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Deepa Nair

Deepa Nair

Associate Teaching Professor, Â鶹¹ÙÍø Qatar

Bio

Deepa Nair is a historian of Modern South Asia. Her research revolves around politics, religion, education, and identity formation in modern India, particularly the effect of ethno-religious nationalism on minorities and nation-building in secular India. Before joining Â鶹¹ÙÍø, she taught at the University of Central Florida and Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Nair's teaching interests include the history and culture of South Asia; imperialism, decolonization, and nationalism in South Asia; politics, religion, and gender in contemporary South Asia; legacies of the British raj– including Partition and rise of ethno-religious nationalism; globalization, migration, and South Asian diaspora; Indian historiography and transnational history. She is working on the first edition of An Anthology of South Asia (Cognella /Routledge) and her monograph on education, state formation, and identity politics in South Asia. In 2021-22, Nair was awarded the Provost's Inclusive Teaching Fellowship. 

Education

Ph.D.: National University of Singapore, 2007

Publications

  • Nair, Deepa. An Anthology of South Asia: From Pre-history to the Present. San Diego: Cognella Press/Routledge, ( forthcoming)
  • Nair, Deepa. "Love-Jihad": Hindu Nationalist Paranoia towards Muslims in India." In Global War on Terrorism -Revisited, ed. Mohd Mizan Aslam. Intechopen: London ( forthcoming) 
  • Nair, Deepa. "Hindu Nationalism and the Politics of History Education in India." In South Asia: State, Society and Politics, eds. Ali Asker, Md Nazmul İslam, Büşra Yengeç Ersin, Amir Ahmed Khuhro, 79-105. Ankara: Nobel, 2023.
  • Nair, Deepa. "Hinduism in America: A Convergence of Worlds," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 44 Issue 13, October 2021.
  • Nair Deepa. "The Imagined Other' – A Political Contextual Analysis of Secular and Hindu Nationalisms in Indian History Textbooks," Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, Vol 13, issue 2, (September 2021):72-94.
  • Nair, Deepa. "The Other Side of Silence: Religion and Conflict in Indian Textbooks." In Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts, eds. Mark Baildon, Kah Seng Loh, Ivy Maria Lim, Junaidah Jaffar & Gul Inanc, 58-74. New York: Routledge, 2014.
  • Nair, Deepa. "History, Politics and the State: The South Asian Experience." Journal of North Carolina Association of Historians, Volume 18 (April 2010): 66-83.
  • Nair, Deepa. "Textbook Conflicts in South Asia: Politics of Memory and National Identity." Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, Volume 2 (September 2010): 29- 45.
  • Nair, Deepa. 'Contending "Historical" Identities in India.' Contexts: The Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society, Volume 1 (March 2009): 145-164.
  • Nair, Deepa. "Communal Stakes in the Indian Past." Outré Terre: Teaching the Nation, French Quarterly Review of Geopolitics, No. 11. (Nov 2005): 343-351.
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Courses Taught

  • South Asia - People, Processes, and Culture (Global Histories)
  • Gender in South Asia 
  • Imperialism and Decolonization in South Asia
  • Nations and Nationalisms in South Asia
  • Nation, Culture, and Society in South Asian Cinema
  • Muslim representation in the media and popular culture 
  • Epidemics, Pandemics, and Infectious Disease: From Black Death to COVID-19
  • Social Inequity, Mental Health, and Physical Wellness during COVID-19
  • Life after COVID-19: Imagining our Post-Pandemic Future 

Department Member Since: 2019