Susan Bayly

Susan Bayly ^[1] is Professor Emerita of Historical Anthropology ^[2] in the Cambridge University Department of Social Anthropology ^[3] and a Life Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. ^[4] She is a former editor of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute . ^[4]

Her research interests include the South Asian caste system. ^{[3] [5]} She was married to fellow Cambridge historian, Christopher Bayly, until his death in 2015. ^[1]

To mark her retirement, and her scholarly works, former students and colleagues published a collected volume of essays in her honour 2023. ^{[6] [7]}

Works

• Susan Bayly (May 2024). Asian Lives in Anthropological Perspective. Berghahn Books. ISBN   978-1-80539-500-3.
• Susan Bayly (2007). Asian Voices in a Post-Colonial Age: Vietnam, India and Beyond. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-86885-3.
• Susan Bayly (22 February 2001). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-79842-6.
• Susan Bayly (1989). Saints, Goddesses and Kings: Muslims and Christians in South Indian Society, 1700-1900. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-37201-5.

References

1. "Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, historian - obituary". The Guardian. 23 April 2015.
2. "Why Christo-Racist Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Are Gaining Ground in Kerala". The Wire.
3. "Professor Susan Bayly". 4 September 2015.
4. "Professor Susan Banks Bayly" . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
5. "How the Independence movement altered the 'dream' of a casteless society". 12 August 2024.
6. Copeman, Jacob (1 September 2023). AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE: Interactions, Transactions and Ethics in Asia and Beyond. Berghahn Books. doi:10.3167/9781805390701. ISBN   978-1-80539-070-1.
7. Broadway, J. C. (28 February 2024). "Professor Susan Bayly honoured". www.socanth.cam.ac.uk.