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Dr. Harikrishnan Gopinadhan Nair

Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Education 

  • 2010 PhD History, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. The doctoral thesis Contra imperio: El discurso de derecho natural y la autonomía de los indios americanos [Against Empire: The discourse of Natural Law and the autonomy of the American Indians]. 

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  • Awarded the Mención Honorífica corresponding to the Edmundo O'Gorman Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in Historiography and Theory of History by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia under the auspices of the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico in 2011. 
  • Nominated by the examining jury for the Premio Mauss for the best doctoral dissertation in History at UNAM 2010
  • 2004 MA History, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Master's thesis Las nociones de autonomía del indio americano en las labores missionales y obras tardías de fray Bartolomé de Las Casas.

 Complete text online http://oreon.dgbiblio.unam.mx/F?RN=19256033

  • 1995 BA History, Loyola Autonomous College, University of Madras
  • Special Award for securing the highest percentage of marks 76% in BA History 1992-1995
  • Rukmini Ammal Medal for proficiency in History Part III 1994-1995
  • Merit Certificate for proficiency in the history of SouthEast Asia, China & Japan 1994-1995
  • VL Ethiraj Prize for proficiency in the course World Peace 1994-1995
  • 2001 Diplomado in Spanish, Centro de Enseñanza Para Extranjeros, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • 2000 Intensive Diploma in Spanish, Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi
  • 1999 MPhil in Latin American Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • 1997 MA Politics with specialisation in International Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Membership of Professional Associations

  • 2022 Member, American Historical Association
  • 2022 Member, American Political Science Association

Academic Positions

  • Since 2021 June 01 Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani
  • Dec 2011 - May 2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS PIlani
  • 2008 (semestre 2008-2) Course Instructor, Filosofía de la Historia II, Asignatura 3621, Grupo, 0023, Colegio de Historia, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Updated 08 February 2023