Dr Erin MB O’Halloran

Returning the Gaze of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Portraits As an artist, reading Euphrosyne Doxiadis’s book made me consider how we can draw inspiration from Egyptian art while engaging it thoughtfully — reverently, even.

+1 for Ancient Faces. There's also a recent reissue of Doxiadis' The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: hyperallergic.com/983117/retur...

My op-ed in @theconversationuk.bsky.social revisits interwar Easternism: a cluster of overlapping visions of the world that could replace European Empire, connecting thinkers, artists and activists across the Middle East & South Asia. @stanfordpress.bsky.social

From Jerusalem To The Lahore Resolution: Palestine And The Demand For Pakistan The Lahore Resolution’s origins link to the Palestine crisis, as Indian Muslim leaders, failing to influence British policy, shifted from communal rights to

The Lahore Resolution’s origins link to the Palestine crisis, as Indian Muslim leaders, failing to influence British policy, shifted from communal rights to nationalism, demanding Pakistan in 1940.
By Erin O'Halloran
thefridaytimes.com/22-Mar-2025/...

East of Empire by Erin O'Halloran displayed with lots of maps and walking guides for Cambridge on the checkout desk in Heffers

@erinmbohalloran.bsky.social prime position by the till in Heffers, Cambridge this weekend @stanfordpress.bsky.social

From Jerusalem To The Lahore Resolution: Palestine And The Demand For Pakistan The Lahore Resolution’s origins link to the Palestine crisis, as Indian Muslim leaders, failing to influence British policy, shifted from communal rights to

This March 23rd marks the 85th anniversary of the 1940 Lahore Resolution, Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s fateful demand for Pakistan. It has a lot more to do with Palestine than you may think, as my op ed in @thefridaytimes.bsky.social explains. thefridaytimes.com/22-Mar-2025/...

Book cover of East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars by Erin M.B. O'Halloran

East of Empire by @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social transcends archival partitions to tell a powerful and nearly forgotten set of stories about the rise of anticolonial nationalism and the end of empire across the Middle East and South Asia
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Happy Publication Day 🎂 Heartfelt thanks to @stanfordpress.bsky.social & @priyasatia.bsky.social for helping me to bring East of Empire into the world

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Thanks Su Lin, I love your work! Hope we get to cross paths soon.

East of Empire- Combined Academic From the outset of the twentieth century, Egyptian and Indian leaders understood their movements for self-determination as linked and part of a shared projec...

For those outside North America, my book is now available to pre-order across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa & Latin America — and I have a discount code worth 20% off!

DM if you’d like to order a copy and I’ll send you the code 📚 www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978150364144...