Conference Speaker
Professor of Politics
Director of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies.
Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London
Topic: Higher Education in the Indian Social Imaginary: 150 Years
Dr. Sanjay Seth has written extensively on postcolonial theory, social and political theory, and modern Indian history. He is the author of Marxist Theory and Nationalist Politics: The Case of Colonial India (Sage 1995), Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India (Duke UP 2007 and OUP India 2008) and editor of Postcolonial Theory and International Relations: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2013).
His essays have appeared in a diverse range of journals, including Comparative Studies in Society and History, Social Text, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Asian Studies, Alternatives, American Historical Review, Positions, Ethics and International Affairs, International Political Sociology, and Postcolonial Studies. Some of these essays have been translated into Spanish or Portuguese. He is a founding co-editor of the international journal Postcolonial Studies (1998-).
