the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, published Itihasher janajibon o anyanyo probondho (The Public Life of History and Other Essays) (Ananda Publishers, 2011) and Provincializing Europe (Polish and Turkish translations; 2011). He was the Lansdowne Lecturer at Victoria University, Canada and recieved the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India.