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About Kelvin Ng
NBN Episodes hosted by Kelvin:
Indian Ocean World
February 10, 2021
Miracles and Material Life
Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya
Teren Sevea
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
In Miracles and Material Life: Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya (Cambridge UP, 2020), Teren Sevea reveals the economic, environmental and religious significance of Islamic miracle workers (pawangs) in the …
Indian Ocean World
December 28, 2020
World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth
Anticolonial Aesthetics, Postcolonial Politics
J. Daniel Elam
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth: Anticolonial Aesthetics, Postcolonial Politics (Fordham University Press, 2020) recovers a genealogy of anticolonial thought that advocates collective inexpertise, unknowing, and unrecognizability. Early …
Indian Ocean World
December 7, 2020
A World at Sea
Maritime Practices and Global History
Lauren Benton and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
L. Benton and N. Perl-Rosenthal's A World at Sea: Maritime Practices and Global History (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020) consists of nine original essays that sharpen and expand our understanding of …
Indian Ocean World
November 16, 2020
Fluid Jurisdictions
Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia
Nurfadzilah Yahaya
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia (Cornell University Press, 2020) by Prof. Nurfadzilah Yahaya is a wide-ranging, geographically ambitious book that tells the story of the Arab …
Indian Ocean World
November 12, 2020
Waves Across the South
A New History of Revolution and Empire
Sujit Sivasundaram
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
In Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins, 2020), Sujit Sivasundaram brings together far-flung archives across the world and the best new academic research …
Indian Ocean World
November 9, 2020
Pearls, People, and Power
Pearling and Indian Ocean Worlds
Pedro Machado
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
Pearls, People, and Power: Pearling and Indian Ocean Worlds (Ohio University Press, 2020), co-edited by Pedro Machado, Joseph Christensen, Steve Mullins) is the first book to examine the trade, distribution …
Indian Ocean World
October 15, 2020
For God or Empire
Sayyid Fadl and the Indian Ocean World
Wilson Chacko Jacob
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
Sayyid Fadl, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, led a unique lifeāone that spanned much of the nineteenth century and connected India, Arabia, and the Ottoman Empire. For God or …
Indian Ocean World
October 1, 2020
Transregional Trade and Traders
Situating Gujarat in the Indian Ocean from Early Times to 1900
E. A. Alpers and C. Goswami (eds.)
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
Blessed with numerous safe harbors, accessible ports, and a rich hinterland, Gujarat has been central to the history of Indian Ocean maritime exchange that involved not only goods, but also …