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Professor McClure, Alastair Richard

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Assistant Professor

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Professor McClure, Alastair Richard

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Assistant Professor

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Alastair McClure is a legal historian of modern South Asia and the British Empire with research interests that focus largely on the history of criminal law and state violence. His most recent publications have included studies of courtroom archives, corporal punishment, capital punishment, and censorship. This research has been supported by grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, and the University Grants Council, Hong Kong. Before joining the University of Hong Kong, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at McGill University and the University of Chicago. Between September to December of 2023 he will be a ICAS:MP research fellow based in New Delhi.

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
Cardiff UniversityBA
Cardiff UniversityMA
University of CambridgePhD
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
MemberAmerican Society for Legal History
Managing EditorJournal of Indian Ocean World Studies
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