His proposed project links thematically to research topics of Prof. Dr. Judith Becker who acts as host for the period of his research stay: Christian internationalism, history of missions, history of Christianity in India. During his two-year fellowship Dr. Donald will analyse postcolonial Marathi magazines (1948-2010) produced and nurtured by the East Indian Catholics of Coastal Maharashtra, India. East Indian Catholics are a multi-ethnic community born out of colonial and religious contacts with the Portuguese in the 16th century. The archive, he argues, captures complex negotiations of a 'minority' group to belong and participate in an evolving postcolonial public sphere that often stigmatized them for their 'colonial' connections.
New Alexander von Humboldt-Fellow at the Faculty of Theology
The Faculty of Theology welcomes an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: Dr Nidhin Donald will spend two years conducting research at the Chair of Early Modern and Modern History of Christianity. His work focuses on Catholic magazines in postcolonial India