Riya Gupta is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her area of research is Medieval Indian History and her work aims to establish a microhistorical perspective on Mughal bureaucracy or mansabdari, focusing particularly on the socio-cultural life of the lowest cadre. She is also interested in regional histories and her article titled ‘Pre-Modern Cosmopolitanism: A Challenge to Ladakh’s ‘Tibetanness” was recently published in Mapping India. Transitions and Transformations: 18th-19th Century, eds. Sutapa Dutta and Nilanjana Mukherjee, London and New York: Routledge, 2020. |
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Anthony Amato
Anthony Amato is a professor in the Social Science Department at Southwest Minnesota State University. He is interested in many forms of microhistory. Over the years, his scholarship and publications have addressed convergences of economy, environment, and culture.