Deepthi Murali
@deepthimurali.bsky.social
Art Historian, Digital History, Things, Kerala, Indian Ocean World, Monsoons
Had a wonderful conference panel experience at #NCABS2025 in Montreal. We talked about textiles in the Indian Ocean World broadly and de-centering Europe in the discussion of British empire material culture. (Also tried poutine for the first time!) #arthistory #histoty #textiles
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Had a wonderful conference panel experience at #NCABS2025 in Montreal. We talked about textiles in the Indian Ocean World broadly and de-centering Europe in the discussion of British empire material culture. (Also tried poutine for the first time!) #arthistory #histoty #textiles
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Check out @deepthimurali.bsky.social's recent appearance on the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Digital Projects Coffeehouse where she presented "Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers"
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Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers
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November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Check out @deepthimurali.bsky.social's recent appearance on the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Digital Projects Coffeehouse where she presented "Connecting Threads: Indian Madras and Afro-Caribbean Consumers"
youtu.be/whi8KY3Vwdg?...
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I wrote about "disciplining" of "deceitful" Indian textile workers in the 17th century. And about the use of morality and affective language as ways of ordering colonial trade. www.deepthimurali.com/textiles-tal... #indianhistory #textilehistory #britishempire #history
"Unless we stand continually over them with rods in our hands...": Intimidating Indian Textile Workers in 17th Century — Deepthi Murali
In the autumn of 1675, the East India Company’s Agent and Council at Fort St. George drafted a letter brimming with frustration. The calicoes from Madras, they complained, had grown “ much thinner...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I wrote about "disciplining" of "deceitful" Indian textile workers in the 17th century. And about the use of morality and affective language as ways of ordering colonial trade. www.deepthimurali.com/textiles-tal... #indianhistory #textilehistory #britishempire #history
A rare glimpse into the lives of 18th century weavers: a father, 2 sons, & 2 grandsons all weavers, around the First Carnatic War.
And how the brothers “Narryn” & “Chinnatomby” founded the Chintadripet region of Chennai India: www.deepthimurali.com/all-about-te... #chennai #textilehistory #madras
And how the brothers “Narryn” & “Chinnatomby” founded the Chintadripet region of Chennai India: www.deepthimurali.com/all-about-te... #chennai #textilehistory #madras
Did you know the area of Chintadripet in Chennai was founded by Tamil weavers? — Deepthi Murali
If you’ve ever driven past the narrow lanes of Chintadripet in central Chennai — now lined with hardware shops, workshops, and temples — you’re passing through what was once one of the earliest planne...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A rare glimpse into the lives of 18th century weavers: a father, 2 sons, & 2 grandsons all weavers, around the First Carnatic War.
And how the brothers “Narryn” & “Chinnatomby” founded the Chintadripet region of Chennai India: www.deepthimurali.com/all-about-te... #chennai #textilehistory #madras
And how the brothers “Narryn” & “Chinnatomby” founded the Chintadripet region of Chennai India: www.deepthimurali.com/all-about-te... #chennai #textilehistory #madras
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Tomorrow! We’ll journey from South Asia to the Caribbean to explore the colorful world of the textile trade by Connecting Threads with @deepthimurali.bsky.social. Register to join us!
Speaking at @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Coffeehouse series tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 14, 12pm EST) about my project Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in the Caribbean. I am talking about 18th-19th century Indian textiles & Caribbean dress/identity. Sign-up: omohundro.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/o...
OI DH Coffeehouse—Fall 2025
Online brownbag sessions to explore DH projects
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tomorrow! We’ll journey from South Asia to the Caribbean to explore the colorful world of the textile trade by Connecting Threads with @deepthimurali.bsky.social. Register to join us!
Speaking at @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Coffeehouse series tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 14, 12pm EST) about my project Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in the Caribbean. I am talking about 18th-19th century Indian textiles & Caribbean dress/identity. Sign-up: omohundro.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/o...
