Spring 2027

Proseminar: Empire and Colonialism in South Asia

A graduate proseminar exploring the historiography of colonial and postcolonial South Asia, focusing on major schools of thought, theoretical axes, and archival methods.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Acquire a critical understanding of the major debates and scholarly trends in South Asian history.

  • Master several approaches to historiographic analysis.

  • Develop the scholarly apparatus for comparative and critical study of South Asia by writing historiographical essays.

  • Create an undergraduate survey course in South Asian history and develop the tools to guide undergraduate student research on colonial and postcolonial South Asia.

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HISTORY 790

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Pre-colonial representations and social/cultural/economic turns in historiography
  • Legal and environmental historiographical methods; global South Asia
  • Major debates and scholarly trends in South Asian history

Skills

  • Historiographic command and analysis of colonial/postcolonial South Asian history
  • Writing historiographical essays for comparative and critical study
  • Creating undergraduate survey courses and guiding student research

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