Author Archives: Ajay Parasram

Pluriversal Sovereignty

I haven’t updated this website in an embarrassingly long time, but I’m pleased to be share that my book “Pluriversal Sovereignty and the State: Imperial Encounters in Sri Lanka” was published by Manchester University Press in 2023, and the softcover edition is now out as of June 2025. The book was awarded the Sussex InternationalContinue reading “Pluriversal Sovereignty”

A Gift of a Samosa

Yesterday, I was identified by a worker at one of my fav Indian take-out places here in Halifax as having a Hindu name, which shouldn’t be a very surprising thing given that I have one of the most common Hindu names imaginable. (If you ask a Hindu if their name is Ajay, if they sayContinue reading “A Gift of a Samosa”

Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen

I had the great privilege to sit down with Dr. Somdeep Sen, author of Decolonising Palestine: Hamas between the anticolonial and the postcolonial for the purposes of posing some questions to him that emerged from seminar discussions with my students in INTD 4005: The Praxis of Encampment: Settler Colonialisms in Turtle Island and Palestine. ThisContinue reading “Decolonising Palestine Book Talk with Dr. Somdeep Sen”

Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment

In the early hours of the morning on Monday, July 29, university security moved to destroy the camp that has peacefully used the space outside the Henry Hicks building at Dalhousie University for nearly three months. After months of communications re-iterating the rights of students under the code of conduct to engage in peaceful demonstrationContinue reading “Faculty members strongly condemn the forced removal of the Al Zeitoun University encampment”

DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS

I’m happy to share and enter into the public record that the Dalhousie Faculty Association has now passed all three motions my colleagues and I (many many more than who are listed as movers and seconders in the motions). Here is the text of the three motions, for any other organizations that would like toContinue reading “DFA Motions on Gaza, including BDS”

Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024

I was honoured to be invited to address the graduating class of 2024, including bringing greetings from the student encampment of Al Zeitoun University on the Dalhousie quad. Below I post the text of my speech, and a link to the YouTube recording of the full convocation. The address falls between time 2:20 – 2:32,Continue reading “Convocation Address, Dal Faculty of Arts & Social Science May 28, 2024”

Interview with CBC Mainstreet on AI, decolonial research and pedagogy

I had the chance to discuss my syllabus policy related to AI in social sciences this afternoon with CBC Radio’s Mainstreet. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-37-mainstreet-ns/clip/16009253-students-avoid-using-ai-research-dalhousie-prof-says

A Global History of Capitalism

Big thanks to the dozens and dozens and dozens of humans I discussed developing this class with over the last 12 – 15 months. And a very special thanks to the 9 colleagues and friends who sat down with me for interviews to create the “Talking Capitalism” series within the class. This first kick atContinue reading “A Global History of Capitalism”