OI DH Coffeehouse—Fall 2025
Online brownbag sessions to explore DH projects
omohundro.app.neoncrm.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Speaking at @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Coffeehouse series tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 14, 12pm EST) about my project Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in the Caribbean. I am talking about 18th-19th century Indian textiles & Caribbean dress/identity. Sign-up: omohundro.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/o...
Wrote a brief intro about the 2 Sati Stones at the Archaeological Museum in Thrissur, Kerala. Curious to see how this tradition developed on the Malabar Coast. In other parts of peninsular India they became quite elaborate in narrative structure. www.deepthimurali.com/kerala/2025/... #art #kerala
Stones of Memory: Two Sati Stones at the Archaeological Museum in Thrissur — Deepthi Murali
Preliminary look at the two Sati Stones (in the Virakkal tradition) at the Thrissur Archeological Museum in Kerala
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October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wrote a brief intro about the 2 Sati Stones at the Archaeological Museum in Thrissur, Kerala. Curious to see how this tradition developed on the Malabar Coast. In other parts of peninsular India they became quite elaborate in narrative structure. www.deepthimurali.com/kerala/2025/... #art #kerala
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The @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Projects Coffeehouse Series returns October 14th!
We're kicking things off with @deepthimurali.bsky.social, co-director of Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean
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We're kicking things off with @deepthimurali.bsky.social, co-director of Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean
Sign up now to join the conversation.
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
OI Digital Projects Coffeehouse - OIEAHC
Begun in winter 2021 as a way of bringing people together virtually while the pandemic kept us apart physically, the OI Coffeehouse has proven a valuable online gathering place for many in the early A...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Projects Coffeehouse Series returns October 14th!
We're kicking things off with @deepthimurali.bsky.social, co-director of Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean
Sign up now to join the conversation.
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
We're kicking things off with @deepthimurali.bsky.social, co-director of Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean
Sign up now to join the conversation.
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
Talking about Indian textiles, colonialism and 18th-19th century dress and identity in India and the Caribbean. Friday. Online and in-person at @georgemasonu.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Talking about Indian textiles, colonialism and 18th-19th century dress and identity in India and the Caribbean. Friday. Online and in-person at @georgemasonu.bsky.social
Getting back into the habit of blogging about research. Here’s a rather random account of tea and handkerchief smuggling on board an East Indiaman. Doors were broken. www.deepthimurali.com/thieves-in-t... #history #eastindiacompany #tea
Smuggling Tea and Handkerchiefs? — Deepthi Murali
A snippet from aboard the British East India Company ship in 1712.
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July 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Getting back into the habit of blogging about research. Here’s a rather random account of tea and handkerchief smuggling on board an East Indiaman. Doors were broken. www.deepthimurali.com/thieves-in-t... #history #eastindiacompany #tea
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"One of many!"
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"One of many!"
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.
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The #NEHfunded @deepthimurali.bsky.social 's Connecting Threads project focused on the global history of fashion. It connects small museums & archives to places with larger collections through a queryable database connectingthreads.co.uk
Connecting Threads
Fashioning Madras in India and the Caribbean
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April 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The #NEHfunded @deepthimurali.bsky.social 's Connecting Threads project focused on the global history of fashion. It connects small museums & archives to places with larger collections through a queryable database connectingthreads.co.uk
Our NEH grant for the Connecting Threads project was terminated along with many others. With little pomp and no warning. Also not sure if we will ever have any grants to apply for at the NEH. This is a big hit on grants-based, collaborative and digital humanities research in the US.
April 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Our NEH grant for the Connecting Threads project was terminated along with many others. With little pomp and no warning. Also not sure if we will ever have any grants to apply for at the NEH. This is a big hit on grants-based, collaborative and digital humanities research in the US.
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The Dept of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University is hiring an Analyst, IT - Digital Humanities Specialist. Position works primarily with fac/staff/students in our Digital Art History and Visual Culture Research Lab and related programs. Posting: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-A...
