Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Sanjay Subrahmanyam is Distinguished Professor of History and Irving & Jean Stone Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles). A specialist of the early modern period (15^th-18^th centuries), he is the author of numerous books, essays, and edited volumes, ranging between studies of India and the Indian Ocean, the early modern European empires, and reflections on global history as a field of research.

Among his recent publications, Subrahmanyam's book Europe's India, appeared in 2017 from Harvard University Press, and in a French translation in 2018. Another book, Empires Between Islam and Christianity, 1500-1800, has appeared in 2018-19 in Indian and US editions, and in a French translation in 2021. His newest book is Faut-il universaliser l'histoire? (2020).

Subrahmanyam also comments on public issues in the media, in the form of interviews and op-ed articles.