Sanjay Subrahmanyam
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam is the holder of Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History at UCLA which he joined in 2004.
. He received his PhD in 1987 in Economics from Delhi School of Economics
. His thesis was titled ‘Trade and the Regional Economy of South India, c. 1550-1650’. He is the son of Indian strategic affairs analyst K. Subrahmanyam
. He is married to the UCLA historian of modern France, Caroline Ford.
, where he taught history of the Mughal empire
, and the comparative history of early modern empires till 2002. In 2002 Dr. Subrahmanyam moved to Oxford
as the first holder of the newly created Chair in Indian History and Culture. In 2004 he became the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian History at UCLA, and a year later, in 2005, he became founding Director of UCLA's Center for India and South Asia.
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.
Bryn Mawr College
in Pennsylvania selected Dr. Subrahmanyam as the 2009 Mary Flexner Lecturer.
Biography
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, did his BA and MA in Economics from University of DelhiUniversity of Delhi
The University of Delhi is a central university situated in Delhi, India and is funded by Government of India. Established in 1922, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate level. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the Chancellor of the university...
. He received his PhD in 1987 in Economics from Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
Delhi School of Economics , commonly referred to as DSE or D School, is a centre of post graduate learning of the University of Delhi. The centre is situated in the university's North Campus in Maurice Nagar, and is surrounded by a host of other prestigious academic institutions of the country...
. His thesis was titled ‘Trade and the Regional Economy of South India, c. 1550-1650’. He is the son of Indian strategic affairs analyst K. Subrahmanyam
K. Subrahmanyam
K. Subrahmanyam was a prominent international strategic affairs analyst, journalist and former Indian civil servant. Considered a proponent of Realpolitik, Subrahmanyam has long been an influential voice in Indian security affairs...
. He is married to the UCLA historian of modern France, Caroline Ford.
Work
Dr. Subrahmanyam taught economic history and comparative economic development at the Delhi School of Economics till 1995. He then moved to Paris as Directeur d’études in the École des hautes études en sciences socialesÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
, where he taught history of the Mughal empire
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
, and the comparative history of early modern empires till 2002. In 2002 Dr. Subrahmanyam moved to Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
as the first holder of the newly created Chair in Indian History and Culture. In 2004 he became the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian History at UCLA, and a year later, in 2005, he became founding Director of UCLA's Center for India and South Asia.
He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009.
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh....
in Pennsylvania selected Dr. Subrahmanyam as the 2009 Mary Flexner Lecturer.
Selected publications
- The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India, 1500-1650, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- (Ed.) Merchants, Markets and the State in Early Modern India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1990.
- Improvising Empire: Portuguese Trade and Settlement in the Bay of Bengal, 1500-1700, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1990 (Revised Portuguese translation: Comércio e Conflito: A Presença Portuguesa no Golfo de Bengala, 1500-1700, Lisbon: Edições 70, 1994).
- (with V. Narayana Rao and David Shulman), Symbols of Substance: Court and State in Nayaka-period Tamil Nadu, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992.
- The Portuguese Empire in Asia, 1500-1700: A Political and Economic History, London and New York: Longman, 1993 (Portuguese translation: O Império Asiático Português, 1500-1700: Uma História Política e Económica, DIFEL Editora, Lisbon, 1996); Chinese translation Putaoya diguo zai yazhou, 1500-1700: Zhengzhi he jingji shi (Macau: Comissão Territorial de Macau para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1997); French translation, L’Empire portugais d’Asie, 1500-1700: Histoire économique et politique (Paris: Maisonneuve et Larose, 1999). Recipient of the Prémio D. João de Castro, Portugal, 1994.
- (Ed.) Money and the Market in India, 1100-1700, Delhi: Oxford University Press, (Series: Themes in Indian History), 1994.
- (Ed.) Merchant Networks in the Early Modern World (Series: An Expanding World, Vol. 8), Aldershot: Variorum Books, 1996.
- (Ed. with Kaushik Basu) Unravelling the Nation: Sectarian Conflict and India’s Secular Identity, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1996.
- (Ed. with Burton Stein) Institutions and Economic Change in South Asia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997 (Spanish translation, Vasco de Gama, Barcelona: Crítica, 1998; Portuguese translation, A Carreira e a Lenda de Vasco da Gama, Lisbon: CNCDP, 1998).
- (Ed. with Muzaffar Alam) The Mughal State, 1526-1750, Delhi: Oxford University Press (Series: Themes in Indian History), 1998.
- (Ed.) Sinners and Saints: The Successors of Vasco da Gama, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Penumbral Visions: Making Polities in Early Modern South India, Delhi/Ann Arbor: Oxford University Press/University of Michigan Press, 2001.
- (with Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman) Textures of Time: Writing History in South India, 1600-1800, New Delhi/New York, Permanent Black/Other Books, 2001/2003 (French translation, Textures du temps: Ecrire l’histoire en Inde, Paris: Le Seuil, 2004). (A review symposium on this book appears in History and Theory, 46 (October 2007).)
- (ed. with Claude Markovits and Jacques Pouchepadass)Society and Circulation: Mobile People and Itinerant Cultures in South Asia, 1750-1950, New Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003.
- (ed.) Land, Politics and Trade in South Asia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Explorations in Connected History: From the Tagus to the Ganges, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Explorations in Connected History: Mughals and Franks, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- (ed. with Kenneth McPherson) From Biography to History: Essays in the History of Portuguese Asia (1500-1800), New Delhi: TransBooks, 2006.
- (with Muzaffar AlamMuzaffar AlamMuzaffar Alam is the George V. Bobrinskoy Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilization at the University of Chicago.-Biography:...
) Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discoveries, 1400-1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.