CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Prabodhan Pol is an Associate Professor at Manipal Centre for Humanities.
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Historical Figures and Ideas | BA II Sem |
| Writing the Past | MA II Sem |
| Empire and Nation in India | BA V Sem |
| Politics of Identity | MA I Sem |
| Introduction to Premodern History | BA III Sem |
| Thinking History in Premodern India | BA III Sem |
| Indian History and Historiography | BA III Sem |
| Understanding Precolonial India | MA III Sem |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Modern Indian History | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2016 |
| M.Phil | Modern Indian History | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2008 |
| MA | Modern Indian History | Jawaharlal Nehru University | 2006 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramjas College, University of Delhi | Assistant Professor | Teaching | August 2016 – June 2018 |
| Max Weber Foundation, Germany | Post Doctoral Research Fellow | Research | 2016 |
| Miranda House College, University of Delhi | Assistant Professor | Teaching | July 2009-November 2009 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
History of Modern India, Caste and Community in Modern India, Modern Maharashtra, Journalism in colonial India, colonial public sphere, Dalit and anti-caste movements, Ambedkar and Dalit Studies
Seeking Political Alternative: Perspectives on Peasants Activism in Ambedkar’s Newspaper Janata
29 October, 2022. Prabodhan Pol
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 57, Issue No. 44-45 https://www.epw.in/engage/article/seeking-political-alternative-perspectives.
Cinematic Representation in Marathi Cinema
November 2022 Prabodhan Pol
Seminar, Vol. 759 https://www.india-seminar.com/semframe.html.
Nationalist Rhetoric and Politics of Panic: The Political Aftermath of Plague Epidemic of 1896 in Western India
30 April 2022 Prabodhan Pol
Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 57, Issue No. 18. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/18/insight/nationalist-rhetoric-and-politics-panic.html
Review of Satyendra More’s "The Memoirs of a Dalit Communist: The Many Worlds of R.B. More”
2021 Prabodhan Pol Sumeet Mhaskar
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/7111.
Students Protest in India, 1918-2018
2019 Prabodhan Pol Sumeet Mhaskar
Barbara Potthast and Katharina Schemes, Student Protest in Global South, Annotated Source (1918-2018), University of Cologne, Germany: Global South Studies Centre
Social and Educational Organization of Babasaheb Ambedkar
2018
Textbook Chapter: Quest for Social Change and Alternative Movement, New Delhi: IGNOU,
Dr. Ambedkar and the journalistic writings of Dalit movement, 1920-1956
2018
Samaj Prabodhan Patrika Journal (Marathi), vol. 57, no 222
Dr.Ambedkar’s Colleague, Naval Bhathena
2018
Parivartanacha Vatsaru Journal (Marathi), Issue 24, 16-30, pp. 30-35, 41.