Sebastian R. Prange is a historian and academic known for his studies on the medieval Indian Ocean world.[1] He is best known as the author of Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast (2018).[2]
Sebastian Prange | |
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| Alma mater | SOAS, London |
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| Notable work | Monsoon Islam (2018) |
Prange studied at Goldsmiths and London School of Economics, University of London.[1] He completed his doctoral studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2008 (under noted historian Daud Ali).[1] He currently serves as an associate professor in University of British Columbia, Vancouver.[1]
Monsoon Islam
edit"Monsoon Islam" is a part of the Cambridge Oceanic Histories series. Prange visited Yemen (Sana‘a and Hadhramawt) and India (Kerala, Kochi and Kozhikode) multiple times for the fieldwork on the book. The book was edited by David Armitage, Alison Bashford, and Sujit Sivasundarum.[3]
Awards and recognition
editBibliography
editBooks
edit- Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast (2018)[1]
- (trans. to Malayalam by Thomas P. T. Karthikapuram, Other Books)
Book chapters
edit- "Reading Malabar’s Muslim Monuments", in Malabar in the Indian Ocean: Cosmopolitanism in a Maritime Historical Region (2018)[1]
- "Asian Piracy", in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History (2017)[1]
- "Muslim Trade Networks and Islamization in Malabar and Maritime Southeast Asia", in Muslim Societies in South and Southeast Asia (2009)[1]
Articles
edit- An Indian Perspective on the Portuguese Arrival in India, Itinerario (2017)[1]
- Regimes of Maritime Violence in the Pre-Modern Indian Ocean, Journal of Early Modern History (2013)[1]
- Piracy, Commerce, and Community in the Western Indian Ocean, Twelfth to Sixteenth Century, The American Historical Review (2011)[1]
- Reweighing the Indian Ocean Pepper Trade, Historical Research (2011)[1]
- Outlaw Economics: Doing Business on the Fringes of the State. A Review Essay, Comparative Studies in Society and History (2011)[1]
- A Historiography of the Indian Ocean, History Compass (2008)[1]
- The Economic Organization of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade Between the 14th and 19th Centuries, Journal of Global History (2006)[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Sebastian Prange (official profile)". University of British Columbia.
- ^ a b FPJ Web Desk. "Ramachandra Guha, fourth Indian to be awarded by American Historical Association". The Free Press Journal.
- ^ "Monsoon Islam | South Asian history". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Branch Book Award Recipients » Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association". Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "John F. Richards Prize Recipients | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
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