in Indian History. He has held a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University and has published in venues such as the Historical Journal and Modern Asian Studies. His teaching experience spans both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and he is actively engaged in themes of cultural memory and the legacy of the Mughal and Maratha Empires.

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