Christopher Chekuri
دانشیار · Politics of empire in precolonial India
San Francisco State Universityمعرفی
Christopher Chekuri is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU), located in the Humanities Building Room 239. His research focuses on the politics of empire in precolonial India, early modern Indo-Islamic empires, comparative colonialism and nationalism, modern Telugu literary criticism, and globalization. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005).
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
Recent Courses Taught:
- Undergraduate: India and the British Empire, India since Gandhi, Classical Forms of South Asian Culture, The University: Promise and Politics
- Graduate: Decolonizing History, History beyond Nation, Historiography of World History
Publications:
- Book Manuscript (in preparation): *The Men Who Would Be King: The Nayakas of Vijayanagara, 1480-1620*
- Translation: *Tanjavuri Andhra Rajula Charitra* (17th-century Telugu court chronicle with critical commentary)
Professional Activities:
Dr. Chekuri’s work bridges historical inquiry and literary analysis, emphasizing precolonial and colonial dynamics in South Asia. His current projects include analyzing the Nayaka polities of Vijayanagara and tracing Telugu literary modernity. No specific grants or labs are listed in the provided text.
