Publications
Selected publications
- Communalism and globalization in South Asia and its diaspora (Book - 2010)
- Purifying Empire (Book - 2010)
- Torture, the State and Sexual Violence against Men in Colonial India (Journal article - 2017)
- Bureaucracy, Power and Violence in Colonial India: The Role of Indian Subalterns (Chapter - 2016)
- South Asian Governmentalities: Michel Foucault and the Question of Postcolonial Orderings (Book - 2018)
- Colonial Terror (Book - 2021)
- A ‘nameless, dreadful wrong’: The Construction of Police Rape as an Unnameable (and Hence Unpunishable) Crime in Colonial India (Conference Paper - 2019)
- The Tortured Body: The Irrevocable Tension between Sovereign and Biopower in Colonial Indian Technologies of Rule (Chapter - 2018)
- States of Exception, Torture and the Control of Racial Others (Journal article - 2018)
- Introducing South Asian Governmentalities (Chapter - 2018)
2024
https://theconversation.com/dunki-what-this-new-bollywood-film-tells-us-about-the-imperial-history-of-the-uks-immigration-system-220800
Heath, D. (2024). https://theconversation.com/dunki-what-this-new-bollywood-film-tells-us-about-the-imperial-history-of-the-uks-immigration-system-220800. [Blog].
2023
The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire, by Lisa Ford
Heath, D. (2023). The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire, by Lisa Ford. The English Historical Review, 138(593), 1026-1027. doi:10.1093/ehr/cead098
Policing, Rape, and the Archive in Colonial India
Heath, D. (2023, May 31). Policing, Rape, and the Archive in Colonial India. In ‘Do No Harm’: Researching the Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Sexual Violence. Birkbeck, UCL.
Twisted Words: Torture and Liberalism in Imperial Britain
Heath, D. (2023). Twisted Words: Torture and Liberalism in Imperial Britain. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 16(2), 414-416. doi:10.1080/17539153.2023.2169983
Joseph McQuade. <i>A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea</i>.
Heath, D. (2023). Joseph McQuade. <i>A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea</i>.. The American Historical Review, 128(1), 472-473. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhad070
2022
Book review: Devika Sethi, War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930–1960
Heath, D. (2022). Book review: Devika Sethi, War over Words: Censorship in India, 1930–1960. The Indian Economic & Social History Review, 59(1), 119-121. doi:10.1177/00194646211066022
2021
Colonial Terror
Heath, D. (2021). Colonial Terror. Oxford University PressOxford. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192893932.001.0001
Introduction: Torture, Empire, and the Exception
Heath, D. (2021). Introduction: Torture, Empire, and the Exception. In Colonial Terror: Torture and State Violence in Colonial India. New York: Oxford University Press.
2020
Decolonising Curricula: Strategies, Approaches and Teaching Tools
Heath, D., & Kearon-Warrilow, E. (2020, October 28). Decolonising Curricula: Strategies, Approaches and Teaching Tools. In Decolonization Workshop. Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
Sanitizing modernity: Imperial hygiene, obscenity, and moral regulation in colonial India
Heath, D. (2020). Sanitizing modernity: Imperial hygiene, obscenity, and moral regulation in colonial India. In Enchantments of Modernity: Empire, Nation, Globalization (pp. 113-132).
2019
Untold Histories of Empire
Heath, D., & Martin, E. (2019, November 14). Untold Histories of Empire [Exhibition]. World Museum. Retrieved from https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/history/blog/2019/untold-histories-of-empire/
Peterloo and Amritsar – 100 years apart but united in the bloody history of Britain’s empire
Heath, D. (2019). Peterloo and Amritsar – 100 years apart but united in the bloody history of Britain’s empire. [The Conversation]. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
Police Torture, Bare Life and Sovereignty in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2019, July 19). Police Torture, Bare Life and Sovereignty in Colonial India. In The State, Policing, and the Law: Understanding the Genealogies and Nature of Police Violence in India. Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The Unworlding Violence of Colonialism
Heath, D. L. (2019, July 8). The Unworlding Violence of Colonialism. In ISRF Workshop on Violence. ISRF, London.
