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Critical Perspectives on India’s International Relations History

International Relations
Political Theory and Philosophy
Qualitative and Interpretive Methods

Abstract

The panel will explore how archival records on India are being researched to broaden and deepen conversations that go beyond state-centric perspectives to understand international politics in and beyond India. This is a topical discussion because after a phase of historically rich yet state-centric scholarship on India, there is a growing trend to both excavate unexplored archival records and study the conventional records from unique conceptual and methodological perspectives, ranging from global history to relational methodologies. Responding to these developments, researchers are bringing knowledge traditions in critical International Relations to not only offer a critique of what has been omitted, ignored or undervalued in studying the archives in India, they are also showcasing entanglements in history that go beyond the nation-state. The aim of the panel is to advance theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives on these developments by giving platform to early career scholars in Australian universities who are engaged in providing a more complex and nuanced picture to our understanding of India’s international relations history by investigating archival records in India, Australia and the UK.

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