Saurabh Dube

Saurabh Dube Biography

Saurabh Dube is an Indian scholar of history and anthropology. Archival and field research, and subaltern studies and postcolonial perspectives are his other fields. He is Professor of History at the Center of Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México in Mexico City since 1995. Till then, he worked in Delhi University. He is also the visiting professor of the Cornell University and the Johns Hopkins University. He is the son of anthropologist parents, S.C. Dube and Leela Dube. He holds the fellowhip of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York.

As an author his published books are Untouchable Pasts (2001), Stitches on Time (2004), After Conversion (2009), Aquartet in historical anthropology in the Spanish language - Sujetos subalternos (2001), Genealogías del presente (2003), Historias esparcidas (2007), and Historia y modernidad. His edited workss are Postcolonial Passages (2004); Historical Anthropology (2007), Enchantments of Modernity (2009) and Ancient to Modern (2009).

Dube was born to anthropologist parents, S.C. Dube and Leela Dube. Leela Dube, fondly called Leeladee was a renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar known for her works for the uplift of women, ‘Anthropological Explorations in Gender: Intersecting Fields’ being her noted work. He is married to Ishita Banerjee, cultural historian. He took graduation and post-graduation in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He took MPhil from the University of Delhi in the year 1988 and a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1992.

Colonialism and modernity, law and legalities, caste and community, evangelization and empire, and popular religion and subaltern art are his popular research subjects. He has also contributed eighty journal articles and book chapters. Christianity, Colonialism, and Conversion during 19^th and 20^th century are his current research subjects.

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Updated: December 24, 2013