Mr Pritam  Singh

Mr Pritam Singh

PhD Student

Department of International History

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Languages
English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Key Expertise
Caste, India, British Colonialism, Migration, South Africa

About me

I completed my MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Cambridge as a Commonwealth Master’s Scholar. My MPhil thesis on anti-caste Movements in Colonial Punjab was awarded distinction and C.A. Bayly Prize for the best dissertation on South Asia. After completing my MPhil, I worked as an Academic Tutor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat where I co-taught undergraduate courses on Modern Indian Politics, Political Philosophy, and the history of caste in modern India.

Thesis Title: Caste, Race and Empire: Tracing the Roots of Indian Traders' Hegemony Over Lower-Caste Labourers in South Africa C. 1860-1994.

Expertise Details

Caste; India; British Colonialism; Migration; South Africa

Publications

Peer Review Publications:

Conference Presentations:

  • Caste, Race and Capital in the Indian Ocean Arena: The tale of the Indian Traders in South Africa 1860-1910, World History Research Workshop, University of Cambridge, 26th January, 2023

  • Communalism in British India: The Role of Caste in Shaping Hindu-Sikh Relations in Colonial Punjab c. 1849-192, Conversa1ons: Searching for the Sacred in South Asia, University of Cambridge, Divinity School, 1st October 2022. 

  • Caste and the Rhetoric of Merit: Arya Samaj’s Conception of Family, Education and Politics in Colonial India, British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference 2022, Online conference organised by the University of Southampton, 1st April 2022.

Upcoming Book Review:

  • Hundred Years Above the Line: Caste, Religion and Politics of the Akali Dal in Punjab, Region, Religion and Politics: 100 Years of Shiromani Akali Dal by Amarjit Singh Narang, New York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 420, (Paperback), Economic and Political Weekly.

Awards and Honours

  • LSE PhD Studentship 2022-2026.
  • C.A. Bayly Prize 2020.
  • Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship 2019.