The Great Divide: Partition and its Aftermath

In this talk, Dr. Mou Banerjee will explore the legacy of defining moments of the Indian subcontinent and how it continues to influence the Indian subcontinent’s politics, citizenship, and culture to the present day.

Dr. Mou Banerjee is Assistant Professor of History at UW–Madison. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. She is a historian of modern South Asia. Her research interests include religion and politics in India, especially on the evolution of the concepts of private faith and political identity in the public sphere. Her first book, “The Disinherited: Christianity and Conversion in Colonial India, 1813-1907” is forthcoming in January 2025 from Harvard University Press.