Promoting Diversity and Equality in Undergraduate Teaching
Heath, D. L., & Jeater, D. (2019). Promoting Diversity and Equality in Undergraduate Teaching. University of Liverpool.
Trauma, History and the Legacies of Colonial Violence
Heath, D. L. (2019). Trauma, History and the Legacies of Colonial Violence. ISRF Bulletin, XIX, 9-14. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/isrf/docs/isrf_bulletin_issue_xix
The Royal Visit to India and Bhutan and the Legacies of Empire
Heath, D. L. (2019). The Royal Visit to India and Bhutan and the Legacies of Empire. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/
A ‘nameless, dreadful wrong’: The Construction of Police Rape as an Unnameable (and Hence Unpunishable) Crime in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2019, April 3). A ‘nameless, dreadful wrong’: The Construction of Police Rape as an Unnameable (and Hence Unpunishable) Crime in Colonial India. In British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference. Durham University.
Sexual Violence and the Colonial Archive
Heath, D. L. (2019, February 8). Sexual Violence and the Colonial Archive. In The Nineteenth Century Archive as a Discourse of Power. Durham University.
2018
The Tortured Body: The Irrevocable Tension between Sovereign and Biopower in Colonial Indian Technologies of Rule
Heath, D. L. (2018). The Tortured Body: The Irrevocable Tension between Sovereign and Biopower in Colonial Indian Technologies of Rule. In S. Legg, & D. Heath (Eds.), South Asian Governmentalities: Michel Foucault and the Question of Postcolonial Orderings (pp. 224-246). New Delhi and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108571982.010
Jane McCabe. Race, Tea and Colonial Resettlement: Imperial Families, Interrupted.
Heath, D. (2018). Jane McCabe. Race, Tea and Colonial Resettlement: Imperial Families, Interrupted.. The American Historical Review, 123(4), 1295-1296. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhy042
Rethinking the Colonial Archive
Heath, D. L. (2018, September 26). Rethinking the Colonial Archive. In ISRF Workshop: Relating Pasts and Presents – History of Science and Social Science. Berlin.
States of Exception, Torture and the Control of Racial Others
Heath, D. L. (2018). States of Exception, Torture and the Control of Racial Others. ISRF Bulletin, XVI, 15-19.
Policing, Law and Torture in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2018, January 6). Policing, Law and Torture in Colonial India. In Policing in South Asia: Dilemmas of Governance and the Making of Participatory Communities. Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Introducing South Asian Governmentalities
Heath, D., & Legg, S. (n.d.). Introducing South Asian Governmentalities. In South Asian Governmentalities (pp. 1-36). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108571982.001
South Asian Governmentalities: Michel Foucault and the Question of Postcolonial Orderings
Legg, S., & Heath, D. L. (Eds.) (2018). South Asian Governmentalities: Michel Foucault and the Question of Postcolonial Orderings. New Delhi and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108571982
The Tortured Body: The Irrevocable Tension between Sovereign and Biopower in Colonial Indian Technologies of Rule
Heath, D. (n.d.). The Tortured Body: The Irrevocable Tension between Sovereign and Biopower in Colonial Indian Technologies of Rule. In South Asian Governmentalities (pp. 224-246). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108571982.010
2017
Torture, the State and Sexual Violence against Men in Colonial India
Heath, D. (2017). Torture, the State and Sexual Violence against Men in Colonial India. Radical History Review, 2016(126), 122-133. doi:10.1215/01636545-3594469
Colonialism, Violence and Bare Life
Heath, D. L. (2017, August 21). Colonialism, Violence and Bare Life. In The Civilising Violence of Colonialism: South Asian Experiences and Legacies. Girton College, Cambridge University.
India’s torture record is dire – but Britain has little to crow about
Heath, D. L. (2017). India’s torture record is dire – but Britain has little to crow about. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
Stephen Legg, Prostitution and the Ends of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, and Interwar India (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014), pp. vii + 281. ISBN 978‐0‐8223‐5773‐5 (pb).
