Curriculum Vitae
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Present Position (2006-present)
Brown Family Chair of South Asian History Department of History Claremont McKenna College 850 Columbia Ave Claremont, CA 91711 Phone: (909) 607 0490 Email:nkumar@cmc.edu |
Honorary Position (2003 onwards)
Professor & Director Centre for Postcolonial Education NIRMAN N1/70 Nagwa, Varanasi 221005 India Website: www.nirman.info |
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| Education | ||
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| University of Chicago | 1984 | Ph.D., History |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi | 1978 | M.Phil, History |
| University of Bridgeport, Conn | 1974 | M.A., History |
| Patrice Lumamba University, Moscow | 1972 | Certificate, Philology |
| University of Lucknow, U.P. | 1970 | B.A., English Literature, History, Economics |
| Professional History | ||
| Claremont McKenna College | 2005 on | Professor, History Dept |
| University of Michigan | 2002-2005 | Professor, History Dept |
| Reed College | 2001-2002 | Professor, History Dept |
| Centre for Postcolonial Educaton, Varanasi | October 2001 onwards January 2003 onwards | Professor Honorary Director |
| Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta | 1990-2001 | Fellow |
| Brandeis University | 2000-2001 | Madeleine Haas Russell Professor in non-Western and Comparative Studies |
| Yale University | 1998-1999 | Fulbright Fellow, Anthropology Visiting Professor, History |
| Brown University | Jan 1987- Dec 1989 | Mellon Fellow & Asst Professor, History Dept |
| University of Chicago | 1983-1985 | Lecturer, MA Program in the Social Sciences |
| University of Delhi | 1975-1978 | Lecturer, History |
| Books | |
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| 2007 | The Politics of Gender, Community, and Modernity. Delhi: Oxford University Press |
| 2001 | Edited. Explorations in the Intellectual History of Colonial and Precolonial India. Delhi: Sage. Special issue of Indian Economic and Social History Review 38,1 |
| 2000 | Lessons from Schools: A History of Education in Banaras. Delhi and Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage |
| 2000 | Translated, with an afterword. Mai: a novel by Geetanjali Shree. Delhi: Kali for Women |
| 1994 | Edited. Women as Subjects: South Asian Histories. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia |
| 1992 | Friends, Brothers and Informants: Fieldwork Memoirs of Banaras. Berkeley: University of California Press |
| 1988 | The Artisans of Banaras: Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986. Princeton: Princeton University Press |
| Articles and Chapters | |
| Forthcoming | "The Ramlila Project: Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization." In William Ascher and John Heffron, ed. Change and Persistence in a Globalizing Society: The Case of Asia and the Pacific. |
| Forthcoming | "A Postcolonial School in a Modern World." In Derek Mulenga, ed. Postcolonialism and Education: Challenging Traditions and Disrupting Boundaries. Palgrave Macmillan |
| 2008 | "Dhanvanthi Rama Rau" and "Manikuntala Sen." In Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 2008 | "The Space of the Child." In Martin Gaenszle and Jorg Gengnagel, ed. Visualizing Space in Banaras: Images, Maps, and the Practice of Representation. Delhi: Oxford University Press |
| 2007 | "Gender in the Madrasas." In Jamal Malik, ed. Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching Terror?. NY: Routledge |
| 2007 | "Age and Control: The Nation, the Neighbourhood and the Home." In Karen Malone, ed. Child Space: An Anthropological Exploration of Young People's Use of Space. New Delhi: Concept Publicshing Company |
| 2006 | "The [no] Work and [no] Leisure World of Women in Assi, Banaras" in Lina Fruzzetti and Sirpa Tenhunen, eds.Culture, Power and Agency: Gender in Indian Ethnography Calcutta: Stri Publications |
| 2006 | The Scholar and her Servants: Towards a Postcolonial Anthropology". India Review |
| 2006 | "Provincialism in Modern India: the Multiple Narratives of Education and their Pain". Modern Asian Studies |
| 2005 | "Mothers and Non-Mothers: Gendering the Discourse of Education in India". Gender and History |
| 2004 | "Seasonality and Love for Indians in a Global Era" in Kalyan Krishna, ed., volume in honour of Professor Anand Krishna |
| 2004 | "Women and Family in South Asia" in Encyclopaedia of Islam and Women |
| 2004 | "Children in South Asia: in Encyclopaedia of Children and Childhood |
| 2003 | "Calcutta" in Encyclopaedia of Urbanism and Urban Cultures |
| 2003 | "Consumption and Lifestyle" in The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, eds., Veena Das, T.N. Madan, and Andre Beteille |
| 2003 | "The Ganga at Banaras" in Amita Bavaskar, ed. Waterlines: the Penguin Anthology of River Writings. Penguin |
