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Prof. Devika Shankar (The University of Hong Kong) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her new book, An encroaching sea : nature, sovereignty and development at the edge of British India 1860-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
Scholar profile: https://history.hku.hk/staff-d-shankar/
Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-encroaching-sea/F95A7CEFEDC145611A2E27DC2751A5D7
Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con
Photo Credit: “Recently installed tetrapods along the Chellanam Coast,” by Devika Shankar.
The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”