HIS 300W: Colonialism and Nationalism in India
Original
Syllabus (Spring 2026) and in .pdf
format
Direct Link to Textbook (might require you to be
on NAU domain)
Other electronic Readings for the Course
peer review guidelines
(.rtf file)
An
Introduction to Cricket (video)
Prem
Chowdhry, “Introduction” in Colonial
India and making of Empire Cinema: Image, Ideology and Identity (Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 2000.)
Robert A. Rosenstone, “History in Images
History in Words: Reflecting on the Possibility of Really Putting History onto
Film,” in Visions of the Past: The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History
(Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1998).
OUTLINES /STUDY GUIDES/POWERPOINTS (copied from my other courses, HIS 249 and HIS 312)
INTRODUCTIONS
Indian History: A
Chronological Overview
Powerpoint: Indian Geography and History
Comparing
India and the US on a Map
Powerpoint: Indian History Outline
Islam and Muslim Rulers (Powerpoint)
Mughals
(Powerpoint)
Powerpoint:
Caste, a historical approach
SECTION I
Mughals to Europeans: An
Outline With Links to Maps and Images
Outline # 1: Coming
of British Rule
Video:
Story of India "Freedom"
Outline # 2: Revolt
of 1857 and Responses to EIC Colonialism
Powerpoint: Early Responses to EIC Rule
Video
Link to PBS “Story of India” 1857
SECTION II
Outline # 3: Themes
in Indian Nationalism
Powerpoint: Nationalism and the Middle Class
Powerpoint: Early Nationalism in India
Story
of India link Amritsar Massacre
Outline # 4: Gandhi
and Indian Nationalism, 1915-32
Powerpoint: Gandhi: Class, Caste and Gender
Outline # 5: Toward
Independence and Partition 1928-47
Gandhi Marginalized Powerpoint
Useful Links
Philip's Fil-ums: Notes on Indian
Popular Cinema (probably the most extensive and reliable set of notes
on Indian popular cinema you can find online)
List of Films on the
British Empire
Hindi
Cinema: A Research Guide (2006)
Internet Movie Database (probably the most extensive source for information about movies available on the internet)
Upperstall.Com, an interesting site on Indian Cinema
Page will be updated as necessary. Last
Updated: 01.07.2026