| 2003 | "A Postcolonial Site in a Modern World". Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) July |
| 2002 | "History in the Madrasas". Seminar |
| 2002 | "Why do Hindus and Muslims fight? Children and History" in Sarah Lamb and Diana Mines, ed. Everyday Life in South Asia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press |
| 2001 | "Children and the Partition: History for Citizenship" in Suvir Kaul, ed. The Partitions of Memory. Delhi: Permanent Black |
| 2001 | "Learning Modernity? The Technologies of Education in India" in Rene Collingnon and Mamadou Diouf, eds., Les Jeunes: Hantise de l'espace public dans les societes du Sud? Special issue, Autrepart |
| 2001 | "Languages, Families and the Plural Learning of the Nineteenth-century Intelligentsia" in N. Kumar, ed., Explorations in the Intellectual History of Colonial and Precolonial India. Special issue of Indian Economic and Social History Review (IESHR) |
| 1998 | "Why Does Nationalist Education Fail?" in S. Bhattacharya, ed., The Contested Terrain: Perspectives on Education. Delhi: Orient Longman |
| 1998 | "Lessons from Contemporary Schools". Sociological Bulletin |
| 1997 | "The Modernization of Sanskrit Education in Banaras" in W. Radice, ed., Swami Vivekanand and the Modernization of Hinduism. Delhi: Oxford University Press |
| 1996 | "Religion and Ritual in Indian Schools: Banaras from the 1880s to the 1940s" in Nigel Crook, ed., The Transmission of Knowledge in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford Univ. Press |
| 1995 | "The Many Faces of the Modern in Banaras" in P. Kaarsholm, ed., From Post-Traditional to Post-modern. Roskilde University: Occasional paper no 14 |
| 1994 | "Class and Gender Politics in the Ramlila" in William Sax, ed., The Play of the Gods. New York: Oxford University Press |
| 1993 | "Patronage, Identity and Culture Change" in Rana Singh, ed., Banaras: Cosmic Order, Sacred City, Hindu Traditions. Varanasi: Tara Book Agency |
| 1992 | "Class and Gender Politics in the Ramlila" IESHR |
| 1991 | "Changing Education and the Stubborn Work Concept in the Banaras Silk Industry, 1880s to the 1930s". Purusartha |
| 1991 | "Widows, Education and Social Change". EPW |
| 1991 | "Urban Culture in India: the World of the Lower Classes" in Indu Banga, ed., The City in Indian History. Delhi: Manohar |
| 1990 | "The 'Truth' about Muslims in Banaras: an Exploration in Social Curricula and Popular Lore". Social Analysis |
| 1989 | "Work and Leisure in the Formation of Identity: Muslim Weavers in a Hindu City" in S. Freitag, ed., Culture and Power in Banaras. Berkeley: University of California Press |
| 1989 | "Labour, Capital, and the Congress: the Delhi Cloth Mills, 1928-38". IESHR |
| 1987 | "The Mazars of Banaras: a New Perspective on the City's sacred Geography". The National Geographical Journal of India 33, no 3 |
| 1986 | "Open Space and Free Time: Pleasure for the People of Banaras". Contributions to Indian Sociology |
| 1986 | "Patronage, Identity and Culture Change: Five Melas of Banaras" in T.K.Verma, ed., Varanasi Through the Ages. Varanasi: Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samiti |
| Reviews and Miscellaneous (selected) | |
| Forthcoming | Review of Ann Gold, In the Time of Trees and Sorrows: Nature, Power, and Money in Rajasthan. South Asia |
| Forthcoming | Review essay on "Education in India". Indian Economic and Social History Review |
| Forthcoming | Review of Zohra. Economic and Political Weekly |
| 2007 | Review of Tithi Bhattacharya, The Sentinels of Culture: Class, education and the Colonial Intellectuals in Bengal 1848-85. American Historical Review |
| 2003 | Review of Michael Katten, Colonial Lists/Indian Power: identity Formation in 19th c. Telugu-Speaking India. American Historical Review. |
| 2002 | Review of Bradley R. Hertel and Cynthia Ann Humes, eds., Living Banaras: Hindu Religion in Cultural Context. Indian Economic and Social History Review (IESHR) |
| 2001 | Review of Catherine Weinberger-Thomas, Ashes of Immortality, History of Religions 41-2 |
| 2001 | Review of Lynn Zastoupil and Martin Moir, The Great Indian Education Debate. Man |
| 2001 | Review of R.S.Khare, Cultural Diversity and Social Discontent. The Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) |
| 1999 | Review of Jamal Malik, The Colonization of Islamic Education. IESHR |
| 1999 | Review of Sumit Guha and Michael Anderson, Changing Concepts of Rights and Justice in S Asia. IESHR |
| 1998 | Review of Warwick and Reimers, Hope or Despair? Learning in Pakistan's Primary Schools and Jeffery and Basu. Girls' Schooling: Women's Autonomy and Fertility Change in S Asia. JAS |
| 1998 | Review of Vasudha Dalmia, The Nationalization of Hindu Traditions. IESHR |
| 1997 | Review of Joseph Alter, The Wrestler's Body. Man |
