WORKSHOP: THE MILITARY ASPECTS OF 1857
Monday
23rd July, 2007, Room 108, William Robertson Building, George Square,
University of Edinburgh
10.30: Welcome
10.45am - 1.00pm:
Sabyasachi
Dasgupta (Nehru Memorial Library) - Durgadas and Sitaram: Tales of Loyalty
in 1857 
William
Dalrymple - A failure of logistics: how shortages of food and supplies lost
the rebels the siege of Delhi
Kaushik Roy (Presidency College , Calcutta ) - Combat, Combat Motivation and the Construction of Identity
1pm - 2pm: Lunch
2pm - 4.15pm:
Gavin
Rand (University of Greenwich) - Learning the Lessons of '57: reconstructing
the imperial military after the rebellion
Gajendra Singh (University of Edinburgh) - Conceptualising Martialness: the ascription and reascription of martial identities in India from the mutinies of 1857 to the last days of the Raj
Pritam
Singh (Oxford Brooks University) - Contesting Interpretations of the
Sikh role in 1857
4.15pm: Concluding discussion - souces and issues for future
histories of the military in India
Convener:
Kim A. Wagner;
Email: kaw32@cam.ac.uk
Mobile : (+0044) 07854167732
