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Name : Professor Dr. K.S.Mathew
Current position : Hon. Director, Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
: Humanities.(www.irish-meshar.org), Kannur University
Address for Correspondence : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: [email protected]
Teaching experience Lecturer & Reader in History, M.S.University of Baroda: 7
years;
Professor and Head, in History, at Central University
Of Hyderabad: 3 years
Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University, Madison, USA
Visiting Professor in Ottawa University, Canada
Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire,
Universite Michel de Montaingne-Bordeaux III, France in
1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris,
Professor and Founder head of the Department of History
at the Pondicherry University (1986-2003) 17 years
Successful guidance of Ph.D
in History : 17
Books published :21
Articles in National&
International Journals :105
Administrative experience 18 years as Head of the Departments of History in Hyderabad
and Pondicherry Central Universities.
Membership 1) Membership in ICHR for three years
2) Member of History and Archaeology Panel of UGC for two
terms;
Associate Member of Academia de Marinha, Lisbon.
Portugal
Academic qualifications M.A.(Poona); M.Phil and Ph.D. JNU (Delhi)
Language proficiency : Portuguese (P.G.Diploma from JNU), German (P.G.
Diploma from MSU, Baroda), Malayalam, Hindi, Latin
Visits abroad Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University (USA), Ottawa
University (Canada), Bordeaux University (France),
Portugal, Spain, Germany England, Honkong
K.S.Mathew
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. NAME : Dr. K.S.. MATHEW
2. PRESENT POST HELD : Director (Hon)
Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
Humanities
Nirmalagiri College Campus
Nirmalagiri College, P.O
Kannur Dt. Kerala-670701. India
Tele: 0490-2366620
www.irish-meshar.org
.
PRESENT ADDRESS : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam
Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: [email protected]
4. DATE OF BIRTH : 8 June 1939
5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
DEGREE SUBJECT UNIVERSITY YEAR DISTINCTION
IF ANY
SECURED
PG Diploma German Language M.S.University 1980
Of Baroda
Ph.D. History Jawaharlal Nehru 1978
University
M.Phil History - do - 1975 A
PG Diploma Portuguese - do - 1975 I Class with
Language Distinction
M.A. History Poona University 1973 First Class
Graduation Philosophy, History Latteran University, 1966 Distinction
and Theology Rome
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6. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
a) Socio-Economic History of Medieval India.
b) Indo-European Relations of Pre-Industrial Period.
c) Maritime History and Indo-Portuguese History.
7. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (NUMBER):
a. Books : 21
b. Research Articles: 105
a. BOOKS (authored /edited)
1.Prasadvaram (Malayalam), Alwaye, 1966.
2. Iswaranum Darsanikarum (Malayalam) Co-authored, Alwaye, 1966.
3. Society in Medieval Malabar, Jaffe Jo Books, Kottayam, 1979.
4. Chronica do Reyno de Gusarate (Chronicle of Gujarat, a Portuguese manuscript of
the Early Sixteenth Century edited jointly with Prof. S.C. Misra), Baroda, 1981.
5. Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth Century, Manohar Books, New Delhi,
1983.
6. Portuguese and the History of the Sultanate of Gujarat, Mittal Publications, New
Delhi, 1985.
7. Studies in Maritime History, (edited) Pondicherry, 1990.
8. Emergence of Cochin in the Pre-Industrial Era (A Study of Portuguese Cochin),
Pondicherry, 1990.
9. Mariners, Merchants and Oceans: Studies in Maritime History, (edited.) Manohar Book
Service, New Delhi, 1995.
10. Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction A.D. 1400-1800, (edited) Pondicherry,
1996.
11. Ship-building and Navigation in the Indian Ocean Region A.D 1400-1800,
Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1997.
12. Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Fuggers of Germany, Manohar Book Service, New
Delhi, 1997.
13. Canada: Its Region and People, Michael D. Behiels and K.S. Mathew, eds.,
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1998.
14. Indo-French Relations, edited jointly with S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ICHR Monograph
Series 2, Pragati Publications, Delhi, 1999.
15. French in India and Indian Nationalism (1700-1963 A.D.), 2 vols., New Delhi, 1999.
.
16 The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in India, 1500-1800, jointly edited with
Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza and Dr. Pius Malekandathil, Pondicherry, 2001
17. Medieval and Modern Deccan: Felicitation volume in honour of Professor A.R. Kulkarni,
jointly edited with Professor Aninurdha Ray and M.A. Nayeem, New Delhi, 2002
18.Maritime Malabar and the Europeans (1500-1962) Delhi, Hope India Publication/Greenwich
Millennium, 2003.
19.Migration in South India, edited jointly with Mahavir Singh and Joy Varkey, Delhi,
Shipra Publications,2005
20. Winds of Spices, jointly edited with Joy Varkey, Tellicherry,2006
21. Indian Constitution, Minorities and Education in Kerala, edited jointly with Dr.
T.K.Sebastian, Tellicherry, 2009
b) Edited Four volumes of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities
c) Research Articles
1. “Financiers of the Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth century”, Journal of the
Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda, Humanities Number vols.XXVII-XXVIII, 1978-
79, No..1, pp.87-99.
2. “Portuguese Trade with India and the Theory of royal Monopoly in the sixteenth century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (40th
Session, Waltair), pp.389-398.
3. “Commodity composition of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (41st Session, Bombay), 1980, pp.297-305.
4. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Italian Financiers in the Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings of
the Indian History Congress (42nd
Session, Bodhgaya), 1981, pp.570-575.
5. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant-Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress” (43rd
Session, Kurushetra),
1982, pp.232-242.
6. “The King of Tanur on the Malabar Coast and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century”, Journal of Kerala Studies, Vol.X, Parts 1-4, Trivandrum, 1983, pp.147-
165.
7. “Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast” in S.N. Sen (ed.), Western Colonial Policy,
Calcutta, 1984, pp.302-317.
8. “Indian Merchants and the Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast during the Sixteenth
Century”, in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Indo-Portuguese History: Old Issues and New Questions,
New Delhi, 1984, pp.1-12.
9. “The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean during the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries”,
Tamil Civilization, Vol.11, No.3, 1984, pp.74-86.
10. “Indo-Portuguese Coinage in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries”, Journal of the
Numismatic Society of India, Varanasi, Vol.XLVI, Parts 1&2, 1984, pp.120-129.
11. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Gujarat Nobility in the Sixteenth Century: A Case Study of
Malik Gopi”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, (45th
Session), Annamalai, 1984,
pp.357-66.
12. “Portuguese Relationship with Shivaji” Lokarajya Bombay, April 1985, pp.167-172.
13. “The South Indian Apostolate of St.Thomas and the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century”,
Christian Orient, Kottayam, Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1985, pp.5-12
14. “The First Mercantile Battle in the Indian Ocean(508-09): Afro-Asian Front Against the
Portuguese”, II Seminario Internacional de Historia Indo-Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1985, pp.177-
186.
15. “India Contract of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century”, in
V.K. Chavda, ed., Studies in Trade and Urbanization in Western India, Baroda, 1985, pp.
163-171.
16. “Nationalism and Secularism” in Nationalism in Crisis, Bangalore, 1985, pp.9-28.
17. “Agricultural Production in the Deccan during the Seventeenth Century and Overseas
Markets”, Tamil Civilization, Vol.III, No.4, 1985, pp.76-83.
18. “Trade and Economy of Coastal Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century”, Journal of the Oriental
Institute, Baroda, Vol.34, Nos.3-4, 1985, pp.201-215.
19. “Maritime Trade of the Portuguese with North Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth
Century”, Tamil Civilisation, Vol.III, No.1, pp.10-22.
20. “Trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese System of Cartazes” in Malyn Newitt (ed.),
The First Portuguese Colonial Empire, University of Exeter Publication, Exeter, 1986,
pp.69-83.
21. “Business in Portuguese India: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in Dwijendra
Tripathi (ed.) State and Business in India, Delhi, 1987, pp.22-58.
22. “Economy of Bassein in the Sixteenth Century”, Indica, Bombay, Vol.24, No,2, 1987,
pp.131-140
23. “Indian Shipping and the maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Purabhilekh Puratatva”, Goa, Vol.III, No.2, 1986, pp.1-12.
24. “Masulipatnam and Maritime Trade of India during the Seventeenth Century”, Proceedings
of the Andhra Pradesh History congress”, (11th
Session), Nagaram, 1987, pp.76-89.
25. “Church Economics in the Sixteenth Century”, in P.P. Shirodkar (ed.), Goa: Cultural Trends
Panaji, 1988, pp.123-130.
26. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century” in Vice-Almirante A Teixeira Da Mota in Memoriam, Vol.1, Lisboa,
released in 1988, pp.319-328.
27. “Goa: Past and Present”, in Purabhilekh Puratatva, Vol.X, No.1, released in October 1988,
pp.1-14.
28. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History congress” (48th
Session), Goa, released in November
1988, pp.275-283.
29. “Money Economy in the Portuguese India” Journal of Gujarat Itihas Parishat released in
January 1989, pp.23-33.
30. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century” in Dr.G.
Victor Rajamanickam and Dr.Y. Subbarayalu (eds.), History of Traditional Navigation,
Tamil University, Thanjavur, released in 1989, pp.129-140.
31. “Masulipatnam on the Coromandel Coast and the Maritime Trade of India during the
Seventeenth Century A.D.” in Tamil Civilisation, Vol.5, No.4, released in 1989, Thanjavur,
pp.45-60.
32. “Cochin and the Portuguese Trade with India during the Sixteenth Century”, Indica, Vol.26,
Nos.1 & 2, Bombay, 1989, pp.77-91.
33. “Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India during the Sixteenth Century”, in Purabhilekh
Puratava, Vol.6, No.4, 1989, pp.1-10.
34. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and Portuguese Historians” Purabhilekh
Puratatva Vol.7, No.1, January-June 1989, pp.1-17.
35. “Maritime Trade of Masulipattam on the Coromandel Coast of India during the Second Half
of the Eighteenth Century” in Lewis R. Fischer and Helge W.Nordvik (eds.) Shipping and
Trade, 1750-1950: Essays in International Maritime Economic History, Pontefract, 1990,
pp.1-14.
36. “Trade and Commerce in Sixteenth Century Goa” in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Goa through the
Ages, Vol. II, 1990, Goa, pp.137-145.
37. “The Portuguese and the Malabar Society during the Sixteenth Century: A Study of Mutual
Interaction” in STUDIA, No.49, Lisboa, pp.36-69.
38. “Khwaja Shams-ud-din Giloni: A Sixteenth Century Entrepreneur in Portuguese India”, in
Emporia, Commodities and Entrepreneurs in Asian Maritime Trade, C.1400-1750, Roderich
Ptak and Dietmer Rothermund eds., Beitrage Zur Sudasienforschung Sudasien-Institut,
Universität Heidelberg, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1991, pp.363-371.
39. “Maritime Trade of India and the Germans in the Sixteenth Century”, in the Souvenir of the
Second International Symposium on Maritime Studies, Department of History, Pondicherry
University, Pondicherry 1991, pp.37-47.
40. “Cuddalore in the Eighteenth Century”, in Indu Banga and J.S.Grewal (eds.), Ports and their
Hinterlands in India, 1700-1950, New Delhi, 1992 pp.77-87
41. “Freedom Movement and National Integration”, in S.Manickam (ed.) Reflections on Trends
and Themes in History, Madurai, 1992, pp.76-89.
42. “German Merchant financiers in Goa during Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”, in P.P.
Shirodkar (ed.), Goa’s External Relations, G.1992, pp.32-56
43. “Urban Development of Portuguese Cochin in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”,
Proceedings Volume of the Eleventh Annual Session of the South Indian History Congress,
Calicut, 1991 (Released in January 1993), pp.79-84.
44. “Medieval Deccan and the Maritime Trade of India”, Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh
History Congress, Vol.XLVI, Karimnagar, 1992 (released in 1993), pp.39-53.
45. “Freibriefe für den Handel an Indiens Küste”, in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der ersten
deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.30ff.
46. “Die Konkurrenten der deutschen Händler” in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der ersten
deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.107ff.
47. “Trade and Navigation in the Indian Ocean under Portuguese and Akbar”, Purabhilekh
Puratatva, Vol. IX, No,1, pp.3-22.
48. “Maritime History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands” in V.Suryanarayan & V.Sudarsen eds.,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Challenges of Development, Delhi, Konark Publishers, 1994,
pp.51-58.
