-----Original Message-----
From: Shiraz Durrani
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 10/08/2002 02:19
Subject: Asian Servants in 17th- & 18th-Century Britain
Asian Servants in 17th- & 18th-Century Britain
03 September 2002
A little known aspect of the East India Company's trading connection
with India was the importation of Indian servants into Britain. This
talk examines how and why Asian servants came to be brought to Britain
and explores their lives, position and status in British households and
18th-century British society. It will also discuss the career of Sake
Dean Mahomed, the first Indian author in English and the earliest known
Indian entrepreneur, who established the first Indian 'curry house' and
popularised the therapeutic Indian massage at his Brighton Baths, rising
to the position of George IV's 'shampooing surgeon'. Rozina Visram is a
historian and educationalist. She is the author of the pioneering Ayahs,
Lascars and Princes and the recently published Asians in Britain: 400
Years of History (both published by Pluto).
Event time: 18.15-19.30
Speaker: Rozina Visram
Location: The Conference Centre - The British Library, London
Price: £5.00 (concessions, £3.50)
|