Prof Sanjay Seth
Director of Research
Professor of Postcolonial Theory and Political Thought
Research areas
Before being appointed Professor of Postcolonial Theory and Political Thought in the School of International Relations, Sanjay was Professor in the Department of Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was also founding Director of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies. Before that he was Reader in Politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He has also held visiting fellowships and professorships at universities in Tokyo, Kyoto, Lisbon and Sydney.
Sanjay is an interdisciplinary scholar who has published widely in the areas of modern Indian history, postcolonial theory, international relations and social and political theory, including Beyond Reason: Postcolonial Theory and the Social Sciences (OUP 2021), Subject Lessons: The Western Education of Colonial India (Duke UP 2007) and Marxist Theory and Nationalist Politics: Colonial India (Sage 1995) and two collections of essays translated from English into Portuguese, Humanidades, Universalismo e diferença histórica (Brasil 2021) and História e Pós-colonialismo (Lisbon 2022). Sanjay was a founding editor of the journal Postcolonial Studies from 1998-2020.
PhD supervision
- Tiancheng Yu
Selected publications
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Open access
Music, art, science and the decolonisation of history. Roundtable on Sanjay Seth’s Beyond Reason: Postcolonial Theory and the Social Sciences (2021)
Seth, S., dos Santos, M. P., Cachopo, J. P. & Serva Pereira, M., 25 Nov 2024, In: Práticas Da História: Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past. 18, p. 377-408 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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The Bandung imaginary
Seth, S., 20 May 2024, Rise of the international: international relations meets history. Devetak, R. & Dunne, T. (eds.). Oxford: British Academy (Oxford University Press), p. 274-288 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Reconceiving the practice of history: from representation to translation
Seth, S., 1 Mar 2023, In: History and Theory. 62, 1, p. 106-128 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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História e pós-colonialismo: ensaios sobre conhecimento ocidental, eurocentrismo e ciencias sociais
Seth, S., Lucas, R. N. (Translator), Silva, E. L. D. (Translator), Cardão, M. (Translator), Ferreira, J. M. (Translator) & Neves, J. (Translator), 2022, Lisbon: Imprensa de História Contemporânea. 278 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Open access
Knowledge, progress and the knowledge of progress
Seth, S., 27 Mar 2022, In: Sociological Review. 70, 2, p. 232-247 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Postcolonial politics
Carballo, F. (Editor), Seth, S. (Editor) & Martin, D. (Editor), 8 Nov 2022, 1st ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 1650 p. (Critical concepts in political science)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Humanidades, Universalismo e diferença histórica
Seth, S. & Lucas, R. N. (Translator), 22 Jul 2021, Vitória: Editora Milfontes. (Coleção Fronteiras da Teoria; vol. 6)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Beyond Reason: Postcolonial Theory and the Social Sciences
Seth, S., 1 Dec 2020, Oxford and New York: British Academy (Oxford University Press).Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Interpreting Revolutionary Excess: The Naxalite Movement in India
Seth, S., 31 Dec 2020, New Asian Marxisms. Barlow, T. (ed.). Duke University Press, p. 333-358Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A Postcolonial Critique of Comparative Political Theory
Seth, S., 11 Dec 2019, Oxford Handbook of Comparative Political Theory. Jenco, L., Idris, M. & Thomas, M. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 621-637 (Oxford Handbooks Online).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter