Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.He is author of eleven books, most recently "The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World" (New Press, 2007; paperback in 2008). Two of his books, "Karma of Brown Folk" (2000) and "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" (2001) were chosen by the "Village Voice" as books of the year.

His pieces of journalism frequently appear in South Asian periodicals (his monthly column "Letter from America" in "Frontline", his book reviews in the Kathmandu based "Himal", for which he is a contributing editor), in North American periodicals ("Z Magazine", "ColorLines Magazine", The Indian American) or else on the web (monthly at ZNET and at Counterpunch). He is also an editor at "Naked Punch" and of many other scholarly journals.

He is Vice Chair of the Executive Board of the Center for Third World Organizing (www.ctwo.org), on the Board of the National Priorities Project, and on the Board of United for a Fair Economy.

Prashad pioneered the idea of polyculturalism.

References

* [http://internet2.trincoll.edu/facProfiles/Default.aspx?fid=1000767 Vijay Prashad's Faculty Profile at Trinity College]
* [http://internet2.trincoll.edu/FacProfiles/CVs/1000767.pdf Vijay Prashad's Curriculum Vitae]


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