Layli Uddin

Layli Uddin

Layli Uddin is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Lecturer in Politics and International Relations of South Asia at Queen Mary University of London. She is a political and social historian of modern South Asia. Her research examines the politics of resistance amongst marginalized groups in the context of decolonization, state-formation and the Cold War. More broadly, she is interested in liberation theologies and social movements in the Global South. Layli is currently writing her first book, ‘Land of Eternal Eid: Making and Unmaking Pakistan, 1930s-1971, offering an alternative history of the 1947 partition and the formation of Bangladesh. Her writings on industrial riots in East Pakistan, history of Islamic Socialism and Afro-Asian festivals have been published. Layli is an advisor to Jamhoor, a left media organisation;Bangladesh on Record, a digital archive project; and Lokayoto Bidyaloy, a campaign and advocacy group in Bangladesh. She blogs at https://layliuddin.wordpress.com.

A view from the Roof: Space and politics in South Asia

 ছাদ থেকে দেখা দৃশ্যঃ দক্ষিন এশিয়ার জায়গা এবং রাজনীতি  এই লিখাটি দক্ষিন এশিয়ার রাজনীতিতে বাড়ির ছাদ যে বস্তুগত গুরুত্ব বহন করেছে, সেই বিষয়টিকে সামনে আনার চেষ্টা করেছে। প্রাত্যাহিক...