The Indian Ocean World Podcast

Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”


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Prof. Devika Shankar (The University of Hong Kong) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her new book, An encroaching sea : nature, sovereignty and development at the edge of British India 1860-1950(Cambridge University Press, 2025).

 

Scholar profile: https://history.hku.hk/staff-d-shankar/

 

Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-encroaching-sea/F95A7CEFEDC145611A2E27DC2751A5D7

 

The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”

 

Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.

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The Indian Ocean World PodcastBy Indian Ocean World Centre