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Field:History of modern India
Country of origin: India
Period of stay at IIAS: October – December 2007
Status: Affiliated Fellow
Home institute: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Research topic: Meanings of Freedom: Decolonization and Politics of Transition in West Bengal, 1947-52
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Field:Religious Studies
Country of origin: USA
Period of stay at IIAS: 1 August 2006 - 1 August 2007
Status: Affiliated Fellow
Home institute:
Research topic: Pilgrimage to Pluralism: religious co-existence in Hyderabad and the Indian Ocean Region
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Field:Classical Indian Philosophy, different problems of ontology and epistemology
Country of origin: Russia
Period of stay at IIAS: 2 September - 30 October 2006; 10 January -10 March 2007
Status: Affiliated fellow
Home institute: Institute of philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Research topic: Project "Indian Thinkers on Direct and Indirect Perception. Anthology of Texts with Introduction and Notes"