49. “Reflections on the Portuguese Lusíadas as Source for Indian History” in Journal of Indian
History, Vol. LXV, Parts 1-3, Trivandrum, released in February 1995, pp.27-34.
50. “Age of Discoveries and the Emergence of French Canada” in Indo-Canadian Relations:
Future Perspectives, Berhampur University Publication, released in March 1995, pp.11-24.
51. “Indian Shipping and the Maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission, New
Delhi, 1995, pp.25-34.
52. “Differential Reactions to the Portuguese Monopoly of Trade in the Indian Ocean Region
during the Sixteenth Century” in Felicitation Volume of Prof. Agam Prasad Mathur, Vol. III,
Recent Trends in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hazuri Bhawan, Peepal Mandi, Agra,
1995, pp.65-87.
53. “The Portuguese Trade and State in the Sixteenth Century India” in R.L.Hangloo, ed.,
Situating Medieval Indian State, New Delhi, Commonwealth Publishers, 1995, pp.33-45.
54. “Maritime Trade of Gujarat and the Portuguese in the Seventeenth century”, Mare Liberum,
Number 9, Lisbon, 1995 (released in 1996 June), pp.187-195.
55. “The Private Diary of Ananda Rangapillai and the Study of Maritime History of India in the
18th
century”, Revue Historique de Pondicherry, October 1996, pp.256-265.
56. “Akbar and the Portuguese Maritime Dominance” in Irfan Habib, Akbar and His India, OUP,
Delhi, 1997, pp. 256-265.
57. “Indian Naval Encounters with the Portuguese, Strength and Weakness” in K.K.N. Kurup,
India’s Naval Traditions: The Role of Kunhali Marakkars, New Delhi, 1997, pp. 6-25.
58. “Portuguese Sources and Medieval Indian History”, Proceedings of Indian History Congress,
Presidential address (Medieval section), Madras Session, 1997.
59. “Indian Independence and Integration of the Portuguese Pockets in India”, Souvenir of the
58th
Session of Indian History Congress, Bangalore, 1997, pp.114-124.
60. “The Portuguese and the Study of Medicinal Plants in India in the Sixteenth Century”, Indian
Journal of History of Science, No.32 (4), New Delhi, 1997, pp.369-376.
61. “Indo-Portuguese Trade Under Dom Philip II of Portugal and the Fuggers of Germany” A
Carreira Da India E As Rotas Dos Estreitas, Angra Do Heroisma, 1998, pp.563-580.
62. “Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction”, Indica, Mumbai, 1998, pp.97-133.
63. “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” Samvada, New Delhi, 1998,
pp.23-35.
64. “Indian Entrepreneurs and Maritime Trade in the Bay of Bengal during the Eighteenth
Century with special reference to Ananda Ranga Pillai”, in Om Prakash and Denys Lombard,
Commerce and Culture in the Bay of Bengal 1500-1800, New Delhi, 1999, pp.221-232.
65. “Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa and Masulipatnam during the Second Half of the
Eighteenth Century”, Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa 17th
& 18th
Centuries A.D., ed.
by R. Soma Reddy, M. Radhakrishna Sarma and Dr.A. Satyanarayana, Hyderabad, 1998,
pp.1-21.
66. “Akbar and the Europeans – A Study of Changing Perspectives”, Akbar and His Age, ICHR
Monograph Series-5, Iqtidar Alam Khan, ed., Northern Book Centre, New Delhi, 1999,
pp.114-131.
67. “Ship Building on the Malabar Coast and the Portuguese during the 16th
& 17th
Centuries”,
Perspectives on Kerala Traders, ed. T. Jamal Mohammed, Sree Sankaracharya University of
Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 1999, pp.6-33
68. “Portuguese Trade in Indian Ocean Regions under Philip II of Spain and the German
Merchant Financiers” in Artemio D. Palongpalong & Sylvano D. Mahiwo (eds.), Society and
Culture: The Asian Heritage Festschrift for Juan R. Francisco, Metro Manila, 1999, pp.128-
145.
69. “Syrian Catholics in India” in S. Settar and P.K.V. Kaimal, We Lived Together, ICHR
Monograph Series 3, Delhi, 1999, pp.156-172.
70. “The Germans and Portuguese India” in Joâo Pedro Garcia, ed., Vasco da Gama E A India,
Fundaçâo Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1999, pp.281-293.
71.“The Portuguese and Shipbuilding in India in the sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in
Proceedings of the Twentieth Anniversary Seminar on European Influence in the Shipping
of Maritime India” Maritime History Society of Bombay, 1999,pp.95-98
72.“Trade and Commerce in Kerala (1500-1800)” in P.J. Cherian, ed., Perspectives on Kerala
History: The Second Millennium, Kerala State Gazetteers, Vol. II, Part II,
Thiruvananthapuram, pp.180-221.
73 “Treatises on Portuguese Shipbuilding in India during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries” Indica, vol. 38, nos 1&2 Platinum Jubilee Special volume, 2001, pp.153-
60.
74. “Books of Monsoon in the Historical Archives of Goa and the History of Cochin in the late
16th
century” in S.K.Mhamai , ed., Fourth Centenary Volume of Goa Archives (1595-1995)
Goa, 2001, pp. 60-74
75. “The Portuguese in Malabar “in A Handbook of Kerala vol.1,. Thiruvananthapuram,
Dravidian Linguistics Association of India, 2001, pp.112-122.
76. “Provincial Councils of Goa and the Cultural Changes in India during the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Centuries “ in Teotonio R.De Souza etal.(ed).The Portuguese and
the Socio-cultural Changes in India, 1500- 1800, Tellicherry, 2001, Pp.555-568
77.“Health-care on board the Portuguese ship of the India-Run (Carreira da India) in the
Sixteenth century” in Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol. 3, no.1, pp.107-117 (January 2002)
78. “The Syrian Christians of Malabar and Vasco da Gama” in Vasco da Gama :Homens,
Viagens e Culturas: Actas do Congresso Internacional, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional pra as
Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 2001, pp.75-97,
79 “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” in M.A.Nayeem et al.
Studies in History of the Deccan: Medieval and Modern, Delhi, 2002, pp.162-178
80. “Missionaries from the Atlantic Regions and the Social changes in the French Pondicherry
form the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries” in Jacques Weber, Les Relations entre la
France et l’Inde de 1673 à nos Jours. Paris, Les Indes Savantes, 2002, pp.349-371
81. “Portuguese Shipbuilding methods in India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries” in
B.Arunachalam, ed., Essays in Maritime Studies vol. II, Mumbai, Maritime History
Society, 2002, pp.57-61
82.”Indian National Movement and the Integration of the Portuguese settlements in India” in
Azad Institute Papers 18&19, Kolkata, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian
Studies, 2002. pp.13-32
83..“ Cannanore and the Portuguese : A Study of Trade and Urban Growth in the Sixteenth
Century”.in M..O.Koshy, ed., Cannanore in the Maritime History of India”
Kannur, Kannur University Publications, 2002.pp.12-21
84.“Trade Economy of the Malabar Coast and the Europeans” in Kerala Economy and
European Trade edited by Nirmala Academic and Research Publications for the
Department of Economics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, 2003, pp.1-26
85. “The Jesuits and the Services on Board ships of India Run (Carreira da India) during
the Sixteenth Century”. Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol.4, no.1,(2003) pp.123-133
86.”St.Thomas Christians in Malabar from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries” in Bosco
Puthur,ed., St.Thomas Christians and Nambudiri, Jews and Sangam Literature: A
Historical Appraisal, Kochi, L.R.C Publications, 2003, pp.55-79
87.“Impact of Trade and Globalisation”:A Study of the migration of Plants and Producers
from India to Brazil during the seventeenth Century” in S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ed.,
Trade and Globalization, New Delhi, Rawat Publications, 2003. pp. 191-204
88. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and the Portuguese Historians”
Indian Historical Studies, vol. 1, No. 1, April 2004,Tiruchirapalli, pp.23-35
89. “Indo-Portuguese Historiography-Malabar Coast- A critique” in Fatima da Silva
Gracias, Celsa Pinto and Charles Borges, eds., Indo- Portuguese History:Global
Trends, Goa, 2005, pp. 65-77
90.”The Portuguese Historians of the Sixteenth century and the Study of Kerala History”
, Journal of South Indian History, vol. 2, issue 1, March 2005, pp.66-78.
91. “French Missionaries, Tamil Catholics and Social Changes in Pondicherry (1674-
1793)” in S.Jeyaseela Stephen, ed., Literature, Caste and Society: The Masks and
Veils, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi, 2006, pp.285-310
92. “Naval Architecture in Portuguese India with special reference to the Malabar coast” in
Lotika Varadarajan, ed. Indo-Portuguese Encounters: Journeys in Science, Technology
and Culture New Delhi, Aryan Books International, 2006, vol. 2, pp.574-592
93. “Some aspects of Medieval Indian Society”: in Radhika Seshan, ed., Medieval India:
Problems and Possibilities, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 15-33
94“ Children of the Sea, Cultural life of the coastal society of Central Travancore as
reflected in a contemporary novel” in Charles Dias ed., Kerala Spectrum: Aspects of
Cultural Inheritance, Kochi, 2006, pp. 344-365
95“The Jesuits and the Services on board the ships of the India run (Carreira da India) during
the sixteenth century” in Charles J. Borges &M.N.Pearson, eds. Metahitory: History
Questioning History, Lisbon, Nova Vega,2007, pp.443-450
96.”West Asians and the Portuguese on the Malabar coast” in M.H. Ilias and P.J. Vincent,
India- West Asia Relations, New Delhi,2007, pp.76-89
97. “Maritime Trade of Peninsular India and the Indian Merchants during the Sixteenth to
the
eighteenth centuries, General President’s address, South Indian History Congress, 27
Session, Proceedings , Rajapalayam, 2007,pp.1-24
98. “ Portuguese sources and the History of South India with special reference to Tamil Nadu
during the sixteenth century” in N.Rajendran(ed), Sources: Construction and Reconstruction
of South Indian History, ICHR, Banglore,2006, pp.94-116
99. “Portuguese Institutions of Social Welfare and Culture in Cochin during the sixteenth
century” in Dr. Marian Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring
Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008,
pp.148-171
100“Cochin and the Portuguese Shipbuilding during the Sixteenth century” in Dr. Marian
Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008, pp.368-386
101.“The Portuguese and the Cultural Transformation in Malabar during the Sixteenth and the
Seventeenth Centuries” The Journal of the Vasco da Gama Research Institute of Cochin,
vol.1, Number 1, June 2008, pp.7-22
102 “Contribution of the Christians of Malabar to Trade and Commerce during the colonial
Period” in Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture. Chair for Christian Studies and
Research, University of Calicut, Vol.1, No.2, July December,2008, pp.20-33
103 “ Portuguese Navigation and their exclusive claims in the Indian Ocean “ in T.P
Sankarankutty Nari, ed., India , Yesterday, and Today :A Festschrift for
Padmabhooshan Professor A.Sreedhara Menon, Trivandrum, 2010, pp. 148-194
104 “Arrivaal of St.Thomas in India and His Missions:Historiographical Approach” Asian
Horizons, Banglore, vol. 5, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 564-589.
105. (Proceedings of the International Seminar ,
Thoothukudy
106., (Proceedings of the International Seminar , Thootukudy)pp.
8. POSITIONS:
1. Professor and Head, Central University of Hyderabad up to December 1987.
2. Professor and founder-Head of the Department of History, Pondicherry University from
December 1987 to July 1993 and from July 1996 till 30 June 2001.
3. Vice-President of Augusburg Forschungsgemeinschaft, Indo-German Trade Relations of
Sixteenth Century, Augusburg, West Germany from August 1988.
4. Visiting fellow, Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, USA (Fall 1989).
5. Visiting Professor, Department of History, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada from
September to November 1991.
6. Elected as Sectional President for 1991-92 of the south Indian History Congress.
7. Elected as Sectional President for the Andhra History Congress, 1992.
8. Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaingne-
Bordeaux III, France in 1995.
9. Elected as Sectional President for Indian History congress (Medieval History), 1996.
10. President of the Historical Society of Pondicherry founded in 1911 (from September 1995-
1999).
11. Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
12. Chief editor of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
2001till June 2003 .
9. MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC BODIES
1. Life Member of Indian History Congress
2. Executive Committee Member of Indian History Congress
3. Member of South Indian History Congress
4. Life Member of Andhra History Congress
5. Life Member of Centre for Deccan Studies.
6. Life Member in Numismatic Society of India, Banares.
7. Member in International Committee for Indo-Portuguese History.
8. Member of the Society for Indo-German History, Augsburg, West Germany.
9. Member of the UGC Consultative Group for Canadian Studies in India.
10. Member of the Grants-in-Aid Committee of the National Archives of India (nominated
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development).
