Ajay Skaria
Encyclopedia
Ajay Skaria is a scholar of South Asian Politics
and History
, often associated with Postcolonial and Subaltern Studies
. He is currently teaching at University of Minnesota
in the Department of History.
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
and History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, often associated with Postcolonial and Subaltern Studies
Subaltern Studies
The Subaltern Studies Group or Subaltern Studies Collective are a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and post-imperial societies of South Asia in particular and the developing world in general. The term Subaltern Studies is sometimes also applied more broadly to others...
. He is currently teaching at University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
in the Department of History.
Selected publications
- Hybrid Histories: Forests, Frontiers and Wildness in Western India, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1999, ISBN 0-19-564310-0 - "Women, Witchcraft and Gratuitous Violence in Colonial Western India" in Past & Present no. 155, Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1997 - "Writing, Orality and Power: The Dangs, 1800s-1920s" in Subaltern Studies Volume 9, 1997
- "Some Aporias of History. Time, Truth and Play in Dangs, Gujarat" in Economic and Political Weekly,Vol 34, no.15, April 10-16,1999