Letters Home
A podcast that enlivens the letters of the English sisters Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in 1801-1807 while they were in Madras, India, and enters into conversation with the researchers who investigated their lives.
Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Letters Home
Latest Episodes
Is it Costume or Dress? Talking about the history of clothing with a dynamic trio
Please enjoy this episode, where we get into English and Indian historic dress at the turn of the 19th century through Mary and Elizabeth’s letters with Alexandra Kim, Dr. Ann Wass, and Dr. Toolika Gupta.Webinar:
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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The Birds of South India and Elizabeth’s Watercolors with Dr. S. Subramanya
Digital collection of Elizabeth Gwillim's watercolors of birds at McGill Rare Books and Special Collections here.More information at the Gwillim Pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Henry Gwillim and 19th Century English Law in India with Arthur MacGregor
For more on Henry Gwillim, some brief biographical information can be found here on the Gwillim Project website. There is also a Youtube symposium
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Episode 3
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A Decolonizing Lens and Centering the Indian Perspective with Dr. Minakshi Menon
Dr. Menon's introduction to the special edition of South Asian History and Culture can be read here (open access):Indigenous knowledges and colonial sciences in So...
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Episode 2
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Elizabeth and Mary in context with Dr. Anna Winterbottom
Dr. Anna Winterbottom helps me to put the lives of Elizabeth and Mary in context of their place and time: what was India? What was science? How does one do that research?All of Dr. Anna Winterbottom's articles and publications can be fo...
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