MASTER CLASS ON THE GREAT MUMBAI FIRE OF 1803

BY DR. SUKRITI ISSAR 

In 1803, a fire broke out in the fort area of Mumbai, called at the time a ‘great calamity’. Houses and warehouses burnt down. Business was disrupted. People panicked. But the crisis also led to intense debates and competing plans to rebuild the town – was it to be a garrison, a mercantile port, or a fortified city? Using original historical documents, this talk will provide a glimpse of Mumbai in the early 1800s, and discuss the importance of historical urban research.

This Master class will be the occasion for those of you who miss Sciences Po classes to re-live the experience and for all the people interested in studying at Sciences Po to give it a try ! Feel free to spread the word.

About the Speaker

Dr. Sukriti Issar is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po and works mostly on how urban policies transform cities. She specializes in urban governance, political economy, policy and institutional change, and research methods. Her work has appeared in World Politics, Social Service Review, and Journal of Historical Sociology. Sukriti holds a BA from Lady Sri Ram College, a Masters in Communication from Cornell University and a PhD from Brown University. Before working at Sciences Po she was a Post Doctoral fellow at Oxford.

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