Robert Travers
Associate Professor
Office: 345 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-5040
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-Mail: trt5@cornell.edu
Office Hours: On Leave
Education
Ph.D. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 2001
B.A. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1994
Courses
| Fall 2008: | On Leave | |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2009: | On Leave |
Recent Publications and Awards
Publications
'Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth Century India. The British in Bengal, 1757-1793'.
"'The Real Value of the Lands'. The British, the Nawabs, and the Land Tax in Bengal", Modern Asian Studies, 38, 3, 2004, pp. 517-558.
'Ideology and British Expansion in Bengal', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 33, 1, January 2005, pp. 7-27.
'Death and the Nabob: Imperialism and Commemoration in Eighteenth Century India', (forthcoming, Past and Present).
Awards
Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship, 2007
Junior Fellowship, Harvard Society of Fellows, 1999-2002
Milton Fund Grant, Harvard University, 2002