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Ramya Sreenivasan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on society, politics, and culture in second-millennium South Asia, emphasizing long-term historical transformations. She is renowned for her work on cultural memory, particularly through her first book The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen: Heroic Pasts in India, 1500–1950, which examines how historical narratives shape ethno-nationalist ideologies.
Her current research explores the impact of early modern technologies like gunpowder and paper on political structures in northern India between the 14th and 17th centuries. She also investigates household dynamics, kinship, slavery, and the emergence of mass culture in mid-20th century India. Sreenivasan’s interdisciplinary approach bridges historical analysis with sociopolitical inquiry.
Currently on leave, her affiliations include the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Division and the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. No grants, awards, or advising roles are explicitly detailed in the provided text.
