Department Faculty

"I am a historian of early modern South Asia ( 17 th to early 19th centuries). My research interests focus on the cultural and intellectual history and political culture of the region and range from early encounters with British colonialism to the cultural dynamics of the Mughal and later Mughal periods. My recent publications include, “The Persianization of Itihasa: Performance Narratives and Mughal Political Culture in Eighteenth Century Bengal”, Journal of Asian Studies, 67, 2, May 2008 and Europe Observed: Multiple Gazes in Early Modern Encounters (co-edited with Clement Hawes), Bucknell University Press, 2008. A monograph entitled, The Cultures of History in Early Modern India:Persianization and Mughal Culture in 17th and 18th Century Bengal is forthcoming from the Oxford University Press. Iam currently working on a book about the cultural history of 17th and 18th century South Asia with an emphasis on transregional cosmoplitanism. "