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Christhu Doss

Christhu Doss

Christhu Doss
Christhu Doss
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
319, SSS-III
Residence
9911063197
Email
christhudoss@mail.jnu.ac.in, dossjnu@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph. D., (CHS, JNU), New Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Modern South Asian history with a special focus on social, cultural, and intellectual history of modern India; connected histories of politics, power and proselytisation in colonial India; studies on Sanātan Dharma, Mahatma Gandhi, RSS, and Hindutva.

Experience

8 Years

Awards & Honours
  1. Co-Director of an ICSSR-sponsored project on “Rewriting Malabar Tragedy: Moplahs and the Trajectories of a Forgotten ‘Genocide,’” for the year 2024-2026.
  2. Director, ICHR-sponsored project on ‘RSS and the Idea of Non-theocratic Hindu Rashtra,’ for the year 2023-2025.
  3. Junior Research Fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi from October 2006 to March 2007.
  4. Gold Medal in M.A. at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, 1999.
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. M. Christhu Doss, “Pedagogy of the Secluded Women and Changing Femininities in Colonial India, 1830s-1930s,” Pedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, Routledge, 16 May 2023. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00309230.2023.2210067?journalCode=cpdh20
  2. M. Christhu Doss, “Religions, Women and Discourse of Modernity in Colonial South India” Religions 13, no. 12: 1225, E-ISSN: 2077-1444. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/12/1225
  3. Irmgard Den Hollander and Christhu Doss,  “Hollowed Crowns, Composite India’s Value Crisis and the Never-Ending Business of Education,” South Asia Research, Vol. 38(3), November 2018, pp. 219-228 (Sage Publications, ISSN 0262-7280); UGC Care List S.No. 22939; Journal No. 33378. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0262728018800764
  4. Christhu Doss, “Indian Christians and the Making of Composite Culture in South India,” South Asia Research, Vol. 38(3): November 2018, pp. 247-267 (Sage Publications, ISSN 0262-7280); UGC Care List S.No. 22939 Journal No. 33378. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0262728018798982
  5. M. Christhu Doss, “Sandwiched Nehru:  Religious Minorities and Indian Secularism,” Economic and Political Weekly [Special Article] Vol. 53, Issue No. 29, 21 July 2018, pp. 38-47 (ISSN 0012-9976); UGC Care List S.No. 6368 Journal No. 12473. https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/29/special-articles/sandwiched-nehru.html
  6. M. Christhu Doss, “Repainting Religious Landscape: Economics of Conversion and Making of Rice Christians in Colonial South India (1781-1800)” Studies in History, Vol. 30, N0. 2, August 2014, pp. 179-200 (Sage Publications, ISSN: 0257-6430). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0257643014534370
  7. M. Christhu Doss, “Missionary Insurgency and Marginality of Modernity in South India,” South Asia Research, Sage Publications, Vol. 33 No. 3, November 2013, pp. 223-244. (Sage Publications, ISSN 0262-7280). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0262728013504665
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. M. Christhu Doss, "Ambivalent Egalitarians? Pietists and the Pedagogy of the 'Pariah' in Modern South India during the Nineteenth Century" Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, Routledge, 21 August 2024.
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00309230.2024.2382399
  2. M. Christhu Doss, “Gandhiji and RSS: The Cultural Grounding of Social Representations,” Indian Historical Review, Sage, Vol. 50, No. 1, June 2023, pp. 1-20. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03769836231173189
  3. M. Christhu Doss, “Colonialism and Communalism: Religion and Changing Identities in Modern India,” Routledge, London and New York, 2024. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Colonialism_and_Communalism/G3JV0AEACAAJ?hl=en
  4. M. Christhu Doss, “India After the 1857 Revolt: Decolonising the Mind,” Routledge, London and New York, 2022. https://www.routledge.com/India-after-the-1857-Revolt-Decolonising-the-Mind/Doss/p/book/9781032349220

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.