Priyamvada Nambrath
Indian scientific and educational history with a focus on the mathematical cultures of south India; South Asian art history; manuscript culture; Sanskrit grammar and literature; cultural encounters in medieval India.
Languages: Sanskrit, Malayalam, Manipravalam, Hindi, Kannada, Italian
Epigraphy: Vaṭṭezhutthu, Kolezhutthu, Grantha, Śārada
Technical: Digital Humanities
My dissertation research focuses on the applied practice of mathematics and astronomy in the sociocultural life of medieval and pre-modern Kerala. More broadly, I am interested in the intellectual and scientific history of India with a focus on cultural encounters, archaic modernisms, patronage and pedagogy. Language and literature, textual culture, and visual art constitute additional related areas of focus around my project. I am also interested in folk traditions of art and knowledge in South India, and ocean-facing histories of the region.
At Penn: SAST/MLYM: Beginning Malayalam I | Co-taught in Fall 2022
At SASLI, UW-M: Intermediate Sanskrit | Instructor in Summer 2022
TA-ships available on request.
M.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas
M.B.A Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University
Available on request.