Judith Walsh (State Univ. of New York / College at Old Westbury)

submitted: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 19:30:59 -0500 (EST)

Judith Walsh
Associate Professor
     Comparative Humanities Program
     SUNY/College at Old Westbury
and
Research Associate
     Southern Asian Institute
     Columbia University

Mailing Address:  Comparative Humanities
                  SUNY/the College at Old Westbury
                  223 Store Hill Road
                  Old Westbury, NY  11568

Phone: 516-876-3110
EMAIL: jw8@columbia.edu

Interests: South Asian history and culture
           nineteenth, twentieth century history
           women's studies, gender issues
           issues of advice for women
           domesticity, domestic work in 19th century Bengal
           Bengal, history and culture
           British India
           Bengali language and literature
           Translation (Bengali)
           Outreach and curricula projects on South Asia for teachers
			
Past project: Indian autobiographies in English as texts for psychological
impact of British culture and rule, published as: Growing Up in British
India. 

Current project: 'Advice for Women' Texts from 19th century Bengal:
Anthology of translated selections from 9 different 'advice' texts written
in the Bengali language for Bengali women between 1880 and 1900.