is a transnational multigenerational byproduct of the British empire, with roots in South Asia, the Caribbean, and across Turtle Island. Trained in Political Science and Political Economy, he is an Associate Professor in the departments of International Development Studies and History at Dalhousie University. Ajay’s work surrounds the theme of the colonial present, or how historical colonial encounters continue to structure and limit the possibilities of freedom today, and how those structures might be dismantled. This centres questions of sovereignty, decolonization, race, and the historical development of capitalism.
