Sunil Amrith Series

Sunil Amrith is a historian exploring migration in South and Southeast Asia and its role in shaping present-day social and cultural dynamics. His focus on migration, rather than political forces such as colonial empires and the formation of modern nations, demonstrates that South Asia and Southeast Asia are tied by centuries of movement of people and goods around and across the Bay of Bengal. Amrith combines theoretical frameworks of oceanic and environmental history with archival, ethnographic, and visual research to chart how migration transformed individuals, families, and communities. His examination of the emergence of diverse, multiethnic coastal communities sheds new light on the social and political consequences of colonization.