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Michael Brinley

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PhD Candidate, Department of History, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

About

Michael Brinley is a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include sovie history, modern russian history, historic preservation, citizenship and urban studies. Prior to coming to Penn, he received his MA from the University of Washington and hi BA from Pepperdine University.

Affiliated PhD Student

Samuel Ostroff

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Joint Doctoral Candidate in History and South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania

About

Samuel Ostroff is a joint Doctoral Candidate in History and South Asia Studies at Penn. He is currently writing his dissertation on the economic, environmental and imperial aspects of the Indian Ocean pearl trade in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In the field of urban studies, his work focuses on port-cities and urban networking across oceanic and global spaces in the early modern world. Aside from his dissertation research, Samuel is interested in urban planning, transportation, and policy in the global cities of the 21st century. Prior to Penn, Samuel completed his B.A. in History at Bucknell University and M.A. in Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

 

Affiliated PhD Student

Sudev Sheth

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PhD Candidate in South Asia Studies and History, University of Pennsylvania

About

Sudev J Sheth is a doctoral student in the Departments of South Asia Studies and History at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation titled A historical ethnography of statecraft and governance in Baroda, c. 1700−1949 investigates connections between agrarian economies, finance capital, and provincial state building in western India during the dissolution of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule. Sudev also researches historical transformations in boundary and land use in the urban villages of contemporary New Delhi.

 

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