| 1996 | Review of Pietrse and Parikh, ed., The Decolonization of the Imagination. The European Journal of Development Research |
| 1995 | Review of Jonathan Parry, Death in Banaras. The Book Review |
| 1992 | Review of Susan Bayly, Saints, Goddesses and Kings. American Historical Review |
| 1992 | Review essay on Gyan Pandey, Veena Das, and Sandria Freitag, "Communalism in Modern India" IESHR |
| 1992 | Review of H.L.Seveviratne, ed., Identity, Consciousness and the Past. Man |
| 1991 | "Banaras, City of Moksha". Seminar |
| 1990 | Review of Peter van der Veer, Gods on Earth. American Ethnologist |
| 1990 | Review of Dipesh Chakravarty, rethinking Working Class History. Labor History |
| 1989 | Review of R. Frykenberg, ed., delhi Through the Ages. Journal of Asian Studies |
| 1986 | Review of Diana Eck, Banaras, City of Light. Contributions to Indian Sociology |
| 1985 | Review of E.R.Gumbert, A World of Strangers. Studies in Comparative International Development |
| 1983 | "The Silk Industry of Banaras". Script and commentary for a film produced by Doordarshan, National Indian Television, Delhi |
| 1975 on | Miscellaneous articles in The Telegraph (Calcutta), The Economic Times (Bombay), The Hindustan Times (Delhi), The Pioneer (Delhi and Lucknow), The Asian Age (Calcutta and Delhi, and India Magazine (Delhi) |
| Grants and awards (selected) | |
| Summer 2007 | Grant from India Foundation for the Arts |
| 2003-2006 | Research grant from IDPAD (Indo-Dutch Programme in Alternative Development) |
| 2001 | American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Fellowship |
| 1999-2000 | Spencer Foundation Short-term Research grant |
| 1999-2000 | Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study Fellowship, the Netherlands |
| 1998-99 | Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship |
| 1994-96 | Indian Council of Social Science Research Senior Fellowship |
| 1992 | British Council Research Grant |
| 1990 | Wenner Gren Foundation Conference Grant |
| 1989-90 | American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Fellowship |
| 1987-88 | Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship |
| 1988 | Ford Foundation Research Grant |
| 1986 | American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Fellowship |
| 1983-84 | Mellon Doctoral Fellowship |
| 1981-82 | Social Science Research Council Doctoral Award |
| 1981-82 | American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship |
| 1979-81 | Gottschalk Award, University of Chicago |
| 1972-73 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellowship, University of Bridgeport, Conn. |
| Invited Lectures and Papers (selected) | |
| 2007 | Lewis & Clark College, Portland; Jamia Millia University, Delhi |
| 2006 | University of California, Berkeley; Los Angeles; University of Michigan |
| 2005 | Universities of Chicago, Heidelberg, Erfurt, Banaras |
| 2004 | Columbia University, University of Texas |
| 2003 | Humanities Institute, University of Michigan; Oberlin College |
| 2002 | Heidelberg University, Leiden University |
| 2001 | Banaras Hindu University, Lewis and Clark College, Cambridge University, Brandeis University |
| 2000 | University of Leiden,, Amsterdam, California-Berkeley, London School of Economics |
| 1999 | Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Oberlin, Chicago, Syracuse; Univ. of Lisbon |
| 1998 | Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Calcutta, Nehru Memorial Library |
| 1997 | Delhi University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay |
| 1995 | Anthropological Association of Finland, University of Helsinki, Tampere, Roskilde |
| 1994 | Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, India International Centre |
| 1993 | University of Chicago, Washington, Lewis and Clark |
| 1992 | University of London, S Asia Colloquium of the Pacific Northwest |
| 1991 | University of Delhi, Calcutta University |
| 1990 | SOAS, Maison des Sciences, Brown University, University of Edinburgh, Manchester, London School of Economics |
| 1989 | Manchester, Harvard, University of California-Los Angeles, Iowa |
| 1988 | Cornell, Princeton, University of North Carolina, India International Centre |
| 1986 | University of California at Berkeley |
| 1985 | Urban History Association, Amritsar |
Languages
Excellent Russian, Hindi, and Bengali; good Urdu; some French, Dutch, Arabic, and Sanskrit
Other interests, work experience, and research projects
I am presently completing two books:
Indian Arts for Indian Children
Pain: The Multiple failures of Education in India
In addition, I have ready a ms on my second round of fieldwork memoirs, tentatively titled A Woman of Many Parts, awaiting revision and submission.
I am doing the secondary research for a book on US education: Learning Culture: Rituals of Empowerment in American Schools, first researched over 1998-99