Nira Wickramasinghe is Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Her research centres on issues of belonging and everyday life under colonialism in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean.
Nira is the author of several books including, Slave in a Palanquin: Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka, which was awarded the John F. Richards 2021 Prize in South Asian History by the American Historical Association; Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History; and Monsoon Asia: A Reader on South and Southeast Asia co-edited with David Henley.
A new book, Cinnamon: The Spice that Enchanted the World is due for publication in 2026.
