Bio:

My research interests include the study of states and families, early modern empires in the Indo-Islamic World, comparative colonialisms and nationalisms, modern Telugu literary criticism and globalization.

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

Courses Recently Taught

Undergraduate:

• India and the British Empire
• India since Gandhi
• Classical Forms of South Asian Culture
• The University: Promise and Politics

Graduate:

• Decolonizing History
• History beyond Nation
• Historiography of World History

Research Interests

• Politics of empire in precolonial India
• Identity and cultural modernity in Telugu literature

Selected Publications

Books:

Book Manuscripts under preparation:

• The Men Who Would Be King: The Nayakas of Vijayanagara, 1480-1620.
• A translation with critical commentary of the Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra, a 17th century Telugu court chronicle produced in Tanjavur, India.