march,2024

tue19mar6:30 pmtue7:30 pmEmpire Building – The Construction of British IndiaIn-person lecture by Rosie Llewelyn-Jones6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 6 Fitzroy SquareBook Now

Event Details

£15 members/£18 non-members

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines the East India Company’s impact on India, focussing on how it changed the sub-continent’s built environment in the context of defence, urbanisation, and infrastructural development. Railways, docks, municipal buildings, freemasons’ lodges, hotels, race-courses, barracks, cemeteries, statues, canals—everything the British erected made a political statement, even if unconsciously. She assesses, in turn, Indian responses to the changing landscape. Indians often reacted favourably to new manufacturing technologies from Britain, like minting and gunpowder, while the British learnt from and adapted local methods.

The talk starts at 6.30pm, doors open from 6.15pm.

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Time

(Tuesday) 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Location

6 Fitzroy Square

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