HEATH, D. (2017). Stephen Legg, Prostitution and the Ends of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, and Interwar India (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014), pp. vii + 281. ISBN 978‐0‐8223‐5773‐5 (pb).. Gender & History, 29(2), 473-474. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12301
Violence and the Exception in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2017, June 20). Violence and the Exception in Colonial India. In Law and Society Conference. Mexico City.
2016
The Ongoing Effect of Empire – in Britain
Heath, D. L. (2016). The Ongoing Effect of Empire – in Britain. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/the-ongoing-effect-of-empire-in-britain-67429
Policing Bare Life in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2016, October 21). Policing Bare Life in Colonial India. In Empire and Policing Workshop. University of Liverpool.
Bureaucracy, Power and Violence in Colonial India: The Role of Indian Subalterns
Heath, D. (2016). Bureaucracy, Power and Violence in Colonial India: The Roleof Indian Subalterns. In P. Crooks, & T. Parsons (Eds.), Empires and Bureaucracy in World History: From Late Antiquity to the Twentieth Century (pp. 364-390). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781316694312.016
Bureaucracy, Power and Violence in Colonial India: The Role of Indian Subalterns
Heath, D. (2016). Bureaucracy, Power and Violence in Colonial India: The Role of Indian Subalterns. In Empires and Bureaucracy in World History (pp. 364-390). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781316694312.016
Violence, Law and Sovereignty in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2016, May 6). Violence, Law and Sovereignty in Colonial India. In Refining the Legal Lens: New Directions in Modern Indian Legal History. Cambridge University.
Thinking beyond Governmentality: Torture as a Technology of Rule in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2016, February 12). Thinking beyond Governmentality: Torture as a Technology of Rule in Colonial India. In Foucault, Political Life, and History: South Asian Governmentalities. Institute of Historical Research, University of London.
School Curriculum Continues to Whitewash Britain’s Imperial Past
Heath, D. L. (2016). School Curriculum Continues to Whitewash Britain’s Imperial Past. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
2015
Colonialism as the ‘unmaking of the world’: Reinterpreting Colonial Violence through the Body in Pain
Heath, D. L. (2015, December 10). Colonialism as the ‘unmaking of the world’: Reinterpreting Colonial Violence through the Body in Pain. In Re-engaging Elaine Scarry’s The Body in Pain: A Thirteenth Anniversary Retrospective. University of Brighton.
Museums Have Long Overlooked the Violence of Empire
Heath, D. L. (2015). Museums Have Long Overlooked the Violence of Empire. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
Modi in London: ‘Two great nations, one glorious future’ – just don’t mention the past
Heath, D. L. (2015). Modi in London: ‘Two great nations, one glorious future’ – just don’t mention the past. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/
What Counts as ‘Colonial’ Violence? Reinterpreting Interpersonal Violence Among the Colonised
Heath, D. L. (2015, June 29). What Counts as ‘Colonial’ Violence? Reinterpreting Interpersonal Violence Among the Colonised. In Violence, Colonialism, and Empire. British Academy.
2014
Re-thinking Colonial Violence: Colonial Governmentality and the Violated Subaltern Body
Heath, D. L. (2014, October 17). Re-thinking Colonial Violence: Colonial Governmentality and the Violated Subaltern Body. In Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin.
Theorising the Embodied Violence of Colonialism: Difference, Domesticity, and the ‘Unmaking’ of the World
Heath, D. L. (2014, July 7). Theorising the Embodied Violence of Colonialism: Difference, Domesticity, and the ‘Unmaking’ of the World. In Hard and Soft Power: Questions of Race, Intimacy, and Violence in the Comparative Colonial Toolkit. University of Kent.
The Embodied Violence of Colonialism
Heath, D. L. (2014, March 14). The Embodied Violence of Colonialism. In What is the History of the Body?. Institute of Historical Research, London.
2013
Colonialism and the Governmental State in Settler versus Non-Settler Colonies
Heath, D. L. (2013, October 18). Colonialism and the Governmental State in Settler versus Non-Settler Colonies. In Colonial Administration in the Modern State. University of Liverpool.
2012
Systemic Violence and the State in Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2012, October 11). Systemic Violence and the State in Colonial India. In 42nd Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin.
