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Dr. Lydia Walker, a Junior Research Fellow speaking at the DOTTalks lecture series held in Tetso College on December 7.
Dimapur, December 11 (MExN): As part of the DOTTalks lecture series, a lecture on the topic ‘Decolonisation and its Discontents: Naga Claims-Making and Indian State-Making, 1944-1960’ with Dr. Lydia Walker, a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London was organized at Tetso College on December 7.
The College in a press release stated that the event was attended by teachers and students from different colleges and high schools.
In her lecture, Dr Walker focussed on post-1945 political transformation, the role of non-state actors in international relations as well as definitions of national sovereignty, among other topics.
While theorizing her stance on the subject, she systematically developed the academic nexus between colonisation, decolonisation and factual positions of various nationalities focussing on that of the Nagas.
She explained that the former international order of the United Nations and cold war political alignment recognised national self-determination as a right and also explained the ‘hidden stories’ of anti-colonial claims within post-colonial states, and claims that operated through informal networks.
Dr. Walker also meticulously examined the nature of Naga claims of independence and sovereignty from the perspective of international diplomacy, colonial interests and international law. Her lecture primarily focused on political transformation, the role of non-state actors in international relations, religiously infused nationalism and activisms, as well as definitions of national sovereignty in the context of the Naga National Movement.
