#10 Dr. Uther Charlton-Stevens
Dr. Charlton-Stevens is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and lectures on the history of the British Empire and World War II at the Department of History, University of Hong Kong. He grew up in Hong Kong, attending Peak School and Island School, before studying Modern History at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, as an undergraduate. He obtained his Master’s with Distinction in Global History at the London School of Economics, before returning to the University of Oxford to complete his doctorate at St. Edmund Hall.
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Charlton-Stevens’ research focuses on the history of the Anglo-Indians, a ‘mixed-race’ community arising from the European and British imperial presence in colonial India and Burma (modern Myanmar). His first monograph on the subject – Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia: Race, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism – was published by Routledge, UK, as part of the Royal Asiatic Society Books series.
His latest book – Anglo-India and the End of Empire – available directly from Hurst Publishers, UK, and Oxford University Press, USA, as well as instore from Bookazine and Kelly and Walsh, or online from Amazon, recently featured at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Charlton-Stevens’ research is increasingly expanding into comparisons and connections between Anglo-Indians and Eurasian communities in colonial Malaya (modern Malaysia), Singapore and Hong Kong.
Research Interests
- Histories of ‘Mixed-Race’ Groups and Communities
- Colonial South Asia and Southeast Asia
- Histories and Literary Depictions of the British Empire
- Global and Imperial History
- Historical Film, Television and Radio
Books we talk about in the podcast:
- Anglo-India and the End of Empire | Hurst Publishers
- Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia: Race, Boundary Making
- Anglo-Indian Lives in Pakistan
- Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora | SpringerLink
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