Priya Satia


Priya Satia is the Raymond A. Spruance professor of international history at Stanford University and the award-winning author of Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain’s Covert Empire in the Middle East and Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution. Her most recent book is Time’s Monster: How History Makes History.

Articles by Priya Satia
An illustration shows five fists intermingled with a historical painting of a battle. Behind both, with one eye obscured, is a painting of a man with white hair.
An illustration shows five fists intermingled with a historical painting of a battle. Behind both, with one eye obscured, is a painting of a man with white hair.
An illustration of a person holding a monarchical crown with echoing figures inside the form indicating a new type of democracy.
An illustration of a person holding a monarchical crown with echoing figures inside the form indicating a new type of democracy.
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A climate change protester in New York
A climate change protester in New York
British soldiers in tanks pass an Afghan guard post in 1941.
British soldiers in tanks pass an Afghan guard post in 1941.
Supporters of gun control protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supporters of gun control protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court.