11. Nominated to the panel of History and Archaeology of the University Grants commission
(two terms).
12. Life membership in the Indian Association for Canadian Studies.
13. Life member of the Maritime History Society, Bombay.
14. Life member of The Historical Society of Pondicherry.
15. Member of the International Committee for the Celebration of the 500 Anniversary of the
Discovery of Sea-Route to India.
16. Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development as Member of Indian
Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, from March 2002 for three years.
17. Academic Associate of the Academia de Marinha, Lisboa, 2005
11. EDITORIAL BOARD
Member of the Editorial Board for Purabhilekh Puratatva, a journal of Directorate of Archives,
Archaeology and Museum, Panaji, Goa.
Member of the editorial board of Revue Historique de Pondicherry.
Chief Editor of Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (PUSH), a bi-
annual research journal of Pondicherry University.
Chairman, Board of Editors, Journal of IRISH, 2006
12. RESEARCH TRAINING AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT.
Worked three years in Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, England, West Germany and Holland in
connection with the Ph.D thesis, which was submitted, to Jawaharlal Nehru University in
1978. Continued further research in the European Archives with (Medieval History)
financial assistance from ICHR as well as International Service of the Gulbenkian
Foundation after obtaining doctorate.
Worked as Lecturer and Reader in the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Department of
History, M.S. University of Baroda up to 1985.
From September 1985 worked as Professor in History in the Central University of Hyderabad.
Assumed charge as the Head of the Department of History in Hyderabad University in
February 1986 and joined Pondicherry University as the first Professor and Head of the
Department of History, in December 1987 and retired on superannuation on 30.06.2001 and
reemployed from 01 July 2001 in the Pondicherry University till 30 June 2003..
13. NUMBER OF PH.D/DOCTORAL THESES SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED
1 . Afzal Ahmad, “Portuguese Trade on the Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth Century
(1600-1663)”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1984.
2. B. Krishnamurthy, “The French Trade with India (1664-1754)”, M.S. University of Baroda,
1984.
3. R.D. D’Silva, “Bassein Under the Portuguese 1534-1640: A Socio-Economic Study”,
M.S.University of Baroda, 1985.
4. Annapoorna Shyam, “Social and Economic History of Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century: A
Study Based Chiefly on Portuguese Sources”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1988.
5. S. Babu, “Sea-Borne Trade of India and the English East India Company (1600-1657)”,
Pondicherry University, 1990.
6. S. Jeyaseela Stephen, “Pre-Industrial Coromandel: A Study of Polity, Economy and Society
(A.D. 1500-1600)”, Pondicherry University, 1992.
7. Aleyamma Mathew, “Economy and Society in Medieval Malabar (A.D.1500-1600)”,
Pondicherry University, 1992.
8. R. Uma Bala, “The Society and Economy of Goa in the Sixteenth Century”, Pondicherry
University, 1994.
9 M. Manickam, “Trade and Commerce in Pondicherry (A.D.1701-1793)”, Pondicherry
University, 1995.
10 Mary A. alias Georgia, “Society and Economy of the French Colonies with Special Reference
to Pondicherry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (A.D.1674-1754)”, Pondicherry
University, 1996.
11 J.C. Coelho, “Indian Luxuries and Europeans 1600-1800: A Study of International Trade of
India with Special Reference to the Dutch”, Pondicherry University, 1997.
12.Pius M.C. (Malekandathil), “Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India; 1500-
1663”, 1998.
13 Mrs. C.Premavalli, “Education in French Pondicherry (1674-1954)” 2001
14. .James John, “The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in Malabar 1498-1663”
2004
15..C.C.Joseph, “Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western coast of India and the
and the Portuguese”. 2004.
16. Dr. C.J. Davees, Literature as a source of history: A case Study on Luís Vaz de Camões’s
Lusíadas, Pondcherry University, 2007
17. Joshy Mathew “Agrarian Migration in Wayanadu. A socio –Historical study”, Kannur
University, , 2009
18. K.Lourdusamy “St.Angelo and Bekel Fortresses .A Comparative study” Kannur
University, 2010
19..Jobi John (Poovathinkal), “Portuguese in Cannanore-(16th
and 17th
centuries)- A Socio-
Economic Study”. 2011. (Kannur University)
14. AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS
1. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from I.C.H.R. (1979).
2. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon (1979, 1983 and 1985).
3. Fellowship from CIES, U.S.A. to work in Wisconsin University, Madison from September to
December 1989.
4. Faculty Enrichment Fellowship from Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary, Canada (May-
June 1990).
5. Research fellowship from the International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
to work in Portugal, Rome and West Germany (summer 1992).
6. Award of fellowship under the Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme, 1992-93.
7. Award of UGC National Fellowship for Eminent Professors in history 1993-1995 (two
years).
8. Short-term research fellowship from Fundação Oriente, Lisbon to work on the Influence of
Portuguese Shipbuilding and Navigation in the Sixteenth Century India, May-July 1997.
9. Emeritus Fellowship of the UGC (2005 for two years)
10 Elected Associate Member (Academic) of the Academia da Marinha), Portuguese Naval
Academy 2005
11. Elected as General President of South Indian History Congress for 2006-207
15. ACADEMIC VISITS ABROAD
Australia, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium England,
Italy, Norway, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao and Hungary.
16. ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT ABROAD
Honorary Fellow of the Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, U.S.A.,
September to December 1989 under the Indo-US Cultural Exchange Programme.
Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa, Canada (September-November
1991.)
Visiting Professor in Institute d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux-III, France
February to April 1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
17. RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED
1. “Portuguese Trade with India 1530-1600” sponsored by UGC 1980 at M.S. University
Baroda.
2. “Portuguese in Gujarat and Maharashtra 1500-1707” sponsored by Indian Council of
Historical Research, M.S. University, Baroda, New Delhi.
3. “Compilation of a source book for the History of Gujarat Sultanate 1500-1573”, sponsored
by U.G.C., completed and published as a book in 1985.
4. “Portuguese and the Pre-Mughal Gujarat 1500-1573: A Study of Political, Social and
Economic History based on Portuguese Sources”, sponsored UGC. Completed and report
submitted.
5. “Collection of Indigenous Sources for the study of Society and Economy of India in the 18th
Century”, sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, Completed
and report submitted.
6. “Pondicherry through Ages – A Study of Society and Economy”, sponsored by the
Government of Pondicherry. Completed and report submitted.
7. “Educational Development in Pondicherry”, sponsored by National Institute for Education,
Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi., completed and report submitted.
8. “Navigation and Shipbuilding in the Indian Ocean Regions with Special Reference to
Malabar 15th
to 17th
Centuries”, under the award of U.G.C. National Fellowship (1993-1995),
completed.
9. “European Influence on Traditional Shipping”, sponsored by Indian National Science
Academy (INSA), New Delhi. Completed and report submitted
10. Decolonisation of the Portuguese Pockets in India and the Indian National Leaders,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkota, 2006
11. Indian Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese Maritime Activities in India
during the sixteenth century Sponsored by the UGC under the scheme of Emeritus
Fellow (2005-2007). Completed and report submitted in August 2007
12“ Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western Coast of India with special reference to the Malabar coast during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
Under the Senior Fellowship of ICHR
13. “Education in Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Malabar(1920-2006) ,Funded by ICSSR,
completed in February 2011.
14. “Portuguese in Malabar –A socio-Economic Study” under the Senior Academic
Fellowship of the ICHR. (Started in January 2011) (IN Progress)
19. LANGUAGES KNOWN
English, Hindi, Latin, Sanskrit, Syriac, Malayalam, Portuguese, German, Spanish and
Greek.
Date: January .2011
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(summary)
Bio-data
(summary)
Name : Professor Dr. K.S.Mathew
Current position : Hon. Director, Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
: Humanities.(www.irish-meshar.org), Kannur University
Address for Correspondence : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: [email protected]
Teaching experience Lecturer & Reader in History, M.S.University of Baroda: 7
years;
Professor and Head, in History, at Central University
Of Hyderabad: 3 years
Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University, Madison, USA
Visiting Professor in Ottawa University, Canada
Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire,
Universite Michel de Montaingne-Bordeaux III, France in
1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris,
Professor and Founder head of the Department of History
at the Pondicherry University (1986-2003) 17 years
Successful guidance of Ph.D
in History : 17
Books published :21
Articles in National&
International Journals :103
Administrative experience 18 years as Head of the Departments of History in Hyderabad
and Pondicherry Central Universities.
Membership 1) Membership in ICHR for three years
2) Member of History and Archaeology Panel of UGC for two
terms;
Associate Member of Academia de Marinha, Lisbon.
Portugal
Academic qualifications M.A.(Poona); M.Phil and Ph.D. JNU (Delhi)
Language proficiency : Portuguese (P.G.Diploma from JNU), German (P.G.
Diploma from MSU, Baroda), Malayalam, Hindi, Latin
Visits abroad Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University (USA), Ottawa
University (Canada), Bordeaux University (France),
Portugal, Spain, Germany England, Honkong
K.S.Mathew
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. NAME : Dr. K.S.. MATHEW
2. PRESENT POST HELD : Director (Hon)
Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
Humanities
Nirmalagiri College Campus
Nirmalagiri College, P.O
Kannur Dt. Kerala-670701. India
Tele: 0490-2366620
www.irish-meshar.org
.
PRESENT ADDRESS : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam
Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: [email protected]
4. DATE OF BIRTH : 8 June 1939
5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
DEGREE SUBJECT UNIVERSITY YEAR DISTINCTION
IF ANY
SECURED
PG Diploma German Language M.S.University 1980
Of Baroda
Ph.D. History Jawaharlal Nehru 1978
University
M.Phil History - do - 1975 A
PG Diploma Portuguese - do - 1975 I Class with
Language Distinction
M.A. History Poona University 1973 First Class
Graduation Philosophy, History Latteran University, 1966 Distinction
and Theology Rome
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6. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
a) Socio-Economic History of Medieval India.
b) Indo-European Relations of Pre-Industrial Period.
d) Maritime History and Indo-Portuguese History.
7. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (NUMBER):
a. Books : 21
b. Research Articles: 103
b. BOOKS (authored /edited)
1.Prasadvaram (Malayalam), Alwaye, 1966.
2. Iswaranum Darsanikarum (Malayalam) Co-authored, Alwaye, 1966.
3. Society in Medieval Malabar, Jaffe Jo Books, Kottayam, 1979.
4. Chronica do Reyno de Gusarate (Chronicle of Gujarat, a Portuguese manuscript of
the Early Sixteenth Century edited jointly with Prof. S.C. Misra), Baroda, 1981.
5. Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth Century, Manohar Books, New Delhi,
1983.
6. Portuguese and the History of the Sultanate of Gujarat, Mittal Publications, New
Delhi, 1985.
15. Studies in Maritime History, (edited) Pondicherry, 1990.
16. Emergence of Cochin in the Pre-Industrial Era (A Study of Portuguese Cochin),
Pondicherry, 1990.
17. Mariners, Merchants and Oceans: Studies in Maritime History, (edited.) Manohar Book
Service, New Delhi, 1995.
18. Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction A.D. 1400-1800, (edited) Pondicherry,
1996.
11. Ship-building and Navigation in the Indian Ocean Region A.D 1400-1800,
Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1997.
12. Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Fuggers of Germany, Manohar Book Service, New
Delhi, 1997.
13. Canada: Its Region and People, Michael D. Behiels and K.S. Mathew, eds.,
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1998.
17. Indo-French Relations, edited jointly with S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ICHR Monograph
Series 2, Pragati Publications, Delhi, 1999.
18. French in India and Indian Nationalism (1700-1963 A.D.), 2 vols., New Delhi, 1999.
.
16 The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in India, 1500-1800, jointly edited with
Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza and Dr. Pius Malekandathil, Pondicherry, 2001
17. Medieval and Modern Deccan: Felicitation volume in honour of Professor A.R. Kulkarni,
jointly edited with Professor Aninurdha Ray and M.A. Nayeem, New Delhi, 2002
18.Maritime Malabar and the Europeans (1500-1962) Delhi, Hope India Publication/Greenwich
Millennium, 2003.
19.Migration in South India, edited jointly with Mahavir Singh and Joy Varkey, Delhi,
Shipra Publications,2005
20. Winds of Spices, jointly edited with Joy Varkey, Tellicherry,2006
21. Indian Constitution, Minorities and Education in Kerala, edited jointly with Dr.
T.K.Sebastian, Tellicherry, 2009
b) Edited Four volumes of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities
c) Research Articles
71. “Financiers of the Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth century”, Journal of the
Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda, Humanities Number vols.XXVII-XXVIII, 1978-
79, No..1, pp.87-99.
72. “Portuguese Trade with India and the Theory of royal Monopoly in the sixteenth century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (40th
Session, Waltair), pp.389-398.
73. “Commodity composition of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (41st Session, Bombay), 1980, pp.297-305.
74. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Italian Financiers in the Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings of
the Indian History Congress (42nd
Session, Bodhgaya), 1981, pp.570-575.
75. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant-Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress” (43rd
Session, Kurushetra),
1982, pp.232-242.
76. “The King of Tanur on the Malabar Coast and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century”, Journal of Kerala Studies, Vol.X, Parts 1-4, Trivandrum, 1983, pp.147-
165.
77. “Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast” in S.N. Sen (ed.), Western Colonial Policy,
Calcutta, 1984, pp.302-317.
78. “Indian Merchants and the Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast during the Sixteenth
Century”, in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Indo-Portuguese History: Old Issues and New Questions,
New Delhi, 1984, pp.1-12.
79. “The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean during the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries”,
Tamil Civilization, Vol.11, No.3, 1984, pp.74-86.
80. “Indo-Portuguese Coinage in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries”, Journal of the
Numismatic Society of India, Varanasi, Vol.XLVI, Parts 1&2, 1984, pp.120-129.
81. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Gujarat Nobility in the Sixteenth Century: A Case Study of
Malik Gopi”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, (45th
Session), Annamalai, 1984,
pp.357-66.
82. “Portuguese Relationship with Shivaji” Lokarajya Bombay, April 1985, pp.167-172.
83. “The South Indian Apostolate of St.Thomas and the Portuguese in the Sixteenth Century”,
Christian Orient, Kottayam, Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1985, pp.5-12
84. “The First Mercantile Battle in the Indian Ocean(508-09): Afro-Asian Front Against the
Portuguese”, II Seminario Internacional de Historia Indo-Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1985, pp.177-
186.
85. “India Contract of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century”, in
V.K. Chavda, ed., Studies in Trade and Urbanization in Western India, Baroda, 1985, pp.
163-171.
86. “Nationalism and Secularism” in Nationalism in Crisis, Bangalore, 1985, pp.9-28.
87. “Agricultural Production in the Deccan during the Seventeenth Century and Overseas
Markets”, Tamil Civilization, Vol.III, No.4, 1985, pp.76-83.
88. “Trade and Economy of Coastal Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century”, Journal of the Oriental
Institute, Baroda, Vol.34, Nos.3-4, 1985, pp.201-215.
89. “Maritime Trade of the Portuguese with North Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth
Century”, Tamil Civilisation, Vol.III, No.1, pp.10-22.
90. “Trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese System of Cartazes” in Malyn Newitt (ed.),
The First Portuguese Colonial Empire, University of Exeter Publication, Exeter, 1986,
pp.69-83.
91. “Business in Portuguese India: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in Dwijendra
Tripathi (ed.) State and Business in India, Delhi, 1987, pp.22-58.
92. “Economy of Bassein in the Sixteenth Century”, Indica, Bombay, Vol.24, No,2, 1987,
pp.131-140
93. “Indian Shipping and the maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Purabhilekh Puratatva”, Goa, Vol.III, No.2, 1986, pp.1-12.
94. “Masulipatnam and Maritime Trade of India during the Seventeenth Century”, Proceedings
of the Andhra Pradesh History congress”, (11th
Session), Nagaram, 1987, pp.76-89.
95. “Church Economics in the Sixteenth Century”, in P.P. Shirodkar (ed.), Goa: Cultural Trends
Panaji, 1988, pp.123-130.
96. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century” in Vice-Almirante A Teixeira Da Mota in Memoriam, Vol.1, Lisboa,
released in 1988, pp.319-328.
97. “Goa: Past and Present”, in Purabhilekh Puratatva, Vol.X, No.1, released in October 1988,
pp.1-14.
98. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History congress” (48th
Session), Goa, released in November
1988, pp.275-283.
99. “Money Economy in the Portuguese India” Journal of Gujarat Itihas Parishat released in
January 1989, pp.23-33.
100. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century” in Dr.G.
Victor Rajamanickam and Dr.Y. Subbarayalu (eds.), History of Traditional Navigation,
Tamil University, Thanjavur, released in 1989, pp.129-140.
101. “Masulipatnam on the Coromandel Coast and the Maritime Trade of India during the
Seventeenth Century A.D.” in Tamil Civilisation, Vol.5, No.4, released in 1989, Thanjavur,
pp.45-60.
102. “Cochin and the Portuguese Trade with India during the Sixteenth Century”, Indica,
Vol.26, Nos.1 & 2, Bombay, 1989, pp.77-91.
103. “Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India during the Sixteenth Century”, in Purabhilekh
Puratava, Vol.6, No.4, 1989, pp.1-10.
104. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and Portuguese Historians”
Purabhilekh Puratatva Vol.7, No.1, January-June 1989, pp.1-17.
105. “Maritime Trade of Masulipattam on the Coromandel Coast of India during the Second
Half of the Eighteenth Century” in Lewis R. Fischer and Helge W.Nordvik (eds.) Shipping
and Trade, 1750-1950: Essays in International Maritime Economic History, Pontefract,
1990, pp.1-14.
106. “Trade and Commerce in Sixteenth Century Goa” in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Goa through
the Ages, Vol. II, 1990, Goa, pp.137-145.
107. “The Portuguese and the Malabar Society during the Sixteenth Century: A Study of
Mutual Interaction” in STUDIA, No.49, Lisboa, pp.36-69.
108. “Khwaja Shams-ud-din Giloni: A Sixteenth Century Entrepreneur in Portuguese India”,
in Emporia, Commodities and Entrepreneurs in Asian Maritime Trade, C.1400-1750,
Roderich Ptak and Dietmer Rothermund eds., Beitrage Zur Sudasienforschung Sudasien-
Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1991, pp.363-371.
109. “Maritime Trade of India and the Germans in the Sixteenth Century”, in the Souvenir of
the Second International Symposium on Maritime Studies, Department of History,
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 1991, pp.37-47.
110. “Cuddalore in the Eighteenth Century”, in Indu Banga and J.S.Grewal (eds.), Ports and
their Hinterlands in India, 1700-1950, New Delhi, 1992 pp.77-87
111. “Freedom Movement and National Integration”, in S.Manickam (ed.) Reflections on
Trends and Themes in History, Madurai, 1992, pp.76-89.
112. “German Merchant financiers in Goa during Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”, in
P.P. Shirodkar (ed.), Goa’s External Relations, G.1992, pp.32-56
113. “Urban Development of Portuguese Cochin in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”,
Proceedings Volume of the Eleventh Annual Session of the South Indian History Congress,
Calicut, 1991 (Released in January 1993), pp.79-84.
114. “Medieval Deccan and the Maritime Trade of India”, Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh
History Congress, Vol.XLVI, Karimnagar, 1992 (released in 1993), pp.39-53.
115. “Freibriefe für den Handel an Indiens Küste”, in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der
ersten deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.30ff.
116. “Die Konkurrenten der deutschen Händler” in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der
ersten deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.107ff.
117. “Trade and Navigation in the Indian Ocean under Portuguese and Akbar”, Purabhilekh
Puratatva, Vol. IX, No,1, pp.3-22.
118. “Maritime History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands” in V.Suryanarayan & V.Sudarsen
eds., Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Challenges of Development, Delhi, Konark Publishers,
1994, pp.51-58.
119. “Reflections on the Portuguese Lusíadas as Source for Indian History” in Journal of
Indian History, Vol. LXV, Parts 1-3, Trivandrum, released in February 1995, pp.27-34.
120. “Age of Discoveries and the Emergence of French Canada” in Indo-Canadian Relations:
Future Perspectives, Berhampur University Publication, released in March 1995, pp.11-24.
121. “Indian Shipping and the Maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission, New
Delhi, 1995, pp.25-34.
122. “Differential Reactions to the Portuguese Monopoly of Trade in the Indian Ocean Region
during the Sixteenth Century” in Felicitation Volume of Prof. Agam Prasad Mathur, Vol. III,
Recent Trends in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hazuri Bhawan, Peepal Mandi, Agra,
1995, pp.65-87.
123. “The Portuguese Trade and State in the Sixteenth Century India” in R.L.Hangloo, ed.,
Situating Medieval Indian State, New Delhi, Commonwealth Publishers, 1995, pp.33-45.
124. “Maritime Trade of Gujarat and the Portuguese in the Seventeenth century”, Mare
Liberum, Number 9, Lisbon, 1995 (released in 1996 June), pp.187-195.
125. “The Private Diary of Ananda Rangapillai and the Study of Maritime History of India in
the 18th
century”, Revue Historique de Pondicherry, October 1996, pp.256-265.
126. “Akbar and the Portuguese Maritime Dominance” in Irfan Habib, Akbar and His India,
OUP, Delhi, 1997, pp. 256-265.
127. “Indian Naval Encounters with the Portuguese, Strength and Weakness” in K.K.N.
Kurup, India’s Naval Traditions: The Role of Kunhali Marakkars, New Delhi, 1997, pp. 6-
25.
128. “Portuguese Sources and Medieval Indian History”, Proceedings of Indian History
Congress, Presidential address (Medieval section), Madras Session, 1997.
129. “Indian Independence and Integration of the Portuguese Pockets in India”, Souvenir of
the 58th
Session of Indian History Congress, Bangalore, 1997, pp.114-124.
130. “The Portuguese and the Study of Medicinal Plants in India in the Sixteenth Century”,
Indian Journal of History of Science, No.32 (4), New Delhi, 1997, pp.369-376.
131. “Indo-Portuguese Trade Under Dom Philip II of Portugal and the Fuggers of Germany” A
Carreira Da India E As Rotas Dos Estreitas, Angra Do Heroisma, 1998, pp.563-580.
132. “Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction”, Indica, Mumbai, 1998, pp.97-133.
133. “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” Samvada, New Delhi,
1998, pp.23-35.
134. “Indian Entrepreneurs and Maritime Trade in the Bay of Bengal during the Eighteenth
Century with special reference to Ananda Ranga Pillai”, in Om Prakash and Denys Lombard,
Commerce and Culture in the Bay of Bengal 1500-1800, New Delhi, 1999, pp.221-232.
135. “Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa and Masulipatnam during the Second Half of the
Eighteenth Century”, Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa 17th
& 18th
Centuries A.D., ed.
by R. Soma Reddy, M. Radhakrishna Sarma and Dr.A. Satyanarayana, Hyderabad, 1998,
pp.1-21.
136. “Akbar and the Europeans – A Study of Changing Perspectives”, Akbar and His Age,
ICHR Monograph Series-5, Iqtidar Alam Khan, ed., Northern Book Centre, New Delhi,
1999, pp.114-131.
137. “Ship Building on the Malabar Coast and the Portuguese during the 16th
& 17th
Centuries”, Perspectives on Kerala Traders, ed. T. Jamal Mohammed, Sree Sankaracharya
University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 1999, pp.6-33
138. “Portuguese Trade in Indian Ocean Regions under Philip II of Spain and the German
Merchant Financiers” in Artemio D. Palongpalong & Sylvano D. Mahiwo (eds.), Society and
Culture: The Asian Heritage Festschrift for Juan R. Francisco, Metro Manila, 1999, pp.128-
145.
139. “Syrian Catholics in India” in S. Settar and P.K.V. Kaimal, We Lived Together, ICHR
Monograph Series 3, Delhi, 1999, pp.156-172.
140. “The Germans and Portuguese India” in Joâo Pedro Garcia, ed., Vasco da Gama E A
India, Fundaçâo Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1999, pp.281-293.
71.“The Portuguese and Shipbuilding in India in the sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in
Proceedings of the Twentieth Anniversary Seminar on European Influence in the Shipping
of Maritime India” Maritime History Society of Bombay, 1999,pp.95-98
72.“Trade and Commerce in Kerala (1500-1800)” in P.J. Cherian, ed., Perspectives on Kerala
History: The Second Millennium, Kerala State Gazetteers, Vol. II, Part II,
Thiruvananthapuram, pp.180-221.
73 “Treatises on Portuguese Shipbuilding in India during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries” Indica, vol. 38, nos 1&2 Platinum Jubilee Special volume, 2001, pp.153-
60.
74. “Books of Monsoon in the Historical Archives of Goa and the History of Cochin in the late
16th
century” in S.K.Mhamai , ed., Fourth Centenary Volume of Goa Archives (1595-1995)
Goa, 2001, pp. 60-74
75. “The Portuguese in Malabar “in A Handbook of Kerala vol.1,. Thiruvananthapuram,
Dravidian Linguistics Association of India, 2001, pp.112-122.
76. “Provincial Councils of Goa and the Cultural Changes in India during the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Centuries “ in Teotonio R.De Souza etal.(ed).The Portuguese and
the Socio-cultural Changes in India, 1500- 1800, Tellicherry, 2001, Pp.555-568
77.“Health-care on board the Portuguese ship of the India-Run (Carreira da India) in the
Sixteenth century” in Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol. 3, no.1, pp.107-117 (January 2002)
78. “The Syrian Christians of Malabar and Vasco da Gama” in Vasco da Gama :Homens,
Viagens e Culturas: Actas do Congresso Internacional, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional pra as
Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 2001, pp.75-97,
79 “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” in M.A.Nayeem et al.
Studies in History of the Deccan: Medieval and Modern, Delhi, 2002, pp.162-178
80. “Missionaries from the Atlantic Regions and the Social changes in the French Pondicherry
form the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries” in Jacques Weber, Les Relations entre la
France et l’Inde de 1673 à nos Jours. Paris, Les Indes Savantes, 2002, pp.349-371
81. “Portuguese Shipbuilding methods in India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries” in
B.Arunachalam, ed., Essays in Maritime Studies vol. II, Mumbai, Maritime History
Society, 2002, pp.57-61
82.”Indian National Movement and the Integration of the Portuguese settlements in India” in
Azad Institute Papers 18&19, Kolkata, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian
Studies, 2002. pp.13-32
83..“ Cannanore and the Portuguese : A Study of Trade and Urban Growth in the Sixteenth
Century”.in M..O.Koshy, ed., Cannanore in the Maritime History of India”
Kannur, Kannur University Publications, 2002.pp.12-21
84.“Trade Economy of the Malabar Coast and the Europeans” in Kerala Economy and
European Trade edited by Nirmala Academic and Research Publications for the
Department of Economics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, 2003, pp.1-26
85. “The Jesuits and the Services on Board ships of India Run (Carreira da India) during
the Sixteenth Century”. Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol.4, no.1,(2003) pp.123-133
86.”St.Thomas Christians in Malabar from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries” in Bosco
Puthur,ed., St.Thomas Christians and Nambudiri, Jews and Sangam Literature: A
Historical Appraisal, Kochi, L.R.C Publications, 2003, pp.55-79
87.“Impact of Trade and Globalisation”:A Study of the migration of Plants and Producers
from India to Brazil during the seventeenth Century” in S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ed.,
Trade and Globalization, New Delhi, Rawat Publications, 2003. pp. 191-204
88. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and the Portuguese Historians”
Indian Historical Studies, vol. 1, No. 1, April 2004,Tiruchirapalli, pp.23-35
89. “Indo-Portuguese Historiography-Malabar Coast- A critique” in Fatima da Silva
Gracias, Celsa Pinto and Charles Borges, eds., Indo- Portuguese History:Global
Trends, Goa, 2005, pp. 65-77
90.”The Portuguese Historians of the Sixteenth century and the Study of Kerala History”
, Journal of South Indian History, vol. 2, issue 1, March 2005, pp.66-78.
91. “French Missionaries, Tamil Catholics and Social Changes in Pondicherry (1674-
1793)” in S.Jeyaseela Stephen, ed., Literature, Caste and Society: The Masks and
Veils, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi, 2006, pp.285-310
92. “Naval Architecture in Portuguese India with special reference to the Malabar coast” in
Lotika Varadarajan, ed. Indo-Portuguese Encounters: Journeys in Science, Technology
and Culture New Delhi, Aryan Books International, 2006, vol. 2, pp.574-592
93. “Some aspects of Medieval Indian Society”: in Radhika Seshan, ed., Medieval India:
Problems and Possibilities, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 15-33
94“ Children of the Sea, Cultural life of the coastal society of Central Travancore as
reflected in a contemporary novel” in Charles Dias ed., Kerala Spectrum: Aspects of
Cultural Inheritance, Kochi, 2006, pp. 344-365
95“The Jesuits and the Services on board the ships of the India run (Carreira da India) during
the sixteenth century” in Charles J. Borges &M.N.Pearson, eds. Metahitory: History
Questioning History, Lisbon, Nova Vega,2007, pp.443-450
96.”West Asians and the Portuguese on the Malabar coast” in M.H. Ilias and P.J. Vincent,
India- West Asia Relations, New Delhi,2007, pp.76-89
100. “Maritime Trade of Peninsular India and the Indian Merchants during the
Sixteenth to the
eighteenth centuries, General President’s address, South Indian History Congress, 27
Session, Proceedings , Rajapalayam, 2007,pp.1-24
101. “ Portuguese sources and the History of South India with special reference to
Tamil Nadu
during the sixteenth century” in N.Rajendran(ed), Sources: Construction and Reconstruction
of South Indian History, ICHR, Banglore,2006, pp.94-116
102. “Portuguese Institutions of Social Welfare and Culture in Cochin during the
sixteenth century” in Dr. Marian Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring
Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008,
pp.148-171
100“Cochin and the Portuguese Shipbuilding during the Sixteenth century” in Dr. Marian
Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008, pp.368-386
101.“The Portuguese and the Cultural Transformation in Malabar during the Sixteenth and the
Seventeenth Centuries” The Journal of the Vasco da Gama Research Institute of Cochin,
vol.1, Number 1, June 2008, pp.7-22
105 “Contribution of the Christians of Malabar to Trade and Commerce during the colonial
Period” in Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture. Chair for Christian Studies and
Research, University of Calicut, Vol.1, No.2, July December,2008, pp.20-33
106 “ Portuguese Navigation and their exclusive claims in the Indian Ocean “ in T.P
Sankarankutty Nari, ed., India , Yesterday, and Today :A Festschrift for
Padmabhooshan Professor A.Sreedhara Menon, Trivandrum, 2010, pp. 148-194
9. POSITIONS:
13. Professor and Head, Central University of Hyderabad up to December 1987.
14. Professor and founder-Head of the Department of History, Pondicherry University from
December 1987 to July 1993 and from July 1996 till 30 June 2001.
15. Vice-President of Augusburg Forschungsgemeinschaft, Indo-German Trade Relations of
Sixteenth Century, Augusburg, West Germany from August 1988.
16. Visiting fellow, Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, USA (Fall 1989).
17. Visiting Professor, Department of History, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada from
September to November 1991.
18. Elected as Sectional President for 1991-92 of the south Indian History Congress.
19. Elected as Sectional President for the Andhra History Congress, 1992.
20. Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaingne-
Bordeaux III, France in 1995.
21. Elected as Sectional President for Indian History congress (Medieval History), 1996.
22. President of the Historical Society of Pondicherry founded in 1911 (from September 1995-
1999).
23. Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
24. Chief editor of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
2001till June 2003 .
10. MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC BODIES
18. Life Member of Indian History Congress
19. Executive Committee Member of Indian History Congress
20. Member of South Indian History Congress
21. Life Member of Andhra History Congress
22. Life Member of Centre for Deccan Studies.
23. Life Member in Numismatic Society of India, Banares.
24. Member in International Committee for Indo-Portuguese History.
25. Member of the Society for Indo-German History, Augsburg, West Germany.
26. Member of the UGC Consultative Group for Canadian Studies in India.
27. Member of the Grants-in-Aid Committee of the National Archives of India (nominated
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development).
28. Nominated to the panel of History and Archaeology of the University Grants commission
(two terms).
29. Life membership in the Indian Association for Canadian Studies.
30. Life member of the Maritime History Society, Bombay.
31. Life member of The Historical Society of Pondicherry.
32. Member of the International Committee for the Celebration of the 500 Anniversary of the
Discovery of Sea-Route to India.
33. Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development as Member of Indian
Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, from March 2002 for three years.
34. Academic Associate of the Academia de Marinha, Lisboa, 2005
19. EDITORIAL BOARD
Member of the Editorial Board for Purabhilekh Puratatva, a journal of Directorate of Archives,
Archaeology and Museum, Panaji, Goa.
Member of the editorial board of Revue Historique de Pondicherry.
Chief Editor of Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (PUSH), a bi-
annual research journal of Pondicherry University.
Chairman, Board of Editors, Journal of IRISH, 2006
20. RESEARCH TRAINING AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT.
Worked three years in Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, England, West Germany and Holland in
connection with the Ph.D thesis, which was submitted, to Jawaharlal Nehru University in
1978. Continued further research in the European Archives with (Medieval History)
financial assistance from ICHR as well as International Service of the Gulbenkian
Foundation after obtaining doctorate.
Worked as Lecturer and Reader in the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Department of
History, M.S. University of Baroda up to 1985.
From September 1985 worked as Professor in History in the Central University of Hyderabad.
Assumed charge as the Head of the Department of History in Hyderabad University in
February 1986 and joined Pondicherry University as the first Professor and Head of the
Department of History, in December 1987 and retired on superannuation on 30.06.2001 and
reemployed from 01 July 2001 in the Pondicherry University till 30 June 2003..
13. NUMBER OF PH.D/DOCTORAL THESES SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED
1 . Afzal Ahmad, “Portuguese Trade on the Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth Century
(1600-1663)”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1984.
2. B. Krishnamurthy, “The French Trade with India (1664-1754)”, M.S. University of Baroda,
1984.
3. R.D. D’Silva, “Bassein Under the Portuguese 1534-1640: A Socio-Economic Study”,
M.S.University of Baroda, 1985.
4. Annapoorna Shyam, “Social and Economic History of Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century: A
Study Based Chiefly on Portuguese Sources”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1988.
5. S. Babu, “Sea-Borne Trade of India and the English East India Company (1600-1657)”,
Pondicherry University, 1990.
6. S. Jeyaseela Stephen, “Pre-Industrial Coromandel: A Study of Polity, Economy and Society
(A.D. 1500-1600)”, Pondicherry University, 1992.
7. Aleyamma Mathew, “Economy and Society in Medieval Malabar (A.D.1500-1600)”,
Pondicherry University, 1992.
8. R. Uma Bala, “The Society and Economy of Goa in the Sixteenth Century”, Pondicherry
University, 1994.
10 M. Manickam, “Trade and Commerce in Pondicherry (A.D.1701-1793)”, Pondicherry
University, 1995.
10 Mary A. alias Georgia, “Society and Economy of the French Colonies with Special Reference
to Pondicherry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (A.D.1674-1754)”, Pondicherry
University, 1996.
11 J.C. Coelho, “Indian Luxuries and Europeans 1600-1800: A Study of International Trade of
India with Special Reference to the Dutch”, Pondicherry University, 1997.
12.Pius M.C. (Malekandathil), “Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India; 1500-
1663”, 1998.
13 Mrs. C.Premavalli, “Education in French Pondicherry (1674-1954)” 2001
14. .James John, “The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in Malabar 1498-1663”
2004
15..C.C.Joseph, “Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western coast of India and the
and the Portuguese”. 2004.
19. Dr. C.J. Davees, Literature as a source of history: A case Study on Luís Vaz de Camões’s
Lusíadas, Pondcherry University, 2007
17. Joshy Mathew “Agrarian Migration in Wayanadu. A socio –Historical study”, Kannur
University, , 2009
18. K.Lourdusamy “St.Angelo and Bekel Fortresses .A Comparative study” Kannur
University, 2010
19..Jobi John (Poovathinkal), “Portuguese in Cannanore-(16th
and 17th
centuries)- A Socio-
Economic Study”. 2011. (Kannur University)
14. AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS
9. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from I.C.H.R. (1979).
10. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon (1979, 1983 and 1985).
11. Fellowship from CIES, U.S.A. to work in Wisconsin University, Madison from September to
December 1989.
12. Faculty Enrichment Fellowship from Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary, Canada (May-
June 1990).
13. Research fellowship from the International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
to work in Portugal, Rome and West Germany (summer 1992).
14. Award of fellowship under the Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme, 1992-93.
15. Award of UGC National Fellowship for Eminent Professors in history 1993-1995 (two
years).
16. Short-term research fellowship from Fundação Oriente, Lisbon to work on the Influence of
Portuguese Shipbuilding and Navigation in the Sixteenth Century India, May-July 1997.
