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Robert Ivermee
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Associate Professor (MCF) @sciencespo-grenoble.fr‬. British and French imperialism. South Asia. Global and environmental history. Author of Hooghly and Glorious Failure @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social HarperCollins India 📚
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Glorious Failure is out now! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/gloriou...
'a pacy, perceptive history' — @pratinavanil.bsky.social
'a compelling and accessible read' — @davidveevers.bsky.social
'a dazzling triumph’ — @drshashitharoor.bsky.social
Other comments welcome!
Looking forward to this! Now I just need to prepare my paper 🫣
Les 3 et 4/11, venez assister au colloque "Connexions transimpériales : hommes et femmes de terrain dans les empires français et britannique (XVIIIe-XXe siècles)" (org. CAS, LERMA, 3L.AM)

🚩 F417 + E412 - MdR - UT2J
⤵️ Programme
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I wrote a review of Marine Bellégo's impressive book on the history of the botanical gardens of Calcutta. It should introduce the book to non-French speakers too. Open access
journals.openedition.org/caliban/14377
Marine Bellégo. Enraciner l’empire : une autre histoire du Jardin b...
The botanical garden of Kolkata (officially the AJC Bose Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah) extends over 270 acres on the right bank of the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Housing almost 1,400 s...
journals.openedition.org
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
An interview about Glorious Failure for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Thanks to Mark Klobas for his thoughtful questions. Hopefully I get some of the book's key points across in the course of the hour
newbooksnetwork.com/glorious-fai...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Robert Ivermee, "Glorious Failure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Delighted to announce that I've just joined @sciencespo-grenoble.fr as Associate Professor (MCF) in History. This year's teaching:
- Colonialism in Perspective
- Indigenous Peoples and Decolonisation
- The Postcolonial Anglophone World
- History of Modern India
- The Climate Crisis: Global Responses
September 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Glorious Failure is out now! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/gloriou...
'a pacy, perceptive history' — @pratinavanil.bsky.social
'a compelling and accessible read' — @davidveevers.bsky.social
'a dazzling triumph’ — @drshashitharoor.bsky.social
Other comments welcome!
July 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who launched the first French East India Company in 1664. I happen to be in his hometown, Reims, today. #GloriousFailure is published on Thursday! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
En route for the @saesfrance.org congress in Toulouse. Train 3/3, a fitting bit of #slowtravel before Friday’s panel on environmental transition
June 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Glorious Failure reviewed by
@pratinavanil.bsky.social for the Literary Review. Publication date is June 26th :) @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
literaryreview.co.uk/from-paris-t...
Pratinav Anil - From Paris to Pondicherry
Pratinav Anil: From Paris to Pondicherry - Glorious Failure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India by Robert Ivermee
literaryreview.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Final proofs of #GloriousFailure just checked. Publication is in 5 weeks... Thanks to @drshashitharoor.bsky.social and @davidveevers.bsky.social (among others) for the endorsements!
Coming soon, just what exactly did the French get up to in eighteenth century India? Short answer: no good. #GloriousFailure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India
hurstpublishers.com/book/gloriou...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just noticed that an old article of mine on religious and customary law in colonial Punjab is now freely available on Jstor. It was the first article I ever had published. Dig in!
www.jstor.org/stable/24494... @jstor.bsky.social
www.jstor.org
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Two weeks without teaching now but a lot of reading to do for new project 🤓📚 @amitav.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Robert Ivermee
It’s out!
Happy publication day to @rosiewhitehouse.bsky.social 🎉#TwoSisters is out now!

‘[A] heartrending account… This makes a well-covered historical period feel agonisingly immediate.’ — Publishers Weekly

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January 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Robert Ivermee
Jean-Marie #LePen will be remembered for the racism and anti-Semitism he invoked in French politics. Read about the time Nabila Ramdani met the #LePens in #FixingFrance and the ongoing impact of the #NationalRally and the #FarRight in #France.

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January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Coming soon, just what exactly did the French get up to in eighteenth century India? Short answer: no good. #GloriousFailure: The Forgotten History of French Imperialism in India
hurstpublishers.com/book/gloriou...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
October 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM