Dr. Sudipa Topdar
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
370.001Cultures of the British Empire in the Indian Ocean World
104.001History Of South & Southeast Asia
267.001Modern South Asia
104.001History Of South & Southeast Asia
104.002History Of South & Southeast Asia
478.001Seminar: Topics In Global History
Teaching Interests & Areas
• Colonial and Modern South Asian History • Gandhi and Non-Violence • Colonial Education in India • Culture and British Empire • History of the Body
Research Interests & Areas
• Education and schooling in colonial India • Colonial childhoods • Children’s literature in colonial India • Nationalism and citizenship • History of the body, gender and masculinity
Ph D South Asian History
M Phil Modern Indian History
MA Modern Indian History
BA History Honours
Honor Roll, Barbour Fellowship
National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi (India)
Bernadotte E. Schmitt Research Grant
CAS International Travel Grant
Pre-tenure Initiative Grant
CAS International Travel Grant
CAS International Travel Grant
CAS International Travel Grant
New Faculty Initiative Grant
Department of History Research Grant
Book Review
(Book Review) Sudipa Topdar, Empire, Education and Indigenous Childhoods: Nineteenth-Century Missionary Infant Schools in Three British Colonies ed. by Helen May, Baljit Kaur, and Larry Prochner, The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. Volume 8, Number 2, Spring 2015, pp. 321-323.
Journal Article
Sudipa Topdar, "Duties of a 'Good Citizen': Colonial School Textbook Policies in Late Nineteenth Century India," South Asian History and Culture 6 (3) (July 2015): 417-439.