Dr Amanda Lanzillo
Honorary Research Fellow - SPS
Marie Jahoda 215
- Email: amanda.lanzillo@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265405
- Politics and History
- Social and Political Sciences
- College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Summary
I am an historian of South Asia, researching labour, technology, and social change within South Asian Muslim communities. My forthcoming first book is titled Pious Labour: Islam, artisanship, and technology in colonial India. It analyzes colonial-era social, economic, and technological change in north India through the perspectives of Muslim workers and artisan labourers.
Qualifications
PhD, Indiana University, 2020 MA, Indiana University, 2015 BS, Georgetown University, 2013
Newest selected publications
Lanzillo, A. (2024) 'Princely prisons, state exhibitions, and Muslim industrial authority in colonial India'. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 1356-1863
Lanzillo, A. (2024) 'Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India'. Oakland, CA, USA: University of California Press. ISSN 10: 0-520-39858-0 ISSN 13: 978-0-520-39857-3 Open Access Link
Lanzillo, AM. (2024) 'Prison Papermaking: Colonial Ideals of Industrial Experimentation in India'. Technology and Culture, 65 (1). pp. 63 - 87. ISSN: 0040-165X
Tēraudkalns, V., Harvey, G., Lazzaretti, V., Dias, N., Janzen, R., Lanzillo, A., et al. (2023) 'Book and Film Reviews'. Religion and Society, 14 (1). pp. 198 - 220. ISSN: 2150-9298 Open Access Link
Lanzillo, A. (2022) 'Bombay Cinema's Islamicate History'. Journal of Religion & Film, 26 (2). pp. 1 - 8.Open Access Link