Prachi Deshpande (born 14 December 1972) is an Indian historian and Associate Professor in History at Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.[1]
Prachi Deshpande | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Title | Associate Professor in History |
| Awards | Infosys Prize (2020) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Tufts University, United States Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Fergusson University, Pune |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Social and cultural history of historiography, language, and regional identities. |
| Institutions | Colorado State University Rutgers University UC Berkeley Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta |
| Website | Official Website |
Education
editDeshpande completed her undergraduate and post graduate education in History at Fergusson College, Pune and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi respectively before moving to the United States to pursue her PhD from Tufts University, Medford, MA.[1]
Career
editPost her doctoral education at Tufts University, MA in 2002, Deshpande served as an assistant professor at several institutions in the United States including Colorado State University (2002 - 2004), Rutgers University (2004 - 2006), University of California, Berkeley (2006–2010). In 2010, she returned to India to take up her present position at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Kolkata.[1]
Publications
editDeshpande has publications both in Marathi and English. Her book, Creative Pasts: Historical Memory and Identity in Western India, 1700-1960 (2007) explores modern history writing practices in Marathi-speaking parts of Western India and its impact on shaping Maharashtrian regional identity.[2] Her other notable academic work include 'Scripting the Cultural History of Language: Modi in the Colonial Archive' and 'The writerly self: Literacy, discipline and codes of conduct in early modern western India (2016)'.[2]
Awards
editIn 2020, Deshpande received the Infosys Prize for Humanities – History for her extraordinarily nuanced and highly sophisticated treatment of South Asian historiography.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta". www.cssscal.org. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2020 - Prof. Prachi Deshpande". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Staff Reporter (2 December 2020). "Infosys Prize 2020 winners felicitated in six categories". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 December 2020.