Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi: India's Marxist historian to be feted
Various events have been planned in different parts of the country to celebrate the birth centenary year of eminent Marxist historian Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi. In the city, the centenary celebrations will start on July 31 with a lecture by noted historian Romila Thapar.
A committee of scholars that includes Kosambi’s daughter and well-known sociologist Meera Kosambi, has been formed to plan seminars on the Marxist historian’s work.
The committee has already planned a series of six lectures by eminent personalities.
Prof Kosambi had taught at the University of Pune and three generations of the Kosambi family have taught at the Fergusson College. Kosambi is best recognised for his work on the Marxist interpretation of Indian history.
A website on the historian will also be launched during the birth centenary celebrations.
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A committee of scholars that includes Kosambi’s daughter and well-known sociologist Meera Kosambi, has been formed to plan seminars on the Marxist historian’s work.
The committee has already planned a series of six lectures by eminent personalities.
Prof Kosambi had taught at the University of Pune and three generations of the Kosambi family have taught at the Fergusson College. Kosambi is best recognised for his work on the Marxist interpretation of Indian history.
A website on the historian will also be launched during the birth centenary celebrations.