Colonial Violence
Colonial Violence (n.d.). In Missionary Discourses of Difference. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137032393.0014
Enchantments of Modernity
Dube, S. (n.d.). Enchantments of Modernity. Routledge India. doi:10.4324/9780203150993
2010
Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and its Diaspora
Heath, D., & Mathur, C. (Eds.) (n.d.). Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and its Diaspora. In . Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203837054
Communalism and globalization in South Asia and its diaspora
Heath, D., & Mathur, C. (2010). Communalism and globalization in South Asia and its diaspora. doi:10.4324/9780203837054
Purifying Empire
Heath, D. (2010). Purifying Empire. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511730122
2009
Communalism, Globalization, and Governmentality: Some Reflections on South Asia
Heath, D. (2009). Communalism, Globalization, and Governmentality: Some Reflections on South Asia. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 29(3), 573-581. doi:10.1215/1089201x-2009-039
Colonialism, Governmentality, and Identity
Heath, D. L. (2009, May 6). Colonialism, Governmentality, and Identity. In Postcolonial Studies Association inaugural conference. Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Colonialism, the Body and the Governance of the Self
Heath, D. L. (2009, January 2). Colonialism, the Body and the Governance of the Self. In American Historical Association Annual Meeting. New York.
Modernity and Social Justice in Indian Popular Cinema
Heath, D. (2009). Modernity and Social Justice in Indian Popular Cinema. In K. Hall (Ed.), Studies in Inequality and Social Justice: Festschrift for Ved Prakash Vatuk (pp. 240-255). Meerut: Archana Publications.
2008
Colonialism, Governmentality, and Law
Heath, D. L. (2008, July 3). Colonialism, Governmentality, and Law. In Crime and the Colonial: Forces, Continuities and Contemporary Strategies. University of London.
Obscenity, Censorship, and Modernity
Heath, D. (n.d.). Obscenity, Censorship, and Modernity. In A Companion to the History of the Book (pp. 508-519). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470690949.ch37
Obscenity, Empire and Global Networks
Heath, D. (2008). Obscenity, Empire and Global Networks. Commodities of Empire, (Workin), 16. Retrieved from http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/commodities-of-empire/working-papers
2007
Globalising the World Desi Style: Indian films as Global Commodities
Heath, D. L. (2007, July 13). Globalising the World Desi Style: Indian films as Global Commodities. In Commodities of Empire Workshop. University College London.
Settler and Non-Settler Colonialisms: A Call for New Comparisons
Heath, D. L. (2007, June 5). Settler and Non-Settler Colonialisms: A Call for New Comparisons. In Fifth Galway Conference on Colonialism. University College Galway.
Morality, Contagion, and the Cordon Sanitaire: Contestations over the Fashioning of a New Spatial Form of Governance in the British Empire in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Heath, D. L. (2007, May 18). Morality, Contagion, and the Cordon Sanitaire: Contestations over the Fashioning of a New Spatial Form of Governance in the British Empire in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. In 28th Conference of Irish Historians Annual Conference. Queens University, Belfast.
India, Identity and Globalization
Heath, D. (2007). India, Identity and Globalization. Field Day Review, 176-185.
Obscenity, Empire and Global Networks
Heath, D. (2007). Obscenity, Empire and Global Networks. In R. Lentin, & K. Fricker (Eds.), Performing Global Networks (pp. 121-138). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2006
The Moral Logic of Colonialism: Gender, Governmentality, and the Double Bind of Moral Relativity
Heath, D. L. (2006, November 17). The Moral Logic of Colonialism: Gender, Governmentality, and the Double Bind of Moral Relativity. In Women’s History Association of Ireland Annual Conference. Trinity College Dublin.
Colonial Governmentality in South Asia: A Reassessment
Heath, D. L. (2006, October 19). Colonial Governmentality in South Asia: A Reassessment. In 35th Annual Conference on South Asia. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Censorship and the Construction of the Colonial Subject
Heath, D. L. (2006, April 19). Censorship and the Construction of the Colonial Subject. In British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference. Birkbeck, UCL.
