Dr. Sumit Guha

Biography

Sumit Guha is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, holding the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professorship. He received his PhD in History from the University of Cambridge in 1981. He returned to teach at St. Stephen's College in New Delhi from 1981 to 1996, during which he also undertook research leave at various institutions, including the Centre for Development Studies and Yale University. Guha served as a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta before moving to the USA in 2000, where he was the S.P. Das Distinguished Professor at Brown University before joining the University of Texas at Austin in 2013. His research focuses on economic history, demographic studies, agriculture, environmental history, and ethnic histories of India and South Asia. Guha has authored multiple significant works, including "Agrarian Economy of Bombay Deccan 1818-1941" and "Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present." His research also encompasses the themes of memory, language, and social frameworks, contributing to the broader understanding of collective histories in the Asian context. Guha has been involved in various scholarly discussions, including lecturing on topics related to collective memory and the dynamics of language in imperial contexts.

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