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Humanities – History 2012

“I think it is very important to remember that first and • M.A. Economics from Prof. Sanjay Subrahmanyam has
foremost your history is a history as a human being. the University of Delhi transformed the field of early modern
And, therefore your natural way of thinking of history • Ph.D. in Economics history for South Asia, and for much of the
should be of a human being living in the world, not as from the Delhi rest of the world. His geographical reach
School of Economics, extends from South Asia to Southeast
someone belonging to one country or another.”
University of Delhi Asia, West Asia, Europe and Latin America.
He has also contributed to a wide array of
historical sub‑disciplines (economic, social,
Sanjay Subrahmanyam intellectual and literary history).
Distinguished Professor of History, and Navin and
Pratima Doshi Endowed Chair, Pre‑Modern Indian History,
University of California, Los Angeles

Framing the concept of connected histories

Prof. Sanjay Subrahmanyam


has proposed and While Prof. Subrahmanyam's
developed a genre of primary focus is the history
history called ‘connected of early modern South Asia,
History as a discipline
histories’. The concept he has not confined himself
teaches us about our past. In his work, Explorations
of connected histories to this region. He has
We often tend to think of However, even a cursory in Connected History,
tells us that cultures all transformed the study of In addition to his
our collective past in terms reading of history teaches Prof. Subrahmanyam
over the globe were history for the rest of the contributions to history,
of only certain regions or us that no human culture shows the links that have
interconnected. Different world including Southeast Prof. Subrahmanyam
particular experiences of has developed in isolation. connected the countries
contemporary cultures have Asia, Latin America, West has also contributed
particular groups of people. Different cultures and groups of Eurasia in times past,
had enormous impact on Asia and Europe. enormously to
of people have influenced helping us transcend the
each other through trade sub‑disciplines within
each other. walls that have traditionally
and other interactions. history such as economic,
confined the histories of
Indian history for instance social, intellectual and
Asian nations for the past
has been shaped by trade literary history.
century.
and interaction with many
cultures including the
Persian, French, Portuguese,
English and many more.

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