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Name:<\/strong> V. Rajesh<\/p>\r\n

Designation:<\/strong> Associate Professor<\/p>\r\n

Email:<\/strong> rajeshv@iisermohali.ac.in<\/p>\r\n

Telephone:<\/strong> +91-0172-2293169<\/p>\r\n

Telefax:<\/strong> +91-0172-2240266<\/p>\r\n

Office:<\/strong> 4F7, Academic Block 1<\/p>\r\n

Websites<\/strong> Google Sites<\/a> Academia<\/a> Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Education<\/strong> Ph.D. History, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, 2010.<\/p>\r\nM.Phil. History, University of Hyderabad, 2004.
M.A. History, University of Hyderabad, 2003.
B.A. History, Madras Christian College (MCC), 2001.\r\n

Employment<\/strong>
Head, Department of HSS, IISER Mohali 15 February 2021 to 9 January 2024
Associate Professor, Department of HSS, IISER Mohali w.e.f. 6 October 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of HSS, IISER Mohali w.e.f. 29 November 2013
Assistant Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC), Jun-Nov 2013
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ), Jun 2012-May 2013
Adjunct Faculty, Department of HSS, IIT Madras, Jan 2010-May 2012<\/p>\r\n

Areas of Research<\/strong> Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern India, South Asian Literary Cultures, Literary Historiography, Tamil Language and Literature<\/p>\r\n

Research Focus<\/strong> My earlier research dealt with the reproduction and reception of classical Tamil literature in colonial India. Focusing on what is understood in Tamil literary tradition as \u2018Sangam\u2019 anthologies, my work investigated the transmission of this body of literature in Tamil literary tradition in a long term historical perspective. By doing so, my work raised questions on the historiographical position of its dramatic \u2018rediscovery\u2019 in the second half of the nineteenth century in the backdrop of expanding print culture in colonial Madras. The research provided a background and structure to the history of print-publication of classical Tamil literature during the 19th and early 20th century. My current research is a book project on literary progressivism in Tamil India and Sri Lanka. I trace the impact of progressive ideology that emerged during the inter-war years in the subcontinent in the writings of individual Tamil authors, intellectuals and critics and in the pages of literary magazines before it took an organizational turn in the early 1960s in Tamilnadu. In the context of Sri Lanka, I examine the initiatives of Tamil intellectuals and writers associated with the Sri Lankan Progressive Writers Association from 1950s to 1970s. The research assumes significance given the absence accessible scholarly writings on Tamil literary progressivism in the 20th century.<\/p>\r\n

Teaching<\/strong> HSS201 History of Science (Core Course)
HSS102 Concepts in Humanities and Social Sciences (Core Course, Co-Instructor)
HSS613 The Social History of Science in Modern India, 1780-1950 (Elective)
HSS617 From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India (Elective)
HSS618 India from Prehistory to Early History (Elective, Co-Instructor)
HSS620 Imagining India: An Intellectual History of Orientalism (Elective)
HSS627 Idea of India: Intellectual Imaginary of Nation (Elective)<\/p>\r\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\r\n