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My primary research interests are connected to the postcolonial theory of colonial anxiety. In particular, the dichotomy of the colonial and migrational nuances / signifiers involved. As a primary means of investigation, I have extensively used Lacanian thought into structural anxiety to analyse a range of sources including epistolary correspondence, literature and fiction, periodicals and primary printed material such as travellers' diaries.

My interest in this field of study developed out of my research into the personal experiences of colonial servants living in India and working for the East India Company during the early eighteenth century. I realised that many of the assumptions that scholars work from in terms of migration in empire and, more specifically, colonial anxiety, did not sit easy with existing studies or theories. This was primarily due to theoretical assumptions arising out of later examples from periods when the notion of empire and imperial service were well established. For earlier periods, for example that of Sir Robert Cowan, Governor of Bombay (1729-34), signifiers of colonial anxiety could not be effectively tied to existing theories in a neat way.

The date range of my research interests spans the period 1680-1865. Geographically, my work has examined South and Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and North America. My interest in the postcolonial world has evolved out of my work into empire from epistolary sources. This was initially confined to postcolonial theory on the notion of colonial anxiety with regard to manuscript sources. My interests very rapidly diversified into the literary aspects of colonial anxiety and the postcolonial question for India and Indonesia. Publications on this were released throughout 2020 and 2021.

As regards my American postcolonial connection, my current work has examined literary accounts (published diaries / fiction / periodicals) of trail life and society in the Nineteenth Century American West. Again, this was primarily carried out through the lens of the postcolonial theory of colonial anxiety. Further publications on this development are currently in press and are due for publication in late 2022 and into 2023. This is also the subject of the monograph that I am currently working on, with the American example providing the main thread of discussion. Effectively, I wish to more fully integrate the history of American migration, settlers and colonisation into the wider canon of postcolonial studies.

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Education and qualifications (1)

Trinity College, Dublin: Dublin, IE

2015 to 2020 | PhD (History)
Qualification
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Edward Owen Teggin

Works (17)

A Literary Crossroads: Colonial Anxiety and Ecological Imperialism in The Tale of Saidjah and Adinda

Journal of Language and Literature
2024-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin; Kristiawan Indriyanto
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Andy Adams and Western Myth: the frontier and his ‘Log of a Cowboy’

Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture
2024-05-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin; Shofi Mahmudah Budi Utami
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Anxiety Caused by Too Many Cats in Bohumil Hrabal’s “All My Cats”

OKARA: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra
2023-05-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin; Yostiani Noor Asmi Harini
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A Companion on the Way: Horses and Ponies, Agency and Material Culture on the Montana Trail, c. 1865

Cheiron: The International Journal of Equine and Equestrian History
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin
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Edward Owen Teggin

An Anxious Undertaking: Colonial and Migrational Anxiety on the Nineteenth-Century Pioneer Trails

[Inter]sections
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin
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Edward Owen Teggin

An East India Company Perspective on Eighteenth-Century Persia: Insights from the Papers of Robert Cowan

Nouvelles Chroniques du manuscrit au Yémen
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Edward Owen Teggin
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Edward Owen Teggin

Space and Anxiety in the Colonial Novel: The Concepts of Sanctuary and Confinement in Burmese Days, Max Havelaar, Kim and Midnight's Children

Scientia
2022-03-31 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

Divergent destinies: The english royal colony of tangier and the island settlement of bombay, c. 1662-85

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85111500175

Part of ISSN: 22126821
Contributors: Teggin, E.O.
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The Presbyterian International and the Case of Robert Cowan: A Study in Robust Action, c. 1710-34

Journal of Historical Network Research
2021-11-30 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

Colonial Anxiety Through Literary Signifier: The Case of Max Havelaar and Burmese Days

Humanis
2021-11-18 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

The Search for "Home" in Empire: Experiences of Colonial and Migrational Anxiety

Postcolonial Text
2021-09-29 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

Piracy in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf: A View from Bombay, c. 1721-1734

Nouvelles Chroniques du Manuscrit au Yémen
2021-07-31 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

Divergent Destinies: The English Royal Colony of Tangier and the Island Settlement of Bombay, c. 1662-85

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures
2021-06-29 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

East India Company Power Projection: Kanhoji Angré and the Anglo-Portuguese Expedition of 1721

Guerra Colonial
2021-06-16 | Journal article
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Edward Owen Teggin

Dreams and the personal experience of colonial servants: Towards a structured understanding of colonial anxiety

European Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85101898075

Part of ISSN: 20673795
Contributors: Teggin, E.O.
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Edward Owen Teggin via Scopus - Elsevier

Colonial Anxiety and Identity: Ethnic Networks as Cultural Supports in Colonial South Asia and Sumatra

Indonesian Historical Studies
2020-12-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2579-4213
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Edward Owen Teggin

The East India Company Career of Sir Robert Cowan in Bombay and the Western Indian Ocean, c. 1719-34

2020-03-11 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Edward Owen Teggin