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Professor: South Asia
Atrium 235 - 973/720-3316
 
Education
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1975.
 
Selected Bibliography
Aligarh's First Generation: Muslim Solidarity in British India (Princeton University Press, 1978); 2nd edition (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996).
 
"Talking the National Language: Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani in Indian Broadcasting and Cinema," in Sujata Patel, editor, Thinking Social Science in India: Essays in Honor of Alice Thorner (New Delhi: Sage, 2002).
 
"Words as Deeds: Gandhi on Language," Annual of Urdu Studies (2001); also in Paul R. Brass and Achin Vanaik, editros, Competing Nationalisms in South Asia: Essays for Asghar Ali Engineer (New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2002).
 
"Macaulay's curse: Sir Syed and Syed Mahmood," paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies meetings, Washington, DC, March 1998. Published Asloob A. Ansari, editor, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: A Centenary Tribute (New Delhi: Adam Publishers, 2000).
 
"Modern India," in Ainslie T. Embree and Carol Gluck, editors, .Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharp, 1997).
 
Fellowships and Awards
American Institute of Indian Studies-National Endowment for the Humanities (2003).
Senior Research Fellowship for University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanties (Fall, 1996).
 
Research in Progress
The Fate of Hindustani: Language, Colonialism and the Nation
 
Courses Offered
ASN280 - Civilizations of South Asia
HIST394 - Modern India
HIST599 Selected Topics: Gandhi and Modern India