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SUMMARY:Sophia Dobson Collet and the Brahma Samaj: religious cosmopolitani
 sm between nineteenth-century Britain and Bengal - PROFESSOR cLARE mIDGLEY
 \, sHEFFIELD hALLAM uNIVERSITY
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CONTACT:Barbara Roe
DESCRIPTION:This paper forms part of a larger research project exploring t
 he history of connection\, exchange and co-operation between members of th
 e Brahmo Samaj\, an influential movement for religious and social reform o
 riginating in Bengal\, and British and American Unitarians. Focusing on th
 e life of a little-known English religious liberal\, feminist and writer\,
  Sophia Dobson Collet (1822-1894)\, the paper highlights her pivotal role 
 in shaping a ‘cosmopolitan thought zone’ extending between and beyond 
 Britain and Bengal.  It discusses Collet’s leading role as promoter\, re
 cord-keeper and historian of the Brahmo Samaj.  It looks at how this was u
 nderpinned by her sense of spiritual fellowship with Brahmos\, and by the 
 friendships she nurtured and sustained with members of the group.  The pap
 er concludes that\, although Collet did not articulate an anti-imperial po
 litics\, her commitment to Brahmoism over a period of more than thirty yea
 rs involved a bridging of racialized divisions and hierarchies and a model
 ling of respectful collaboration that posed an alternative to the dominant
  ‘imperial social formation’ between Britain and India
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambri
 dge CB3 9DT
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