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 tion in the Age of Empire"
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DESCRIPTION:The talk puts the spotlight on the Asian elites who became inte
 gral to the functioning of the Indian Ocean in the age of Empire. It weave
 s the story of a family of Indian Ocean Sultans into the broader tapestry 
 of world history.  Putting the micro-optic on the Omani Sultans and their 
 century long saga it retells the story of the Ocean carved as a political 
 space where Asian and European aspirations competed. It shows how the Sult
 ans made the most of Europeans who made a bee line to the Western Indian O
 cean hungry for slaves\, cloves\, and ivory.  They leveraged themselves to
  European economic concerns and politics\, remained heeled in their own cu
 ltural tradition\, and articulated their political ambitions. The talk for
 efronts these Asian imperial ambitions in the Ocean with important implica
 tions for the writing of global histories.
GEO:38.896188;-77.044206
LOCATION:1957 E Street NW\, Room 505
SUMMARY:New Books in Asian Studies: "Sovereigns of the Sea: Omani Ambition 
 in the Age of Empire"
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 ereigns_of_the_sea_omani_ambition_in_the_age_of_empire
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CATEGORIES:Lectures & Speakers
CATEGORIES:International
CATEGORIES:Research
CATEGORIES:Politics & Policy
CATEGORIES:General
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