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Education
McGill University, B.Sc.; London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc. (Econ); Cambridge University (England), Ph.D.
Edward I. Brodkin
Lucretia L. Allyn Professor of History
Joined Connecticut College: 1968
Professor Brodkin has taught Introduction to Indian Civilization, Modern Indian History, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism, Language, Caste and Communalism: Problems of Integration in South Asia, A Social History of Imperialism, Imperialism in Modern Asia, Women in South Asia and the Middle East, Islam and its Enemies, The Arab-Israeli Conflict, For Gods' Sake: Religious Conflict in the Middle East and South Asia, and Antisemitism.

He has directed four SATA India programs, the first in 1996, then in 2000, 2002 and 2004, and SATA India 2006. He led SATA India 2008. The program is structured to allow for total immersion in Indian studies.

Professor Brodkin has served the College extensively as:

  • Advisor to the President on the Social Sciences, 1993-96
  • Chair, Faculty Steering and Conference Committee, 1993-95
  • Acting Director, Asian Studies Program, 1990-91
  • Faculty Liaison Committee to Educational Programs 1989-1991
  • Faculty Advisor to S.O.A.R. (Society Organized Against Racism), 1984-1991
  • Fulbright, Luce, Marshall and Rhodes Selection Committee, 1976-1991
  • Minority Affairs Committee, 1985-1991
  • Coordinator, 3/2 Committee, 1988-89
  • Chair, Department of History, 1984-89
  • Connecticut College Presidential Search Committee, 1988-89
  • Faculty Steering and Conference Committee, 1987-88, 1985-87
  • Secretary, Academic and Administrative Procedures Committee,1978-79
  • Director, Asian Studies Program; 1984-85, 1976-79, 1973-74

Professor Brodkin is a recipient of American Philosophical Society Research Grants, a Canada Council Fellowship, and a Smuts Memorial Fellowship of Cambridge University. His articles have appeared in International Affairs, Journal of Asian Studies, Modern Asian Studies, Indian Economic and Social History Review, and Indo-British Review: A Journal of History.

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