Md Azmeary Ferdoush is Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher based in the Karelian Institute at the University of Eastern Finland. Before taking up his position at the Karelian Institute, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland and explored the way regional changes and transformation processes take place in Arctic Finland and its adjacent regions due to state and supra-state organizations. He was awarded the prestigious East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship.

• Introduction: remnants, nations, and the sovereign; 1. Sovereign atonement; 2. From 'sensitive' to 'symbolic spaces'; 3. Land and citizenship as technologies of territory; 4. Everyday governance: ambiguity, accountability, and abundance; 5. Infrastructure, belonging, and the state; 6. Refusal and tolerance; Epilogue; Appendix: A note on methods; References.

'Sovereign Atonement spans time and borders to tell the fascinating story of the India-Bangladesh enclaves, their exchange, and their afterlives. Addressing the question of what territorial exchange means from the perspective of those most directly affected, Azmeary Ferdoush pushes us to rethink sovereignty, territory, and processes of redress from the ground up.' Jason Cons, author of Sensitive Space: Fragmented Territory at the India-Bangladesh Border