The Unexplored Travelogues of Lady Abala Bose
Schedule
Wed Jul 08 2026 at 05:15 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London | London, EN
About this Event
This book examines how nineteenth-century Bengal witnessed women writers like Krishnabhabini Devi, Prasanyamoyee Devi, Swarnakumari Devi and Abala Bose interrogated social stereotypes. It presents the first translation of travel writings and letters by Abala Bose, and examines an Indian woman’s close observation as she toured India in colonial times and Europe, America and Japan at the height of British imperialism. Her travelogues in colonial India and imperial England relate to and interrogate the hegemonic role of Western ideologies and deconstruct stereotypes of women’s travelogues, thus contributing to the female consciousness and tradition of women’s writings.
Speaker
Dr Saptarshi Mallick is an Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, University of Graz, Austria. He is a Research Associate, Centre for Baptist Studies, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford.
Where is it happening?
Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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