Amiya Prosad Sen

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Amiya P. Sen
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Born 1952
Nationality Indian
Alma mater St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Occupation Professor, Author
Known for Heinrich Zimmer Chair at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University

Amiya Prosad Sen (born 1952) is a historian with an interest in the intellectual and cultural history of modern India.[1][2] Amiya P.Sen currently holds the Heinrich Zimmer Chair at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University.[3] He has served as Professor of Modern Indian History at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has been Agatha Harrison Fellow to the University of Oxford[4] and Visiting Fellow to the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla,[5] and the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, New Delhi. During 2007–08, he was Tagore professor at Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketan.

Sen took his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and also pursued his PhD there. After a brief career in Indian Civil Services, he took up teaching and research in 1984.[6]

Publications

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  • Sen, Amiya P. Ed. Bankim's Hinduism. An Anthology of Writings by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. Delhi.Permanent Black. 2011
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  • Sen, Amiya P (2014). "Culture and Community Building . Select Discourses from Early Colonial Bengal" in Sabyasachi Bhattacharya ed. Indian Cultural Unity: A Reappraisal. Kolkata. Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. 2014. ISBN 978-93-81325-55-1
  • Sen, Amiya P. (2015). "Hindu Reform Movements in British India" in Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies. Eds Gita Dharampal-Frick, Monika Kirloskar Steinbach, Rachel Dwyer, Jahanavy Phalkey. New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 2015. ISBN 0-19-945275-X
  • Sen, Amiya P. (2015). "Hinduism and the Problem of Self-Actualisation in the Colonial Era: Critical Reflections". Heinrich Zimmer Lecture for 2015. South Asia Institute Papers. Heidelberg University. Issue: 0102015, ISSN: 2365-3996
  • Sen, Amiya P. (2015) "Debates within Colonial Hinduism" in Brian A. Hatcher ed. Hinduism in the Modern World. New York & London. Routledge. 2015. ISBN 978-0-415 83603-6

References

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  4. Gazette 7 October 1993; No. 4301; Vol. 124
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  6. Sen 2001