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 - 2022Cartography and Creativity in the Age of Global Empire
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2012 - 2012Barefoot Across India: Art & The Politics of Risk
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2009 - 2010Fellowships, 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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