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Kerala's Early Development: A Historian's View by Prof. Dr. Micheal Tharakan | Boatcast

Prof. Dr. Micheal TharakanHistorian and scholar of Development Studies.Former Chairman of the Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR).Held the Ramakrishna Hegde Chair at the Institute of Social and Economic Change (Bangalore).Was a professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Trivandrum.Served as Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University and briefly of Calicut University.Switched from studying History (BA and MA from Union Christian College, Aluva) to Development Studies (M.Phil. and Ph.D. under K.N. Raj at CDS).sailing from Kochi toward the old Muziris port (Kottapuram).

Heritage, Tourism and Histories - the Muziris’s story with Mr Sharon Veettil | Boatcast

Sharon Veettil, Managing Director of The Muziris Project

Ancient Jewish Traditions of Kerala | Sreekala Sivasankaran | Boatcast with Zahir Mirza

Sreekala SivasankaranFormer Associate Professor, Janapada Sampada Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.PhD in West Asian Studies from School of International studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.Academic, poet and theatre activistSpecialized in the history of Jewish community in Kerala.

Kerala, a Palimpsest | flowing with Prof. M V Narayanan | Boatcast with Zahir Mirza

Prof. M. V. NarayananFormer Vice Chancellor, Sree sankara University of sanskrit, kalady.Areas of his research include: Cultural studies, popular culture, theatre and performance studies and traditional Indian theatre.Prof. Narayanan obtained doctoral degree from the university of Exeter, UK.He was a Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

Kerala's Hidden History: Slavery on the Spice Route | Prof. Sanal Mohan | Boatcast

Prof. P. Sanal Mohan, Former Professor of history at Mahatma Gandhi university.His areas of specialization include: colonial modernity, social movements and questions of identity dalit movements and Christianity in India. He combines history and ethnography in his research.He is the author of "Modernity of Slavery: Struggles Against Caste Inequality in Colonial Kerala", a work that garnered international crotical acclaim.As a researcher and teacher Sanal Mohan has an illustrious international exposure.