Rila Mukherjee

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Rila Mukherjee is a historian and author. [1] She is a professor at the University of Hyderabad. [2] [3] She is a scholar of Indian Ocean studies. [4]

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Early life and education

Mukherjee's father, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, and mother, Prabhati Mukherjee, were academics. [5]

Mukherjee completed her PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. [6]

Career

Mukherjee taught history at Jadavpur University from 1992 to 2007. [6] She joined the University of Hyderabad in 2007. [6] She is a fellow of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. [6] She is a staff member of the International Institute for Asian Studies. [7] She is the editor of the Asian Review of World Histories published by the Asian Association of World Historians. [8]

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  2. ↑ "Rila Mukherjee - AMESA". amesa.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila (October 2020). "The Bay and the Straits: The Melaka Era (1402-1641) in the Bengal Region". World History Connected. 17 (3).
  4. ↑ "Why Artists Are Returning to 'Oceanic Thinking'". artreview.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  5. ↑ Munshi, Surendra (2016). "Life and Works of Ramkrishna Mukherjee: A Preliminary Appreciation". Sociological Bulletin. 65 (2): 262–271. ISSN   0038-0229.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Prof. Rila Mukherjee, Ph.D" (PDF). University of Hyderabad . Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Rila Mukherjee | IIAS". www.iias.asia. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  8. ↑ "Asian Review of World Histories". Brill. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  9. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila (2022). India in the Indian Ocean world: from the earliest times to 1800 CE. Singapore: Springer. ISBN   978-981-16-6580-6.
  10. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila (2022). "India in the Indian Ocean World". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-6581-3.
  11. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila (2021). Indian ocean histories: the many worlds of Michael Naylor Pearson. Abingdon (GB): Routledge India. ISBN   978-0-367-78459-1.
  12. ↑ Deyell, John S.; Mukherjee, Rila, eds. (2019). From mountain fastness to coastal kingdoms: hard money and 'cashless' economies in the medieval Bay of Bengal world. New Delhi: Manohar. ISBN   978-0-367-41915-8.
  13. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2013). Oceans connect: reflections on water worlds across time and space. Issues in history (1. publ ed.). Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-80607-40-5.
  14. ↑ "Oceans and empires". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  15. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2017). Living with water: peoples, lives, and livelihoods in Asia and beyond. Issues in history. Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-84092-00-9.
  16. ↑ Ghosh, Lipi; Mukherjee, Rila, eds. (2016). Rethinking connectivity: region, place and space in Asia. Issues in history. Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-84082-84-0.
  17. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2015). Beyond national frames: South Asian pasts and the world. Issues in history. Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-84082-41-3.
  18. ↑ Hall, Kenneth R.; Mukherjee, Rila; Ghosh, Suchandra, eds. (2017). Subversive sovereigns across the seas: Indian Ocean ports-of-trade from early historic times to late colonialism. Kolkata: The Asiatic Society. ISBN   978-93-81574-70-6.
  19. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2014). Vanguards of globalization: port-cities from the classical to the modern. Issues in history (1. publ ed.). Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-80607-94-8.
  20. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2011). Pelagic passageways: the northern Bay of Bengal before colonialism (1. publ ed.). Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-80607-20-7.
  21. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila; Indian Council of Historical Research, eds. (2011). Networks in the First Global Age 1400 - 1800. Indian Council of Historical Research monograph series (1. publ ed.). New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research [u.a.] ISBN   978-93-80607-09-2.
  22. ↑ Balakrishnan, Ajit. "The story of Kasimbazar's networks". Rediff. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  23. ↑ Hall, Kenneth R.; Ghosh, Suchandra; Gangopadhyay, Kaushik; Mukherjee, Rila, eds. (2019). Cross-cultural networking in the Eastern Indian ocean realm: c.100-1800. Delhi: Primus Books. ISBN   978-93-5290-695-6.
  24. ↑ "Europe Transformed: 1350-1789 - Rila, Mukherjee: 9788180640506 - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  25. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila (2006). Strange riches: Bengal in the mercantile map of South Asia. Delhi: Foundation Books. ISBN   978-81-7596-324-5.
  26. ↑ Mukherjee, Rila, ed. (2009). Locality, history, memory: the making of the citizen in South Asia (1. publ ed.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publ. ISBN   978-1-4438-0188-1.
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