Personal profile
Research overview
I am a Modern British, Imperial and Media Historian. My multidisciplinary research and teaching encompasses the 19th and 20th centuries, including contemporary history. My areas of interest and publications cover a wide range of topics including modern communications; British media and politics; the British Monarchy; the British popular press; the BBC; Imperial propaganda; the First and Second World Wars; Modern South Asia, especially modern India; India under the British Raj; Indian media and politics; M.K. Gandhi; and Decolonisation. I have also published research into Portuguese media and empire, Maltese history, and the Empire and Commonwealth Press Union.
Academic/Professional Qualification
Future research
Monograph and edited books on M.K. Gandhi and the Media; a major new book on the BBC and India supported by the award of a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
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M.K. Gandhi, Media, Politics and Society: New Perspectives
Kaul, C. (Editor), 2020, Palgrave Macmillan. 168 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media; vol. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“The meek ass between two burdens?” the BBC and India during the second world war
Kaul, C., 2020, Allied Communication to the Public during the Second World War: National and Transnational Networks. Eliot, S. & Wiggam, M. (eds.). London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 203-222Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Gallipoli, media and commemorations during 2015 select perspectives
Kaul, C., 2018, In: Media History. 24, 1, p. 115-141 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India c. 1880-1922
Kaul, C., 2018, New Indian Edition ed. New Delhi: Viva Books Private Ltd. 320 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Media and the Portuguese empire
Garcia, J. L. (Editor), Kaul, C. (Editor), Subtil, F. (Editor) & Santos, A. (Editor), 2017, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 355 p. (Palgrave studies in the history of the media)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship: The BBC and India
Kaul, C. (PI)
1/09/20 → 31/08/22
Project: Fellowship
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From Mother India to Free India: From 'Mother India' to 'Free India': American Popular Culture, Imperialism and India c1900-1950
Kaul, C. (PI)
1/09/14 → 31/08/15
Project: Standard
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Research in India on Communications: Research in India on Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience: Britain and India, 1858-1947
Kaul, C. (PI)
31/10/10 → 30/10/11
Project: Standard
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Imperial Experience: Britain & India 185: Imperial Experience: Britain & India 1858 - 1947
Kaul, C. (PI)
1/01/09 → 31/12/10
Project: Standard
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The Empire Press Union and India 1909/70: The Empire press Union and India 1909-1970
Kaul, C. (PI)
1/04/04 → 31/03/05
Project: Standard
Activities
- 4 Editor of research journal
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Twentieth Century British History (Journal)
Kaul, C. (Member of editorial board)
2010Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Media History (Journal)
Kaul, C. (Editor)
Nov 2009Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Media History (Journal)
Kaul, C. (Member of editorial board)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal
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Media History (Journal)
Kaul, C. (Member of editorial board)
2000 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of research journal