Analyst, IT - Digital Humanities Specialist
Analyst, IT - Digital Humanities Specialist
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December 5, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The Dept of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University is hiring an Analyst, IT - Digital Humanities Specialist. Position works primarily with fac/staff/students in our Digital Art History and Visual Culture Research Lab and related programs. Posting: careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-A...
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Postdoctoral position in critical caste studies at the university of Chicago- still accepting applications!
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December 6, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Postdoctoral position in critical caste studies at the university of Chicago- still accepting applications!
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We end the semester with presentations on nationalism in Bengali plays, materiality of Partition, and some well-deserved samosas and pani puri. #teachinghistory
December 6, 2024 at 4:07 AM
We end the semester with presentations on nationalism in Bengali plays, materiality of Partition, and some well-deserved samosas and pani puri. #teachinghistory
Thanks to Dr. Neilesh Bose for putting together this colloquium at University of Victoria (BC). This was such a productive experience. I finally shared research I have been sitting on, on these beautiful ivory tankards from Travancore. Tankard featured: early 20th century at Napier Museum, Kerala.
December 3, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Thanks to Dr. Neilesh Bose for putting together this colloquium at University of Victoria (BC). This was such a productive experience. I finally shared research I have been sitting on, on these beautiful ivory tankards from Travancore. Tankard featured: early 20th century at Napier Museum, Kerala.
Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Slowly posting about Connecting Threads project launch/symposium at V&A Museum last month. This is a digital public history project and the website is now live at: connectingthreads.co.uk The whole day was incredible! #connectingthreads #academicsky #digitalhistory #indianhistory #caribbeanhistory
At University of Victoria for the Global South Asia Colloquium. We discussed Indian Ocean World history and book projects for two very productive days. Thanks to Prof. Neilesh Bose for putting this together and the CAPI team for being wonderful hosts.
November 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
At University of Victoria for the Global South Asia Colloquium. We discussed Indian Ocean World history and book projects for two very productive days. Thanks to Prof. Neilesh Bose for putting this together and the CAPI team for being wonderful hosts.
Victoria BC has the loveliest little Chinatown. The Fan Tan Alley has a little museum on the history of Chinese-Canadians. It’s the second oldest Chinatown in North America and the oldest in Canada.
November 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Victoria BC has the loveliest little Chinatown. The Fan Tan Alley has a little museum on the history of Chinese-Canadians. It’s the second oldest Chinatown in North America and the oldest in Canada.
Our project was featured in the @georgemasonu.bsky.social news site! www.gmu.edu/news/2024-11... There's a bit of both me and @jasonheppler.org talking about the project on there.
George Mason researchers receive NEH funding for Connecting Threads project
Deepthi Murali and Jason Heppler of George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media have received a level two Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Our project was featured in the @georgemasonu.bsky.social news site! www.gmu.edu/news/2024-11... There's a bit of both me and @jasonheppler.org talking about the project on there.
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We are excited that two RRCHNM projects have been awarded grants by the NEH! This funding will support the work of @deepthimurali.bsky.social and @jasonheppler.org on the digital project Connecting Threads, and @amandamadden.bsky.social translating La sefra (The World). www.neh.gov/news/NEH-gra...
NEH Announces $37.5 Million for 240 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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August 27, 2024 at 2:15 PM
We are excited that two RRCHNM projects have been awarded grants by the NEH! This funding will support the work of @deepthimurali.bsky.social and @jasonheppler.org on the digital project Connecting Threads, and @amandamadden.bsky.social translating La sefra (The World). www.neh.gov/news/NEH-gra...
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We are approaching our thirtieth anniversary! To honor that occasion, Roy Rosenzweig's pioneering work and work being done now, we are hosting an open-house event, hors d'oeuvres included, on November 11 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. Register today and join us! alumni.gmu.edu/s/1564/GID2/...
November 1, 2023 at 7:33 PM
We are approaching our thirtieth anniversary! To honor that occasion, Roy Rosenzweig's pioneering work and work being done now, we are hosting an open-house event, hors d'oeuvres included, on November 11 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. Register today and join us! alumni.gmu.edu/s/1564/GID2/...