Office for Global Engagement

International Activities

International Publications

• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2023). Kingship and Colonialism in India's Deccan: 1850-1948 (reprint). Manohar, New Delhi., 07/2023
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2022). ““The water flows under the bridge and we pass above it...” Infrastructure, Transport and State Power: The Bridges of Hyderabad City, India c. 16th to 20th centuries.”. Journal of Transportation History., 12/2022
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2022). “‘This Has Not Been Done Because It Was Not Made Any One's Business to Do It.’ Conserving Hyderabad City's Hussain Sagar Tank in the Late Nineteenth Century.” . Urban History., 09/2022
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen & DeVotta, Ganguly (2021). Modern India: The Historical Context. Lynn Rienner., 01/2021
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2020). Class, Place, and Power: Urban diversity and conserving Hyderabad city’s Hussain Sagar Tank in the Late Nineteenth Century. Urban History., 12/2020
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2020). From Soldier to Spectacle: Africans and the langar procession in Hyderabad. South Asian History and Culture., 10/2020
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen & Omar H. Ali, Kenneth Robbins, Beheroze Shroff and Jazmin Graves (2020). The African Guard of Wanaparthy and Hyderabad. University of North Carolina at Greensboro Ethiopian and East African Studies Project and Ahmedabad Sidi Heritage and Educational Center., 01/2020
• India, United Kingdom: Benjamin B. Cohen (2019). An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad: Scandal in the Raj. Harvard University Press, [HarperCollins India, 2020]., 07/2019
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2019). The Pleasures at Your Side: Papers from the Wanaparthy Samasthan, 1832-1911. Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad., 07/2019
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2019). Water in Medieval Telangana: Repair, Restore and Beyond. Second International Seminar on Telangana Through the Ages: Perspectives from Early and Medieval Periods., 01/2019
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen (2017). Transfers of Power: A Hydrosocial View of Hyderabad. (pp. 76-86). Manipal University Press., 12/2017
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen & D.A. Prasanna, K. Sadashiva (2017). Transfers of Power: A Hydrosocial View of Hyderabad. Manipal University Press, India., 06/2017
• India: Benjamin B. Cohen & Stephen Goldsmith (2016). Practical Research in Support of Sustainable Urbanization. Pragati, Hyderabad, India., 07/2016
• India: “Visiting Hyderabad: Real “face time” in a Princely State, 1915-1938.” Weber - The Contemporary West. Spring, 2016., 04/2016
• India: 2016. “The utility of scandal: examples across disciplines from Europe and India.” History Compass., 01/2016
• Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom: Benjamin B. Cohen (2015). In the club: Associational life in colonial South Asia. Manchester University Press (Studies in Imperialism), [Orient Blackswan India, 2015]., 02/2015
• India, United Kingdom: Benjamin B. Cohen (2007). Kingship and Colonialism in India’s Deccan: 1850-1948. Palgrave Macmillan., 12/2007

International Presentations

• India, Pakistan: Chair and Discussant. “Understanding Built Environment: Space Making, Urbanity and Heritage in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century South Asia.” Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, 10/2023
• India: Guest lecture, Westmont College, CA., 02/2021
• India: Keynote address. Dr. Omar Khalidi memorial webinar event., 11/2020
• India, United Kingdom: “Colonial Clubbing in a Princely State: The Nizam Club of Hyderabad, India.” North American Conference on British Studies, Vancouver, Canada., 11/2019
• India, United Kingdom: “Colonial Clubbing in a Princely State: The Nizam Club of Hyderabad, India.” North American Conference on British Studies, Vancouver, Canada., 11/2019
• India: “The Hydrosocial World of Hyderabad City: Water, Recreation, Leisure and Beyond c. 1880-1908.” Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI., 10/2019
• India: “A Hydrosocial History of Water in the Deccan.” University of Hyderabad, Department of History. Hyderabad, India., 07/2019
• India: “Urban Aquatic Conservation Efforts in Princely India: The Case of Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad city.” Presented at the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester conference on “Princely Cities: Towards a New Urban History of South Asia.”, 04/2019
• India: “Swimming Against the Stream: Water and Recreation in India.” University of Utah Department of History Practicing History Conference., 03/2018
• India: “Water in Medieval Telangana: Repair, Restore, and Beyond.” International Seminar: Telangana Through the Ages, Government of Telangana., 01/2018
• India: "The Hydrosocial and the Long-term: A Case for India's Deccan", 12/2017
• India: "Transfers of Power: A Hydrosocial View of Hyderabad.", 02/2017
• India: “Water in India’s Deccan: A Hydrosocial Perspective.” Tanner Humanities Center presentation, the University of Utah., 01/2017
• India: "The Shape of Water in India's Deccan." Emory University, Atlanta., 10/2016
• India: “Scandal and Law in Nineteenth Century Hyderabad.” Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA., 04/2016
• India: 2015 October. “From the Kakatiyas to “Mission Kakatiya.”” Western Conference branch of the Association of Asian Studies., 10/2015

International Professional Service

• India: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Deccan Studies, 07/2017
• India: Advisory Board Member, Indian Council of HIstorical Research, 01/2016
• India: University of Utah representative, American Institute of Indian Studies, 01/2010
• India: Associate Editor, India Review, 01/2009
• Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka: Editorial Board, India Review, 01/2009

International Media

• India: Radio appearance, "Top of Mind" with Julie Rose, 09/2015

International Awards

• India: Faculty Fellow, University of Utah, 07/2022
• India: Senior Short-term Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, 01/2022
• India: 2015-2016, 2016-2017 Environmental Humanities Professor, Environmental Humanities, 07/2015

Countries and Regions of Interest

• Southern Asia