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Nandini Das

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Nandini Das

@rentravailer

English prof, Oxford. Author and broadcaster. Early modern literature, history, and cross-cultural encounters. Fuelled by tea. #CourtingIndia #ThisLittleWorld

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Joined August 2017

Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Oct 31, 2023
This is such an honour and privilege, and even more so to be considered alongside the five extraordinary other books and writers who were on the shortlist.
The British Academy
@BritishAcademy_
Oct 31, 2023
The British Academy is thrilled to announce that the winner of this year's #BritishAcademyBookPrize for Global and Cultural Understanding is 'Courting India' by Nandini Das @rentravailer, published by Bloomsbury. Congratulations!
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Mar 14, 2023
16 March is the official publication day for #CourtingIndia, and I am very grateful to Thomas Roe for being more dramatically miserable about his lot in life than I could ever aspire to be.
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Jan 5, 2021
My mother died last night. She had a stroke, but covid meant that she died a continent away, and I won't be able to attend the funeral. She was sharp, funny, superbly brave. A high school teacher, a fierce advocate of women in STEM subjects. Reader of books and teller of tales.
Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Feb 20, 2023
An actual copy of #CourtingIndia, complete with that new book smell. Now in my hands, and soon, hopefully, in yours.
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Jan 10, 2023
I'm on a long train journey with a scarily chirpy train catering person trying to sell mince pies with every coffee, so I thought I'd amuse myself by sharing the covers of Courting India, look how gorgeous!
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
May 26, 2023
So it looks like things may get a bit busier. It also means I'm going to end up acquiring a bunch of beautiful notebooks and then not have the heart to scribble in any of them, doesn't it? #ThisLittleWorld
thebookseller.com
Bloomsbury Trade snaps up Das' new history of Renaissance Britain
Bloomsbury Trade has snapped up a major new history of Renaissance Britain from Nandini Das, professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Oxford.
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Feb 15, 2024
Courting India is out today in paperback!
Bloomsbury Books UK
@BloomsburyBooks
Feb 15, 2024
Replying to @BloomsburyBooks
🟡 Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire – @rentravailer A profound new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. Read more: bloomsbury.com/uk/courting-in…
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Sep 6, 2022
Delighted to receive the Oxford VC's Innovation and Engagement award with this wonderful team, but there's a much larger crowd of friends -- through @ERC_TIDE and beyond -- without whom this project would not have been possible. Thanks to all of them too! @engfac @ERC_Research
Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Apr 8, 2023
I'm a day late to this, but the wonderfully thoughtful and generous review of #CourtingIndia in New York Times will stay with me for a while. Thank you @zurtalab
The Clash of Civilizations That Heralded a Rocky Relationship (Published 2023)
From nytimes.com
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Feb 7, 2018
My programme on Renaissance cabinets of curiosity is on BBC4 at 8:00 this evening, feast your eyes on chameleons, Powhatan's cloak, and an ever-so-slightly intimidating snake.
bbc.co.uk
BBC Four - Secret Knowledge, Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities
The story behind a collecting craze that began in Renaissance Europe.
Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Sep 12, 2023
Delighted and honoured to be in such stellar company.
Hetan Shah
@HetanShah
Sep 12, 2023
Today we announce the shortlist for @BritishAcademy_ Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding - an amazing selection of books. Huge congratulations to @taniabranigan @rentravailer @DFoliard @histresist @irenevalmore @xygalatas thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british-a…
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Mar 17, 2023
Delighted to start the day with @DalrympleWill's wonderful review of Courting India in @FT:
ft.com
Courting India — the unpromising origins of British power
Nandini Das’s study of London’s first emissary to the subcontinent is a triumph of writing and scholarship
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Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Sep 11, 2019
Now that we are unpacking boxes in new offices, it seems like a good time to say that I am delighted to be joining @engfac and @ExeterCollegeOx from 1 October. Looking forward to staying in touch with @sotauol and my fantastic students and colleagues there.
Nandini Das
@rentravailer
Aug 8, 2023
Delighted that #courtingindia is in such superb company on the @CundillPrize longlist.
Cundill History Prize
@CundillPrize
Aug 8, 2023
Our second entry this week to the #CundillHistoryPrize 2023 longlist spotlight is 'Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire' by Nandini Das (@rentravailer), published by @BloomsburyBooks. Discover the full 2023 longlist here: cundillprize.com/news/2023longl…
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