Madhura Damle
Assistant Professor
About-
My primary research interest is politics of language, culture and identity in South Asia. My doctoral thesis was on the emergence of 'print culture', politics of language and imagination of cultural-political community in colonial western India. Currently I am working on the ideas of purity, civility and obscenity in socio-religious and lingustic spheres.
I have also been working on intellectual history and social history of Marathi-speaking region. I have translated Jotirao Phule's poetry from Marathi into English and plan to continue working on the writings of Phule and other prominent leaders of the non-Brahmin movement.
Research Methodology, politics of caste and gender studies are other areas that fascinate me. Though I have not particularly done any research on these areas, I have been reading and learning about them and also teaching courses.
Qualifications+
B.A. in Political Science (University of Mumbai, 2006)
Advanced Diploma in Sanskrit (Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune, 2006)
M.A. in Political Science (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2008)
P.G. Diploma in Linguistics (Tilak Maharashtra University, Pune, 2008)
M.Phil. in Political Science (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2011)
Ph.D. in Political Science (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2018)
Biography+
After finishing my undergraduate studies from Ruia College, University of Mumbai, I joined Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from where I completed M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. For my M.Phil. dissertation I worked on Language and Marxism: Reinterpreting Linguistic Materialism. My doctoral thesis was titled The Nationalization of Marathi: Politics of Print and Language in Maharashtra, 1805-1920. I joined the Presidency University, Kolkata in December 2013. I have also been the Adjunct Faculty in Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore and Guest Teacher in the Department of Linguistics, University of Calcutta.
Research / Administrative Experience+
Talk on The Non-Brahmin Movement, Modernity and Time Travel
Talk on Ideas of Nation: Perspectives from Colonial India
Podcast Shimaga Reforms: Mapping Idea(s) of Obscenity in Colonial Maharashtra
Teaching / Other Experience+
I teach/ have taught the following courses (or portions of them):
UG:
- Indian Political Thought
- Caste and Politics in India
- Colonialism and Nationalism in India
- Gender Studies
- Emereging Issues in the Study of Politics
- Modern Political Philosophy
PG:
- Research Methodology
- Culture and Politics in India
- Political Science: Key Concepts and Theories
- Language and Nation
- Gender and Contemporary Political Theory
- Major Issues in Indian Politics
- Civil Society: Issues and Debates
- Civil Society and Democracy in India
PhD :
- Research Methodology
- Philosophy in Social Sciences
Post Graduate Supervision+
Currently I am supervising two Ph.D. students, both working on caste politics in West Bengal.
Academic Memberships+
Member, Maharashtra Studies Group
Publications+
* (2011) “Review of ‘Religion, Language and Power’ by Nile Green and Mary Searle Chatterjee (eds.)”, Contemporary South Asia, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 216-217 .
* (2012) "Book Review of ‘Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab’ by Farina Mir and ‘Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India: The Making of a Mother Tongue’ by Lisa Mitechell”, Indian Linguistics, Vol. 73, No. 1-4, pp. 251-253.
* (2014) "Jotirao Phule" and "Poems by Mahatma Jotirao Phule", Indian Litrerature, No. 279, Vol. LVIII, No. 1, pp. 10-18. [Introductory note on Jotirao Phule and translation of his select poetry]
* (2014) "Poems by Namdeo Dhasal", Indian Litrerature, No. 279, Vol. LVIII, No. 1, pp. 45--48. [Translation of select poetry]
* (2014) "Processes of (Dis)integration: National", a module for the paper State Politics in India for the project e-pg pathshala.
* (2014) "Processes of (Dis)integration: Regional", a module for the paper State Politics in India for the project e-pg pathshala.
* (2014) "Processes of (Dis)integration: Sub-regional", a module for the paper State Politics in India for the project e-pg pathshala.
* (2015) "Civil Society", in Pradip Basu, ed., Political Sociology, Kolkata: Setu Prakashani.
* (2015) "Jotirao Phule: Father of Non-Brahmin Movement", in Pradip Basu, ed., Social Thinkers of Modern Times, Kolkata: Setu Prakashani.
(2019) “Book Review, Bonita Aleaz and Partha Pratim Basu, eds., Revisiting Qualitative
Methods in Social Science Research”, Socialist Perspective, Vol. 46, No. 1-2 & 3-4, pp. 109-
111.
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