Comparative Colonialism, Moral Censorship and Governmentality
Heath, D. (2006). Comparative Colonialism, Moral Censorship and Governmentality. In D. Kennedy, D. Ghosh, D. Kennedy, & D. Ghosh (Eds.), Decentering Empire: Britain, India and the Transcolonial World (pp. 213-242). New Delhi: Orient Longman.
Purity, Obscenity and the Making of an Imperial Censorship System
Heath, D. (2006). Purity, Obscenity and the Making of an Imperial Censorship System. In Media and the British Empire (pp. 160-173). Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230205147_10
2005
Genealogizing the Idea of the Superiority of Indian Modernity vis-à-vis its Western Variants
Heath, D. L. (2005, October 6). Genealogizing the Idea of the Superiority of Indian Modernity vis-à-vis its Western Variants. In 34th Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin.
Globalising the Local and Localizing the Global: Colonialism, Culture and the Production of Multiple Modernities
Heath, D. L. (2005, March 11). Globalising the Local and Localizing the Global: Colonialism, Culture and the Production of Multiple Modernities. In Beyond Imperial Centre and Colonial Periphery: Reconnecting the Global and the Local. Cambridge University.
2004
Beyond Metropole and Colony: South Asia, Colonialism, and Comparative History
Heath, D. L. (2004, March 4). Beyond Metropole and Colony: South Asia, Colonialism, and Comparative History. In Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting. San Diego, California.
2003
Transnational Histories: The Pitfalls, Perils and Possibilities of Comparative Colonial Project
Heath, D. L. (2003, April 4). Transnational Histories: The Pitfalls, Perils and Possibilities of Comparative Colonial Project. In How Empire Mattered: Imperial Structures and Globalization in the Era of British Imperialism. University of California at Berkeley.
Falling Foul of the Empire: Emile Zola and the Establishment of an Imperial Censorship System
Heath, D. L. (2003, January 31). Falling Foul of the Empire: Emile Zola and the Establishment of an Imperial Censorship System. In Books and Empire. Sydney.
2002
Sexuality and the State in Late Colonial India
Heath, D. L. (2002, April 4). Sexuality and the State in Late Colonial India. In Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C..
Colonialism and Transnationalism
Heath, D. L. (2002, January 3). Colonialism and Transnationalism. In American Historical Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California.
2001
Subverting the Civilizing Mission in the British Empire
Heath, D. L. (2001, October 18). Subverting the Civilizing Mission in the British Empire. In The Western Humanities Alliance Annual Conference. University of California, Davis.
Expanding the Frontiers of Imperial History: New Approaches to Comparative Imperialism
Heath, D. L. (2001, April 6). Expanding the Frontiers of Imperial History: New Approaches to Comparative Imperialism. In Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. Stanford University.
Literary Censorship, Imperialism and the White Australia Policy
Heath, D. (2001). Literary Censorship, Imperialism and the White Australia Policy. In M. Lyons, & J. Arnold (Eds.), A History of the Book in Australia 1891-1945: Towards a National Culture in a Colonized Market, 1890-1945 (pp. 69-82). St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press.
Settler Colonies Versus Colonies of Conquest: A Call for New Comparisons
Heath, D. (2001). Settler Colonies Versus Colonies of Conquest: A Call for New Comparisons. Asian Studies Newsletter, 46(2).
2000
Censoring the Empire: The Censorship of ‘Obscene’ Publications in Australia and India, 1880 to 1939
Heath, D. L. (2000, September 16). Censoring the Empire: The Censorship of ‘Obscene’ Publications in Australia and India, 1880 to 1939. In History of the Book: The Next Generation. Drew University.
’Risky to Support it’ and ‘Indelicate to Oppose it’: The Censorship of Obscenity in India, 1880 to 1939
Heath, D. L. (2000, February 4). ’Risky to Support it’ and ‘Indelicate to Oppose it’: The Censorship of Obscenity in India, 1880 to 1939. In 15th Annual South Asia Conference, “Technologies of Representation: Media, Communities and Consumption in South Asia”. University of California, Berkeley.
1999
“(Re)Producing the Indian Subject/Nation: The Role of the State in Literary and Film Censorship
Heath, D. L. (1999, October 13). “(Re)Producing the Indian Subject/Nation: The Role of the State in Literary and Film Censorship. In 29th Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin.