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'''Arundhati Virmani''' (born 1957) is an ]n historian. She was a reader in history at ] until 1992. She teaches at the ] in ]. '''Arundhati Virmani''' (born 1957) is an Indian historian. She was a reader in history at ] until 1992. She teaches at the ] in ]. She is the co-founder of the Biennale Européenne d'Histoire Locale with ].


==Biography== ==Biography==
Arundhati Virmani was born in ], on 26 June 1957. She did her schooling from ] and ].<ref>{{ cite news|title=Arundhati Virmani - PaperBackSwap|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Arundhati-Virmani/author/|newspaper=] Arundhati Virmani was born in ], on 26 June 1957. She did her schooling from ] and ].<ref>{{ cite news|title=Arundhati Virmani - PaperBackSwap|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Arundhati-Virmani/author/|newspaper=]
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She graduated with a degree in history from ].<ref name=deccan>{{ cite news|title=Mapping India down the ages|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/282339/F|newspaper= ]|date= 1 October 2012 }}</ref> As a student of ], she obtained a French fellowship in 1981 to prepare her Ph.D. thesis in French history at the Sorbonne in Paris. Under the supervision of '''', Professor at the ], she studied the politicization of French rural society after the Restoration and before the institution of male universal suffrage under the Second Republic in 1848. She defended her thesis in September 1984. In 1991, she married '''' and moved to France. She studied Odissi dance with ]. She graduated with a degree in history from ].<ref name=deccan>{{ cite news|title=Mapping India down the ages|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/282339/F|newspaper= ]|date= 1 October 2012 }}</ref> As a student of ], she obtained a French fellowship in 1981 to prepare her Ph.D. thesis in French history at the Sorbonne in Paris. Under the supervision of ], Professor at the ], she studied the politicization of French rural society after the Restoration and before the institution of male universal suffrage under the Second Republic in 1848. She defended her thesis in September 1984. In 1991, she married '']'' and moved to France. She studied Odissi dance with ].


==Academic career== ==Academic career==
She began her teaching career at ] and later taught at ].<ref name=deccan/> She was the head of the History section of the School of Correspondence Courses, where she participated in adult education and Long-Distance teaching. Then Reader in European History at the History Department, she taught modern French and European History. In Marseille she taught at Université Paul Cézanne, Euromed-Marseille Business School and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Since then, her research focused on the colonial period in India, especially the 20th Century; she is also an analyst of the current transformations of Indian society. She began her teaching career at ] and later taught at ].<ref name=deccan/> She was the head of the History section of the School of Correspondence Courses, where she participated in adult education and Long-Distance teaching. Then Reader in European History at the History Department, she taught modern French and European History. In Marseille she taught at Université Paul Cézanne, Euromed-Marseille Business School and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Since then, her research focused on the colonial period in India, especially the 20th Century; she is also an analyst of the current transformations of Indian society. Her recent work focuses on the idea of a uniform civil code in India. She presented her work at a conference at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.<ref>School of Advanced Study, University of London) on 23 November 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFUVDwYcVs&t=2266s)</ref>


She has published several books and many papers in collective works and scientific journals (in England,<ref>"National Symbols under Colonial Domination. The Nationalization of the Indian Flag, March–August 1923", ''Past and Present'', n.164, 1999, 169-197</ref> France <ref>''Annuaire de Droit et de Religion'', 2008</ref> and Italy <ref>''Storica'', 2002, ''Daimon. Annuario di Diritto comparato delle Religioni'', 2001, ''Passato e Presente'', 2009</ref>). She has lectured on colonial Indian history in different universities and academic institutions (Paris, Ithaca (USA), London, Berlin, Bologna, Florence,<ref>{{cite news She has published several books and many papers in collective works and scientific journals (in England,<ref>"National Symbols under Colonial Domination. The Nationalization of the Indian Flag, March–August 1923", ''Past and Present'', n.164, 1999, 169-197</ref> France<ref>''Annuaire de Droit et de Religion'', 2008</ref> and Italy<ref>''Storica'', 2002, ''Daimon. Annuario di Diritto comparato delle Religioni'', 2001, ''Passato e Presente'', 2009</ref>). She has lectured on colonial Indian history in different universities and academic institutions (Paris, Ithaca (USA), London, Berlin, Bologna, Florence,<ref>{{cite news
|title=University of Florence – Prof. Arundhati Virmani – "A National Flag for India" |title=University of Florence – Prof. Arundhati Virmani – "A National Flag for India"
|url=http://www.machiavellicenter.net/2009/02/university-of-florence-prof-arundhati-virmani-a-national-flag-for-india/ |url=http://www.machiavellicenter.net/2009/02/university-of-florence-prof-arundhati-virmani-a-national-flag-for-india/
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}}</ref> New Delhi, New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5vNK1pDTM|title=Seminar Series: Arundhati Virmani, Indian Wedding Cards: Publicizing the Intimate|last=bardgradcenter|date=7 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=6 May 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> Ann Arbor ... ). She is a research fellow at the <ref name=deccan/> in Marseille. }}</ref> New Delhi, New York,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5vNK1pDTM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/Fd5vNK1pDTM |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Seminar Series: Arundhati Virmani, Indian Wedding Cards: Publicizing the Intimate|last=bardgradcenter|date=7 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=6 May 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Ann Arbor ... ). She is a research fellow at the <ref name=deccan/> in Marseille.


