Introduction: Circuits of Culture in Early Modern South Asia: Festschrift in Memory of Allison Busch (1969–2019)

In situating the questions of how languages shape the ideas of history, history writing, and self-identification of community, the importance of colonialism is key. Allison Busch's scholarship framed an important intervention in our collective approach to the early-modern subcontinent. This article introduces a special section consisting of articles by students, colleagues, and mentors of Busch.