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A View from the Dhow: Capitalism and Sovereignty in the Indian Ocean

in partnership with Penn Anthropology Colloquium and the South Asia Center

Nidhi Mahajan
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of California-Santa Cruz
Monday, January 29, 2024 - 12:00
Museum 345, Department of Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6398



About the Speaker:
Nidhi Mahajan is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of California-Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on histories of capital, sovereignty, and mobility in the Indian Ocean. Her work has been published in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Monsoon, History of the Present, and Island Studies Journal. She is also an artist and has also developed multi-media exhibitions in Kenya, India, and the UAE.  

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