Tag Archives: history

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”

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”

What If?

I sat down with Lori and Stephenie, hosts of the awesome Community Radio program “What If” in Nelson BC to talk about race, racism, white supremacy, and having difficult and important conversations about race. It was centred around Frequently Asked White Questions, but we covered a lot of ground. The interview aired Jan 22, 2023Continue reading “What If?”

Sovereignty Beyond Eurocentricity

I wrote a short chapter of this name for the Open Source book, edited by P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto ,Showing Theory to Know Theory Understanding Social Science Concepts through Illustrative Vignettes. Showing Theory Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.22215/sktk/pa45 The purpose of the book is to take complex ideas in social science theory and make it accessibleContinue reading “Sovereignty Beyond Eurocentricity”

The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land

I was invited by Graduate Students in the Department of History to be their keynote lecturer for an international conference entitled, “Encountering Colonialism: Land, Lives, Legacies.” It was great to be able to switch gears from what I’ve been working on of late and return to my deep love of land, sovereignty, and 19th centuryContinue reading “The Refrain of Territory: Archiving in Relief and the Politics of Post/Settler Land”

Seeing Whiteness In The Margins

My first publication with the Journal of Narrative Politics, which demanded that I put away my footnotes and get into the evocative work of story telling. This article is part of a special issue arising from ongoing conversations themed “International Relations As if People Matter” over a couple meetings of the International Studies Association.

Interview with Dr. Lynn Gehl

I had the honour of interviewing Dr. Lynn Gehl on the subject The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process published with Fernwood Publishing in 2014. Note that around the 16 minute mark I accidentally confate Mr. Justice James B. Macaulay with Thomas Babington Macaulay. The prior was relevant toContinue reading “Interview with Dr. Lynn Gehl”

Engaging Capitalism and Slavery as Decolonial Text

Ajay Parasram, 2019. “Engaging Capitalism and Slavery as Decolonial Text” in Reading the Post War Future: Textual Turning Points from 1944 edited by John Munro and Kirrily Freeman. London: Bloomsbury, 113 – 128.