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Sumathi Ramaswamy

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History
History
Box 90719, Duke University, Department of History, Durham, NC 27701
Dept of History, 325 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Colonial and modern history of India; South Asian anthropology; Tamil studies; the British Empire; gender studies; history of cartography; visual studies; and history of philanthropy

Selected Grants


Anneliese Maier Research Award

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation · 2016 - 2022

Cartography and Creativity in the Age of Global Empire

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2012 - 2012

Barefoot Across India: Art & The Politics of Risk

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2009 - 2010

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award, 2022-2023 · July 2022 - May 2023 Awarded by: U.S. Fulbright Commission
Senior Short-Term Fellow · 2015 Awarded by: American Institute of Indian Studies
Duke Endowment Fellow · 2013 Awarded by: National Humanities Center
Directeur d'etudes invite à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales · 2011 Awarded by: l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Senior Short-Term Fellow · 2010 Awarded by: American Institute of Indian Studies
Shivdasani Fellow · 2008 Awarded by: Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Franklin Research Grant · 2007 Awarded by: American Philosophical Society
Fredrick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship · 2001 Awarded by: American Council of Learned Societies
Fellow · 2001 Awarded by: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Advanced Research Grant · 1997 Awarded by: Social Science Research Council

External Relationships


  • American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Munich Center for Global History

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