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

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!

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

En route for the @saesfrance.org congress in Toulouse. Train 3/3, a fitting bit of #slowtravel before Friday’s panel on environmental transition

Two weeks without teaching now but a lot of reading to do for new project 🤓📚 @amitav.bsky.social

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