Graduate Student, Faculty of History Cambridge
St Catharine's College
Thesis Title: Piratical States
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C A Bayly
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About
My research falls within the wider rubrics of World History, Imperial History, Maritime/Naval History and Indian Ocean History, encompassing the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. The broad scope of this project intends to illuminate imperial ideology during British expansion in the Indian Ocean world, c.1780-1850, and clarify issues of indigenous reaction and resistance. I use the discourse of piracy as a lens through which to explore issues of authority, jurisdiction and sovereignty at sea, focusing specifically on how criminalising constructs shaped imperialism in a period of increasingly globalised economies.
sl501@cam.ac.uk
Publication:
'Discourses of Piracy in an Age of Revolutions,' Itinerario 35:2 (August 2011), 81-97.
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0165115311000301
Upcoming talks:
The Many Headed Hydra: Plebeians in the World c. 1660-1820
Birkbeck, 12 April 2012
Britain and the World Conference (BSS)
Edinburgh, 21-23 June 2012
6th International Congress of Maritime History (IMEHA)
Ghent, 2-6 July 2012
Contact Information
| Address: | St Catharine's College, |
| IM: | Skype: simon-layton |