9. Emeritus Fellowship of the UGC (2005 for two years)
11 Elected Associate Member (Academic) of the Academia da Marinha), Portuguese Naval
Academy 2005
11. Elected as General President of South Indian History Congress for 2006-207
15. ACADEMIC VISITS ABROAD
Australia, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium England,
Italy, Norway, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao and Hungary.
16. ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT ABROAD
Honorary Fellow of the Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, U.S.A.,
September to December 1989 under the Indo-US Cultural Exchange Programme.
Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa, Canada (September-November
1991.)
Visiting Professor in Institute d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux-III, France
February to April 1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
17. RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED
10. “Portuguese Trade with India 1530-1600” sponsored by UGC 1980 at M.S. University
Baroda.
11. “Portuguese in Gujarat and Maharashtra 1500-1707” sponsored by Indian Council of
Historical Research, M.S. University, Baroda, New Delhi.
12. “Compilation of a source book for the History of Gujarat Sultanate 1500-1573”, sponsored
by U.G.C., completed and published as a book in 1985.
13. “Portuguese and the Pre-Mughal Gujarat 1500-1573: A Study of Political, Social and
Economic History based on Portuguese Sources”, sponsored UGC. Completed and report
submitted.
14. “Collection of Indigenous Sources for the study of Society and Economy of India in the 18th
Century”, sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, Completed
and report submitted.
15. “Pondicherry through Ages – A Study of Society and Economy”, sponsored by the
Government of Pondicherry. Completed and report submitted.
16. “Educational Development in Pondicherry”, sponsored by National Institute for Education,
Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi., completed and report submitted.
17. “Navigation and Shipbuilding in the Indian Ocean Regions with Special Reference to
Malabar 15th
to 17th
Centuries”, under the award of U.G.C. National Fellowship (1993-1995),
completed.
18. “European Influence on Traditional Shipping”, sponsored by Indian National Science
Academy (INSA), New Delhi. Completed and report submitted
10. Decolonisation of the Portuguese Pockets in India and the Indian National Leaders,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkota, 2006
11. Indian Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese Maritime Activities in India
during the sixteenth century Sponsored by the UGC under the scheme of Emeritus
Fellow (2005-2007). Completed and report submitted in August 2007
12“ Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western Coast of India with special reference to the Malabar coast during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
Under the Senior Fellowship of ICHR
21. “Education in Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Malabar(1920-2006) ,Funded by ICSSR,
completed in February 2011.
22. “Portuguese in Malabar –A socio-Economic Study” under the Senior Academic
Fellowship of the ICHR. (Started in January 2011) (IN Progress)
19. LANGUAGES KNOWN
English, Hindi, Latin, Sanskrit, Syriac, Malayalam, Portuguese, German, Spanish and
Greek.
Date: January .2011
* * * *
Name : Professor Dr. K.S.Mathew
Current position : Hon. Director, Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
: Humanities.(www.irish-meshar.org), Kannur University
Address for Correspondence : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: ksmtry@ hotmail.com
Teaching experience Lecturer & Reader in History, M.S.University of Baroda: 7
years;
Professor and Head, in History, at Central University
Of Hyderabad: 3 years
Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University, Madison, USA
Visiting Professor in Ottawa University, Canada
Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire,
Universite Michel de Montaingne-Bordeaux III, France in
1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris,
Professor and Founder head of the Department of History
at the Pondicherry University (1986-2003) 17 years
Successful guidance of Ph.D
in History : 19
Books published :21
Articles in National&
International Journals :105
Administrative experience 18 years as Head of the Departments of History in Hyderabad
and Pondicherry Central Universities.
Membership 1) Membership in ICHR for three years
2) Member of History and Archaeology Panel of UGC for two
terms;
Associate Member of Academia de Marinha, Lisbon.
Portugal
Academic qualifications M.A.(Poona); M.Phil and Ph.D. JNU (Delhi)
Language proficiency : Portuguese (P.G.Diploma from JNU), German (P.G.
Diploma from MSU, Baroda), Malayalam, Hindi, Latin
Visits abroad Visiting Professor in Wisconsin University (USA), Ottawa
University (Canada), Bordeaux University (France),
Portugal, Spain, Germany England, Honkong
K.S.Mathew
CURRICULUM VITAE
1. NAME : Dr. K.S.. MATHEW
2. PRESENT POST HELD : Director (Hon)
Institute for Research in Social Sciences and
Humanities
Nirmalagiri College Campus
Nirmalagiri College, P.O
Kannur Dt. Kerala-670701. India
Tele: 0490-2366620
www.irish-meshar.org
.
PRESENT ADDRESS : Kuzhippallil, Kurumulloor P.O. via Kanakkary, Kottayam
Dt.
Kerala, India. 686632,
Tele+ fax. 0481-2539471
EPABX 0481-2533571
Mobile : 09447087076
E mail: [email protected]
4. DATE OF BIRTH : 8 June 1939
5. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
DEGREE SUBJECT UNIVERSITY YEAR DISTINCTION
IF ANY
SECURED
PG Diploma German Language M.S.University 1980
Of Baroda
Ph.D. History Jawaharlal Nehru 1978
University
M.Phil History - do - 1975 A
PG Diploma Portuguese - do - 1975 I Class with
Language Distinction
M.A. History Poona University 1973 First Class
Graduation Philosophy, History Latteran University, 1966 Distinction
and Theology Rome
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6. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
a) Socio-Economic History of Medieval India.
b) Indo-European Relations of Pre-Industrial Period.
e) Maritime History and Indo-Portuguese History.
7. RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (NUMBER):
a. Books : 21
b. Research Articles: 105
c. BOOKS (authored /edited)
1.Prasadvaram (Malayalam), Alwaye, 1966.
2. Iswaranum Darsanikarum (Malayalam) Co-authored, Alwaye, 1966.
3. Society in Medieval Malabar, Jaffe Jo Books, Kottayam, 1979.
4. Chronica do Reyno de Gusarate (Chronicle of Gujarat, a Portuguese manuscript of
the Early Sixteenth Century edited jointly with Prof. S.C. Misra), Baroda, 1981.
5. Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth Century, Manohar Books, New Delhi,
1983.
6. Portuguese and the History of the Sultanate of Gujarat, Mittal Publications, New
Delhi, 1985.
23. Studies in Maritime History, (edited) Pondicherry, 1990.
24. Emergence of Cochin in the Pre-Industrial Era (A Study of Portuguese Cochin),
Pondicherry, 1990.
25. Mariners, Merchants and Oceans: Studies in Maritime History, (edited.) Manohar Book
Service, New Delhi, 1995.
26. Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction A.D. 1400-1800, (edited) Pondicherry,
1996.
11. Ship-building and Navigation in the Indian Ocean Region A.D 1400-1800,
Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1997.
12. Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Fuggers of Germany, Manohar Book Service, New
Delhi, 1997.
13. Canada: Its Region and People, Michael D. Behiels and K.S. Mathew, eds.,
Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1998.
20. Indo-French Relations, edited jointly with S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ICHR Monograph
Series 2, Pragati Publications, Delhi, 1999.
21. French in India and Indian Nationalism (1700-1963 A.D.), 2 vols., New Delhi, 1999.
.
16 The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in India, 1500-1800, jointly edited with
Dr. Teotonio R. de Souza and Dr. Pius Malekandathil, Pondicherry, 2001
17. Medieval and Modern Deccan: Felicitation volume in honour of Professor A.R. Kulkarni,
jointly edited with Professor Aninurdha Ray and M.A. Nayeem, New Delhi, 2002
18.Maritime Malabar and the Europeans (1500-1962) Delhi, Hope India Publication/Greenwich
Millennium, 2003.
19.Migration in South India, edited jointly with Mahavir Singh and Joy Varkey, Delhi,
Shipra Publications,2005
20. Winds of Spices, jointly edited with Joy Varkey, Tellicherry,2006
21. Indian Constitution, Minorities and Education in Kerala, edited jointly with Dr.
T.K.Sebastian, Tellicherry, 2009
b) Edited Four volumes of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities
c) Research Articles
141. “Financiers of the Portuguese Trade with India in the Sixteenth century”, Journal of the
Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda, Humanities Number vols.XXVII-XXVIII, 1978-
79, No..1, pp.87-99.
142. “Portuguese Trade with India and the Theory of royal Monopoly in the sixteenth
century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (40th
Session, Waltair), pp.389-398.
143. “Commodity composition of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (41st Session, Bombay), 1980, pp.297-305.
144. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Italian Financiers in the Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings
of the Indian History Congress (42nd
Session, Bodhgaya), 1981, pp.570-575.
145. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant-Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the
Early Sixteenth Century”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress” (43rd
Session,
Kurushetra), 1982, pp.232-242.
146. “The King of Tanur on the Malabar Coast and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Early
Sixteenth Century”, Journal of Kerala Studies, Vol.X, Parts 1-4, Trivandrum, 1983, pp.147-
165.
147. “Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast” in S.N. Sen (ed.), Western Colonial Policy,
Calcutta, 1984, pp.302-317.
148. “Indian Merchants and the Portuguese Trade on the Malabar Coast during the Sixteenth
Century”, in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Indo-Portuguese History: Old Issues and New Questions,
New Delhi, 1984, pp.1-12.
149. “The Portuguese in the Indian Ocean during the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth
Centuries”, Tamil Civilization, Vol.11, No.3, 1984, pp.74-86.
150. “Indo-Portuguese Coinage in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries”, Journal of
the Numismatic Society of India, Varanasi, Vol.XLVI, Parts 1&2, 1984, pp.120-129.
151. “Indo-Portuguese Trade and the Gujarat Nobility in the Sixteenth Century: A Case Study
of Malik Gopi”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, (45th
Session), Annamalai,
1984, pp.357-66.
152. “Portuguese Relationship with Shivaji” Lokarajya Bombay, April 1985, pp.167-172.
153. “The South Indian Apostolate of St.Thomas and the Portuguese in the Sixteenth
Century”, Christian Orient, Kottayam, Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1985, pp.5-12
154. “The First Mercantile Battle in the Indian Ocean(508-09): Afro-Asian Front Against the
Portuguese”, II Seminario Internacional de Historia Indo-Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1985, pp.177-
186.
155. “India Contract of Indo-Portuguese Trade in the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century”,
in V.K. Chavda, ed., Studies in Trade and Urbanization in Western India, Baroda, 1985, pp.
163-171.
156. “Nationalism and Secularism” in Nationalism in Crisis, Bangalore, 1985, pp.9-28.
157. “Agricultural Production in the Deccan during the Seventeenth Century and Overseas
Markets”, Tamil Civilization, Vol.III, No.4, 1985, pp.76-83.
158. “Trade and Economy of Coastal Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century”, Journal of the
Oriental Institute, Baroda, Vol.34, Nos.3-4, 1985, pp.201-215.
159. “Maritime Trade of the Portuguese with North Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth
Century”, Tamil Civilisation, Vol.III, No.1, pp.10-22.
160. “Trade in the Indian Ocean and the Portuguese System of Cartazes” in Malyn Newitt
(ed.), The First Portuguese Colonial Empire, University of Exeter Publication, Exeter, 1986,
pp.69-83.
161. “Business in Portuguese India: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in Dwijendra
Tripathi (ed.) State and Business in India, Delhi, 1987, pp.22-58.
162. “Economy of Bassein in the Sixteenth Century”, Indica, Bombay, Vol.24, No,2, 1987,
pp.131-140
163. “Indian Shipping and the maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Purabhilekh Puratatva”, Goa, Vol.III, No.2, 1986, pp.1-12.
164. “Masulipatnam and Maritime Trade of India during the Seventeenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh History congress”, (11th
Session), Nagaram, 1987,
pp.76-89.
165. “Church Economics in the Sixteenth Century”, in P.P. Shirodkar (ed.), Goa: Cultural
Trends Panaji, 1988, pp.123-130.
166. “Khwaja Saffar, the Merchant Governor of Surat and the Indo-Portuguese Trade in the
Early Sixteenth Century” in Vice-Almirante A Teixeira Da Mota in Memoriam, Vol.1,
Lisboa, released in 1988, pp.319-328.
167. “Goa: Past and Present”, in Purabhilekh Puratatva, Vol.X, No.1, released in October
1988, pp.1-14.
168. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century”,
Proceedings of the Indian History congress” (48th
Session), Goa, released in November
1988, pp.275-283.
169. “Money Economy in the Portuguese India” Journal of Gujarat Itihas Parishat released in
January 1989, pp.23-33.