Virmani has been engaged in consultancy work, specializing in Indo-French intercultural training since 2000. She is a recognized expert for the "Association pour le Progrès du Management". She is interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from an Indian perspective.<ref>{{ cite news|title=Jean-Jacques Rosé (Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise) : "La France est venue tardivement à la RSE, mais elle va vite"|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/management/0612/0612164-chat-jean-jacques-rose.shtml }}</ref> Virmani has been engaged in consultancy work, specializing in Indo-French intercultural training since 2000. She is a recognized expert for the "Association pour le Progrès du Management". She is interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from an Indian perspective.<ref>{{ cite news|title=Jean-Jacques Rosé (Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise) : "La France est venue tardivement à la RSE, mais elle va vite"|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/management/0612/0612164-chat-jean-jacques-rose.shtml }}</ref>


==Published works== ==Published works==
Known for her 2008 book, ''A National Flag for India. Rituals, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sentiment'', about which noted writer ] wrote: "She has done meticulous research on the subject and put life into what may appear at first sight as a footnote in a book on Indian history.".<ref> Delhi events. 9 August 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fluttering in the wind |author=Khushwant Singh |author-link=Khushwant Singh |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081213/jsp/opinion/story_10246189.jsp |date=13 December 2008 |publisher= ]|page=|accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref> Known for her 2008 book, ''A National Flag for India. Rituals, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sentiment'', about which noted writer ] wrote: "She has done meticulous research on the subject and put life into what may appear at first sight as a footnote in a book on Indian history.".<ref> Delhi events. 9 August 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fluttering in the wind |author=Khushwant Singh |author-link=Khushwant Singh |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081213/jsp/opinion/story_10246189.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023212115/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081213/jsp/opinion/story_10246189.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2012 |date=13 December 2008 |publisher= ]|page=|accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref>


*''L'Inde, une puissance en mutation'', Paris, La Documentation française, 2001 *''L'Inde, une puissance en mutation'', Paris, La Documentation française, 2001
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*''Political Aesthetics : Culture, Critique and the Everyday'', New-York, Routledge, 2015. *''Political Aesthetics : Culture, Critique and the Everyday'', New-York, Routledge, 2015.
*Translation of Edward P. Thompson, ''Les usages de la coutume. Traditions et résistances populaires en Angleterre, XVIIe-XIXe siècles'', Paris, coll. Hautes Études, Le Seuil-Gallimard-Éditions de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2015 (with Jean Boutier) *Translation of Edward P. Thompson, ''Les usages de la coutume. Traditions et résistances populaires en Angleterre, XVIIe-XIXe siècles'', Paris, coll. Hautes Études, Le Seuil-Gallimard-Éditions de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2015 (with Jean Boutier)
*''Les Indiens. Voix multiples'', Paris, Ateliers Henry Dougier, 2016. {{ISBN|979-10-93594-18-7}} (Prize "Asia" 2015 of the Association of Francophone Writers (Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française-ADELF) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelf.info/les-prix-litteraires/|title=Les Prix littéraires de l'ADELF - Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française|website=www.adelf.info|accessdate=6 May 2018}}</ref> *''Les Indiens. Voix multiples'', Paris, Ateliers Henry Dougier, 2016. {{ISBN|979-10-93594-18-7}} (Prize "Asia" 2015 of the Association of Francophone Writers (Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française-ADELF)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelf.info/les-prix-litteraires/|title=Les Prix littéraires de l'ADELF - Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française|website=www.adelf.info|accessdate=6 May 2018}}</ref>
*(ed.), ''Aesthetics of Power. Culture, Critique, and the Everyday'', London, Routledge, 2015.

*(ed.), ''Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments'', London, Routledge, 2022.
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Indian historian

Arundhati Virmani (born 1957) is an Indian historian. She was a reader in history at Delhi University until 1992. She teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Marseille. She is the co-founder of the Biennale Européenne d'Histoire Locale with Jean Boutier.

Biography

Arundhati Virmani was born in New Delhi, on 26 June 1957. She did her schooling from Lady Irwin School and Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi. She graduated with a degree in history from Indraprastha College. As a student of Delhi University, she obtained a French fellowship in 1981 to prepare her Ph.D. thesis in French history at the Sorbonne in Paris. Under the supervision of Maurice Agulhon, Professor at the Collège de France, she studied the politicization of French rural society after the Restoration and before the institution of male universal suffrage under the Second Republic in 1848. She defended her thesis in September 1984. In 1991, she married Jean Boutier and moved to France. She studied Odissi dance with Madhavi Mudgal.

