John D. Rogers (Belmont, MA)

John D. Rogers
155 Pine Street
Belmont, MA  02478  USA

phone: 617-484-2427
email: rogersjohnd@aol.com

Description of work:

Research interests include Sri Lankan history; social and legal history of 
modern South Asia; identity, ethnicity and nationalism in South Asia.

Teaching interests include gender and imperialism in South Asia; identity 
in South and Southeast Asia; M.K. Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
 
Recent publications:

"Introduction: caste, power and region in colonial South Asia," INDIAN 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW, vol. 41 (1), Jan.-Mar. 2004, pp. 1-6.

"Caste as a social category and identity in colonial Lanka," INDIAN 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW, vol. 41 (1), Jan.-Mar. 2004, pp. 
51-77.

"Early British Rule and Social Classification in Lanka," MODERN ASIAN 
STUDIES, July 2004.