170. “Nobility in Gujarat Sultanate and the Portuguese during the Sixteenth Century” in Dr.G.
Victor Rajamanickam and Dr.Y. Subbarayalu (eds.), History of Traditional Navigation,
Tamil University, Thanjavur, released in 1989, pp.129-140.
171. “Masulipatnam on the Coromandel Coast and the Maritime Trade of India during the
Seventeenth Century A.D.” in Tamil Civilisation, Vol.5, No.4, released in 1989, Thanjavur,
pp.45-60.
172. “Cochin and the Portuguese Trade with India during the Sixteenth Century”, Indica,
Vol.26, Nos.1 & 2, Bombay, 1989, pp.77-91.
173. “Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India during the Sixteenth Century”, in Purabhilekh
Puratava, Vol.6, No.4, 1989, pp.1-10.
174. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and Portuguese Historians”
Purabhilekh Puratatva Vol.7, No.1, January-June 1989, pp.1-17.
175. “Maritime Trade of Masulipattam on the Coromandel Coast of India during the Second
Half of the Eighteenth Century” in Lewis R. Fischer and Helge W.Nordvik (eds.) Shipping
and Trade, 1750-1950: Essays in International Maritime Economic History, Pontefract,
1990, pp.1-14.
176. “Trade and Commerce in Sixteenth Century Goa” in T.R. De Souza (ed.), Goa through
the Ages, Vol. II, 1990, Goa, pp.137-145.
177. “The Portuguese and the Malabar Society during the Sixteenth Century: A Study of
Mutual Interaction” in STUDIA, No.49, Lisboa, pp.36-69.
178. “Khwaja Shams-ud-din Giloni: A Sixteenth Century Entrepreneur in Portuguese India”,
in Emporia, Commodities and Entrepreneurs in Asian Maritime Trade, C.1400-1750,
Roderich Ptak and Dietmer Rothermund eds., Beitrage Zur Sudasienforschung Sudasien-
Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1991, pp.363-371.
179. “Maritime Trade of India and the Germans in the Sixteenth Century”, in the Souvenir of
the Second International Symposium on Maritime Studies, Department of History,
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry 1991, pp.37-47.
180. “Cuddalore in the Eighteenth Century”, in Indu Banga and J.S.Grewal (eds.), Ports and
their Hinterlands in India, 1700-1950, New Delhi, 1992 pp.77-87
181. “Freedom Movement and National Integration”, in S.Manickam (ed.) Reflections on
Trends and Themes in History, Madurai, 1992, pp.76-89.
182. “German Merchant financiers in Goa during Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”, in
P.P. Shirodkar (ed.), Goa’s External Relations, G.1992, pp.32-56
183. “Urban Development of Portuguese Cochin in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”,
Proceedings Volume of the Eleventh Annual Session of the South Indian History Congress,
Calicut, 1991 (Released in January 1993), pp.79-84.
184. “Medieval Deccan and the Maritime Trade of India”, Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh
History Congress, Vol.XLVI, Karimnagar, 1992 (released in 1993), pp.39-53.
185. “Freibriefe für den Handel an Indiens Küste”, in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der
ersten deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.30ff.
186. “Die Konkurrenten der deutschen Händler” in Wolfgang Knabe, Auf den Spuren der
ersten deutschen Kaufleute in Indien, Anhausen (West Germany), 1993, pp.107ff.
187. “Trade and Navigation in the Indian Ocean under Portuguese and Akbar”, Purabhilekh
Puratatva, Vol. IX, No,1, pp.3-22.
188. “Maritime History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands” in V.Suryanarayan & V.Sudarsen
eds., Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Challenges of Development, Delhi, Konark Publishers,
1994, pp.51-58.
189. “Reflections on the Portuguese Lusíadas as Source for Indian History” in Journal of
Indian History, Vol. LXV, Parts 1-3, Trivandrum, released in February 1995, pp.27-34.
190. “Age of Discoveries and the Emergence of French Canada” in Indo-Canadian Relations:
Future Perspectives, Berhampur University Publication, released in March 1995, pp.11-24.
191. “Indian Shipping and the Maritime Power of the Portuguese in the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries”, Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission, New
Delhi, 1995, pp.25-34.
192. “Differential Reactions to the Portuguese Monopoly of Trade in the Indian Ocean Region
during the Sixteenth Century” in Felicitation Volume of Prof. Agam Prasad Mathur, Vol. III,
Recent Trends in Humanities and Social Sciences, Hazuri Bhawan, Peepal Mandi, Agra,
1995, pp.65-87.
193. “The Portuguese Trade and State in the Sixteenth Century India” in R.L.Hangloo, ed.,
Situating Medieval Indian State, New Delhi, Commonwealth Publishers, 1995, pp.33-45.
194. “Maritime Trade of Gujarat and the Portuguese in the Seventeenth century”, Mare
Liberum, Number 9, Lisbon, 1995 (released in 1996 June), pp.187-195.
195. “The Private Diary of Ananda Rangapillai and the Study of Maritime History of India in
the 18th
century”, Revue Historique de Pondicherry, October 1996, pp.256-265.
196. “Akbar and the Portuguese Maritime Dominance” in Irfan Habib, Akbar and His India,
OUP, Delhi, 1997, pp. 256-265.
197. “Indian Naval Encounters with the Portuguese, Strength and Weakness” in K.K.N.
Kurup, India’s Naval Traditions: The Role of Kunhali Marakkars, New Delhi, 1997, pp. 6-
25.
198. “Portuguese Sources and Medieval Indian History”, Proceedings of Indian History
Congress, Presidential address (Medieval section), Madras Session, 1997.
199. “Indian Independence and Integration of the Portuguese Pockets in India”, Souvenir of
the 58th
Session of Indian History Congress, Bangalore, 1997, pp.114-124.
200. “The Portuguese and the Study of Medicinal Plants in India in the Sixteenth Century”,
Indian Journal of History of Science, No.32 (4), New Delhi, 1997, pp.369-376.
201. “Indo-Portuguese Trade Under Dom Philip II of Portugal and the Fuggers of Germany” A
Carreira Da India E As Rotas Dos Estreitas, Angra Do Heroisma, 1998, pp.563-580.
202. “Indian Ocean and Cultural Interaction”, Indica, Mumbai, 1998, pp.97-133.
203. “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” Samvada, New Delhi,
1998, pp.23-35.
204. “Indian Entrepreneurs and Maritime Trade in the Bay of Bengal during the Eighteenth
Century with special reference to Ananda Ranga Pillai”, in Om Prakash and Denys Lombard,
Commerce and Culture in the Bay of Bengal 1500-1800, New Delhi, 1999, pp.221-232.
205. “Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa and Masulipatnam during the Second Half of the
Eighteenth Century”, Trade and Commerce in Andhra Desa 17th
& 18th
Centuries A.D., ed.
by R. Soma Reddy, M. Radhakrishna Sarma and Dr.A. Satyanarayana, Hyderabad, 1998,
pp.1-21.
206. “Akbar and the Europeans – A Study of Changing Perspectives”, Akbar and His Age,
ICHR Monograph Series-5, Iqtidar Alam Khan, ed., Northern Book Centre, New Delhi,
1999, pp.114-131.
207. “Ship Building on the Malabar Coast and the Portuguese during the 16th
& 17th
Centuries”, Perspectives on Kerala Traders, ed. T. Jamal Mohammed, Sree Sankaracharya
University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala, 1999, pp.6-33
208. “Portuguese Trade in Indian Ocean Regions under Philip II of Spain and the German
Merchant Financiers” in Artemio D. Palongpalong & Sylvano D. Mahiwo (eds.), Society and
Culture: The Asian Heritage Festschrift for Juan R. Francisco, Metro Manila, 1999, pp.128-
145.
209. “Syrian Catholics in India” in S. Settar and P.K.V. Kaimal, We Lived Together, ICHR
Monograph Series 3, Delhi, 1999, pp.156-172.
210. “The Germans and Portuguese India” in Joâo Pedro Garcia, ed., Vasco da Gama E A
India, Fundaçâo Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1999, pp.281-293.
71.“The Portuguese and Shipbuilding in India in the sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries” in
Proceedings of the Twentieth Anniversary Seminar on European Influence in the Shipping
of Maritime India” Maritime History Society of Bombay, 1999,pp.95-98
72.“Trade and Commerce in Kerala (1500-1800)” in P.J. Cherian, ed., Perspectives on Kerala
History: The Second Millennium, Kerala State Gazetteers, Vol. II, Part II,
Thiruvananthapuram, pp.180-221.
73 “Treatises on Portuguese Shipbuilding in India during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries” Indica, vol. 38, nos 1&2 Platinum Jubilee Special volume, 2001, pp.153-
60.
74. “Books of Monsoon in the Historical Archives of Goa and the History of Cochin in the late
16th
century” in S.K.Mhamai , ed., Fourth Centenary Volume of Goa Archives (1595-1995)
Goa, 2001, pp. 60-74
75. “The Portuguese in Malabar “in A Handbook of Kerala vol.1,. Thiruvananthapuram,
Dravidian Linguistics Association of India, 2001, pp.112-122.
76. “Provincial Councils of Goa and the Cultural Changes in India during the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Centuries “ in Teotonio R.De Souza etal.(ed).The Portuguese and
the Socio-cultural Changes in India, 1500- 1800, Tellicherry, 2001, Pp.555-568
77.“Health-care on board the Portuguese ship of the India-Run (Carreira da India) in the
Sixteenth century” in Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol. 3, no.1, pp.107-117 (January 2002)
78. “The Syrian Christians of Malabar and Vasco da Gama” in Vasco da Gama :Homens,
Viagens e Culturas: Actas do Congresso Internacional, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional pra as
Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 2001, pp.75-97,
79 “Life on Board a Portuguese Ship during the Sixteenth Century” in M.A.Nayeem et al.
Studies in History of the Deccan: Medieval and Modern, Delhi, 2002, pp.162-178
80. “Missionaries from the Atlantic Regions and the Social changes in the French Pondicherry
form the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries” in Jacques Weber, Les Relations entre la
France et l’Inde de 1673 à nos Jours. Paris, Les Indes Savantes, 2002, pp.349-371
81. “Portuguese Shipbuilding methods in India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries” in
B.Arunachalam, ed., Essays in Maritime Studies vol. II, Mumbai, Maritime History
Society, 2002, pp.57-61
82.”Indian National Movement and the Integration of the Portuguese settlements in India” in
Azad Institute Papers 18&19, Kolkata, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian
Studies, 2002. pp.13-32
83..“ Cannanore and the Portuguese : A Study of Trade and Urban Growth in the Sixteenth
Century”.in M..O.Koshy, ed., Cannanore in the Maritime History of India”
Kannur, Kannur University Publications, 2002.pp.12-21
84.“Trade Economy of the Malabar Coast and the Europeans” in Kerala Economy and
European Trade edited by Nirmala Academic and Research Publications for the
Department of Economics, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, 2003, pp.1-26
85. “The Jesuits and the Services on Board ships of India Run (Carreira da India) during
the Sixteenth Century”. Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and
Humanities vol.4, no.1,(2003) pp.123-133
86.”St.Thomas Christians in Malabar from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries” in Bosco
Puthur,ed., St.Thomas Christians and Nambudiri, Jews and Sangam Literature: A
Historical Appraisal, Kochi, L.R.C Publications, 2003, pp.55-79
87.“Impact of Trade and Globalisation”:A Study of the migration of Plants and Producers
from India to Brazil during the seventeenth Century” in S. Jeyaseela Stephen, ed.,
Trade and Globalization, New Delhi, Rawat Publications, 2003. pp. 191-204
88. “Socio-Economic History of Medieval South India and the Portuguese Historians”
Indian Historical Studies, vol. 1, No. 1, April 2004,Tiruchirapalli, pp.23-35
89. “Indo-Portuguese Historiography-Malabar Coast- A critique” in Fatima da Silva
Gracias, Celsa Pinto and Charles Borges, eds., Indo- Portuguese History:Global
Trends, Goa, 2005, pp. 65-77
90.”The Portuguese Historians of the Sixteenth century and the Study of Kerala History”
, Journal of South Indian History, vol. 2, issue 1, March 2005, pp.66-78.