Academic career

She began her teaching career at Jesus and Mary College and later taught at Delhi University. She was the head of the History section of the School of Correspondence Courses, where she participated in adult education and Long-Distance teaching. Then Reader in European History at the History Department, she taught modern French and European History. In Marseille she taught at Université Paul Cézanne, Euromed-Marseille Business School and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Since then, her research focused on the colonial period in India, especially the 20th Century; she is also an analyst of the current transformations of Indian society. Her recent work focuses on the idea of a uniform civil code in India. She presented her work at a conference at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.

She has published several books and many papers in collective works and scientific journals (in England, France and Italy). She has lectured on colonial Indian history in different universities and academic institutions (Paris, Ithaca (USA), London, Berlin, Bologna, Florence, New Delhi, New York, Ann Arbor ... ). She is a research fellow at the Centre Norbert Elias in Marseille.

Virmani has been engaged in consultancy work, specializing in Indo-French intercultural training since 2000. She is a recognized expert for the "Association pour le Progrès du Management". She is interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from an Indian perspective.

Published works

Known for her 2008 book, A National Flag for India. Rituals, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sentiment, about which noted writer Khushwant Singh wrote: "She has done meticulous research on the subject and put life into what may appear at first sight as a footnote in a book on Indian history.".

  • L'Inde, une puissance en mutation, Paris, La Documentation française, 2001
  • India, 1900-1947. Un Britannique au cœur du Raj, Paris, Autrement, 2002 (about Sir Malcolm Lyall Darling (1880–1969), a famous British administrator in India, specialist of land reform and cooperative movement)
  • "A National Affair : Nude Bharatmata," Passato e Presente, 2006, n°76
  • "Roman de voyage, récit de voyage. L’Inde de Jules Verne, de Pierre Loti et d’Edward M. Forster", 2006, in Alain Guillemain (ed.), A la recherche du meilleur des mondes. Littérature et sciences sociales, Paris, Harmattan
  • "Réflexions d’une hindoue convertie au christianisme : Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) et l’hindouisme", in Daniel Tollet (ed.), La religion que j’ai quittée, Paris, Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2007
  • "The Place of Religious Identity in a Modern Nation State – Three Indian Responses", Annuaire de Droits et de Religion, juillet 2008
  • A National Flag for India. Rituals, Nationalism, and the Politics of Sentiment, New Delhi, Permanent Black, 2008. ISBN 81-7824-232-X.
  • Atlas historique de l'Inde : du VIe siècle av. J.-C. au XXIe siècle, Paris, Autrement, 2012.
  • Political Aesthetics : Culture, Critique and the Everyday, New-York, Routledge, 2015.
  • Translation of Edward P. Thompson, Les usages de la coutume. Traditions et résistances populaires en Angleterre, XVIIe-XIXe siècles, Paris, coll. Hautes Études, Le Seuil-Gallimard-Éditions de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 2015 (with Jean Boutier)
  • Les Indiens. Voix multiples, Paris, Ateliers Henry Dougier, 2016. ISBN 979-10-93594-18-7 (Prize "Asia" 2015 of the Association of Francophone Writers (Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française-ADELF)
  • (ed.), Aesthetics of Power. Culture, Critique, and the Everyday, London, Routledge, 2015.
  • (ed.), Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments, London, Routledge, 2022.

References

  1. "Arundhati Virmani - PaperBackSwap". PaperBackSwap.
  2. ^ "Mapping India down the ages". Deccan Herald. 1 October 2012.
  3. School of Advanced Study, University of London) on 23 November 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqFUVDwYcVs&t=2266s)
  4. "National Symbols under Colonial Domination. The Nationalization of the Indian Flag, March–August 1923", Past and Present, n.164, 1999, 169-197
  5. Annuaire de Droit et de Religion, 2008
  6. Storica, 2002, Daimon. Annuario di Diritto comparato delle Religioni, 2001, Passato e Presente, 2009
  7. "University of Florence – Prof. Arundhati Virmani – "A National Flag for India"". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  8. bardgradcenter (7 November 2013). "Seminar Series: Arundhati Virmani, Indian Wedding Cards: Publicizing the Intimate". Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via YouTube.
  9. "Jean-Jacques Rosé (Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise) : "La France est venue tardivement à la RSE, mais elle va vite"".
  10. Arundhati Virmani Talk Delhi events. 9 August 2009.
  11. Khushwant Singh (13 December 2008). "Fluttering in the wind". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  12. "Les Prix littéraires de l'ADELF - Association des Ecrivains de Langue Française". www.adelf.info. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

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