91. “French Missionaries, Tamil Catholics and Social Changes in Pondicherry (1674-
1793)” in S.Jeyaseela Stephen, ed., Literature, Caste and Society: The Masks and
Veils, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi, 2006, pp.285-310
92. “Naval Architecture in Portuguese India with special reference to the Malabar coast” in
Lotika Varadarajan, ed. Indo-Portuguese Encounters: Journeys in Science, Technology
and Culture New Delhi, Aryan Books International, 2006, vol. 2, pp.574-592
93. “Some aspects of Medieval Indian Society”: in Radhika Seshan, ed., Medieval India:
Problems and Possibilities, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 15-33
94“ Children of the Sea, Cultural life of the coastal society of Central Travancore as
reflected in a contemporary novel” in Charles Dias ed., Kerala Spectrum: Aspects of
Cultural Inheritance, Kochi, 2006, pp. 344-365
95“The Jesuits and the Services on board the ships of the India run (Carreira da India) during
the sixteenth century” in Charles J. Borges &M.N.Pearson, eds. Metahitory: History
Questioning History, Lisbon, Nova Vega,2007, pp.443-450
96.”West Asians and the Portuguese on the Malabar coast” in M.H. Ilias and P.J. Vincent,
India- West Asia Relations, New Delhi,2007, pp.76-89
103. “Maritime Trade of Peninsular India and the Indian Merchants during the
Sixteenth to the
eighteenth centuries, General President’s address, South Indian History Congress, 27
Session, Proceedings , Rajapalayam, 2007,pp.1-24
104. “ Portuguese sources and the History of South India with special reference to
Tamil Nadu
during the sixteenth century” in N.Rajendran(ed), Sources: Construction and Reconstruction
of South Indian History, ICHR, Banglore,2006, pp.94-116
105. “Portuguese Institutions of Social Welfare and Culture in Cochin during the
sixteenth century” in Dr. Marian Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring
Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008,
pp.148-171
100“Cochin and the Portuguese Shipbuilding during the Sixteenth century” in Dr. Marian
Arackal and Dr.Francis Kurisunkal, Exploring Cochin:Commemoration Volume 450th
Anniversary , Diocese of Cochin ,Cochin, 2008, pp.368-386
101.“The Portuguese and the Cultural Transformation in Malabar during the Sixteenth and the
Seventeenth Centuries” The Journal of the Vasco da Gama Research Institute of Cochin,
vol.1, Number 1, June 2008, pp.7-22
107 “Contribution of the Christians of Malabar to Trade and Commerce during the colonial
Period” in Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture. Chair for Christian Studies and
Research, University of Calicut, Vol.1, No.2, July December,2008, pp.20-33
108 “ Portuguese Navigation and their exclusive claims in the Indian Ocean “ in T.P
Sankarankutty Nari, ed., India , Yesterday, and Today :A Festschrift for
Padmabhooshan Professor A.Sreedhara Menon, Trivandrum, 2010, pp. 148-194
104. “Portuguese presence in Malabar “ (Malayalam)in P.B.Salim, N.P. Hafis Muhammed
and M.C.Vasisht, eds. Malabar Paithrukavum Pratapavum. Calicut, Matrubhoomi
Publications, 2011,pp.139-151
105. “Arrival of St.Thomas in India and his Missions:A Historiographical Approach” Asian
Horizons, vol. 5 no. 3, September 2011, Banglore, pp.564-589.
10. POSITIONS:
25. Professor and Head, Central University of Hyderabad up to December 1987.
26. Professor and founder-Head of the Department of History, Pondicherry University from
December 1987 to July 1993 and from July 1996 till 30 June 2001.
27. Vice-President of Augusburg Forschungsgemeinschaft, Indo-German Trade Relations of
Sixteenth Century, Augusburg, West Germany from August 1988.
28. Visiting fellow, Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, USA (Fall 1989).
29. Visiting Professor, Department of History, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Canada from
September to November 1991.
30. Elected as Sectional President for 1991-92 of the south Indian History Congress.
31. Elected as Sectional President for the Andhra History Congress, 1992.
32. Visiting Professor for a semester at the Institut d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaingne-
Bordeaux III, France in 1995.
33. Elected as Sectional President for Indian History congress (Medieval History), 1996.
34. President of the Historical Society of Pondicherry founded in 1911 (from September 1995-
1999).
35. Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
36. Chief editor of the Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
2001till June 2003 .
11. MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC BODIES
35. Life Member of Indian History Congress
36. Executive Committee Member of Indian History Congress
37. Member of South Indian History Congress
38. Life Member of Andhra History Congress
39. Life Member of Centre for Deccan Studies.
40. Life Member in Numismatic Society of India, Banares.
41. Member in International Committee for Indo-Portuguese History.
42. Member of the Society for Indo-German History, Augsburg, West Germany.
43. Member of the UGC Consultative Group for Canadian Studies in India.
44. Member of the Grants-in-Aid Committee of the National Archives of India (nominated
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development).
45. Nominated to the panel of History and Archaeology of the University Grants commission
(two terms).
46. Life membership in the Indian Association for Canadian Studies.
47. Life member of the Maritime History Society, Bombay.
48. Life member of The Historical Society of Pondicherry.
49. Member of the International Committee for the Celebration of the 500 Anniversary of the
Discovery of Sea-Route to India.
50. Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development as Member of Indian
Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, from March 2002 for three years.
51. Academic Associate of the Academia de Marinha, Lisboa, 2005
27. EDITORIAL BOARD
Member of the Editorial Board for Purabhilekh Puratatva, a journal of Directorate of Archives,
Archaeology and Museum, Panaji, Goa.
Member of the editorial board of Revue Historique de Pondicherry.
Chief Editor of Pondicherry University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (PUSH), a bi-
annual research journal of Pondicherry University.
Chairman, Board of Editors, Journal of IRISH, 2006
28. RESEARCH TRAINING AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT.
Worked three years in Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, England, West Germany and Holland in
connection with the Ph.D thesis, which was submitted, to Jawaharlal Nehru University in
1978. Continued further research in the European Archives with (Medieval History)
financial assistance from ICHR as well as International Service of the Gulbenkian
Foundation after obtaining doctorate.
Worked as Lecturer and Reader in the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Department of
History, M.S. University of Baroda up to 1985.
From September 1985 worked as Professor in History in the Central University of Hyderabad.
Assumed charge as the Head of the Department of History in Hyderabad University in
February 1986 and joined Pondicherry University as the first Professor and Head of the
Department of History, in December 1987 and retired on superannuation on 30.06.2001 and
reemployed from 01 July 2001 in the Pondicherry University till 30 June 2003..
13. NUMBER OF PH.D/DOCTORAL THESES SUCCESSFULLY GUIDED
1 . Afzal Ahmad, “Portuguese Trade on the Western Coast of India in the Seventeenth Century
(1600-1663)”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1984.
2. B. Krishnamurthy, “The French Trade with India (1664-1754)”, M.S. University of Baroda,
1984.
3. R.D. D’Silva, “Bassein Under the Portuguese 1534-1640: A Socio-Economic Study”,
M.S.University of Baroda, 1985.
4. Annapoorna Shyam, “Social and Economic History of Gujarat in the Sixteenth Century: A
Study Based Chiefly on Portuguese Sources”, M.S. University of Baroda, 1988.
5. S. Babu, “Sea-Borne Trade of India and the English East India Company (1600-1657)”,
Pondicherry University, 1990.
6. S. Jeyaseela Stephen, “Pre-Industrial Coromandel: A Study of Polity, Economy and Society
(A.D. 1500-1600)”, Pondicherry University, 1992.
7. Aleyamma Mathew, “Economy and Society in Medieval Malabar (A.D.1500-1600)”,
Pondicherry University, 1992.
8. R. Uma Bala, “The Society and Economy of Goa in the Sixteenth Century”, Pondicherry
University, 1994.
11 M. Manickam, “Trade and Commerce in Pondicherry (A.D.1701-1793)”, Pondicherry
University, 1995.
10 Mary A. alias Georgia, “Society and Economy of the French Colonies with Special Reference
to Pondicherry in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (A.D.1674-1754)”, Pondicherry
University, 1996.
11 J.C. Coelho, “Indian Luxuries and Europeans 1600-1800: A Study of International Trade of
India with Special Reference to the Dutch”, Pondicherry University, 1997.
12.Pius M.C. (Malekandathil), “Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India; 1500-
1663”, 1998.
13 Mrs. C.Premavalli, “Education in French Pondicherry (1674-1954)” 2001
14. .James John, “The Portuguese and the Socio-Cultural Changes in Malabar 1498-1663”
2004
15..C.C.Joseph, “Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western coast of India and the
and the Portuguese”. 2004.
22. Dr. C.J. Davees, Literature as a source of history: A case Study on Luís Vaz de Camões’s
Lusíadas, Pondcherry University, 2007
17. Joshy Mathew “Agrarian Migration in Wayanadu. A socio –Historical study”, Kannur
University, , 2009
18. K.Lourdusamy “St.Angelo and Bekel Fortresses .A Comparative study” Kannur
University, 2010
19..Jobi John (Poovathinkal), “Portuguese in Cannanore-(16th
and 17th
centuries)- A Socio-
Economic Study”. 2011. (Kannur University)
14. AWARD OF FELLOWSHIPS
17. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from I.C.H.R. (1979).
18. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon (1979, 1983 and 1985).
19. Fellowship from CIES, U.S.A. to work in Wisconsin University, Madison from September to
December 1989.
20. Faculty Enrichment Fellowship from Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary, Canada (May-
June 1990).
21. Research fellowship from the International Service of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
to work in Portugal, Rome and West Germany (summer 1992).
22. Award of fellowship under the Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme, 1992-93.
23. Award of UGC National Fellowship for Eminent Professors in history 1993-1995 (two
years).
24. Short-term research fellowship from Fundação Oriente, Lisbon to work on the Influence of
Portuguese Shipbuilding and Navigation in the Sixteenth Century India, May-July 1997.
9. Emeritus Fellowship of the UGC (2005 for two years)
12 Elected Associate Member (Academic) of the Academia da Marinha), Portuguese Naval
Academy 2005
11. Elected as General President of South Indian History Congress for 2006-207
15. ACADEMIC VISITS ABROAD
Australia, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium England,
Italy, Norway, United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Macao and Hungary.
16. ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT ABROAD
Honorary Fellow of the Department of History, Wisconsin University, Madison, U.S.A.,
September to December 1989 under the Indo-US Cultural Exchange Programme.
Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa, Canada (September-November
1991.)
Visiting Professor in Institute d’Histoire, Universite Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux-III, France
February to April 1995.
Visiting Professor, Maison de Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, May 1998.
17. RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED
19. “Portuguese Trade with India 1530-1600” sponsored by UGC 1980 at M.S. University
Baroda.
20. “Portuguese in Gujarat and Maharashtra 1500-1707” sponsored by Indian Council of
Historical Research, M.S. University, Baroda, New Delhi.
21. “Compilation of a source book for the History of Gujarat Sultanate 1500-1573”, sponsored
by U.G.C., completed and published as a book in 1985.
22. “Portuguese and the Pre-Mughal Gujarat 1500-1573: A Study of Political, Social and
Economic History based on Portuguese Sources”, sponsored UGC. Completed and report
submitted.
23. “Collection of Indigenous Sources for the study of Society and Economy of India in the 18th
Century”, sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, Completed
and report submitted.
24. “Pondicherry through Ages – A Study of Society and Economy”, sponsored by the
Government of Pondicherry. Completed and report submitted.
25. “Educational Development in Pondicherry”, sponsored by National Institute for Education,
Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi., completed and report submitted.
26. “Navigation and Shipbuilding in the Indian Ocean Regions with Special Reference to
Malabar 15th
to 17th
Centuries”, under the award of U.G.C. National Fellowship (1993-1995),
completed.
27. “European Influence on Traditional Shipping”, sponsored by Indian National Science
Academy (INSA), New Delhi. Completed and report submitted
10. Decolonisation of the Portuguese Pockets in India and the Indian National Leaders,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkota, 2006
11. Indian Shipbuilding, Navigation and the Portuguese Maritime Activities in India
during the sixteenth century Sponsored by the UGC under the scheme of Emeritus
Fellow (2005-2007). Completed and report submitted in August 2007
12“ Shipbuilding and Navigation on the Western Coast of India with special reference to the Malabar coast during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Under the Senior Fellowship of ICHR
29. “Education in Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Malabar(1920-2006) ,Funded by ICSSR,
completed in February 2011.
30. “Portuguese in Malabar –A socio-Economic Study” under the Senior Academic
Fellowship of the ICHR. (Started in January 2011) (IN Progress)
19. LANGUAGES KNOWN
English, Hindi, Latin, Sanskrit, Syriac, Malayalam, Portuguese, German, Spanish and
Greek.
Date: January .2011
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