Piyush Tiwari is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts at IILM University Gurugram. He has an experience of over 5 years of teaching in the University of Delhi (Miranda House, Hindu College and Sri Venkateswara College.) He has also worked as a Teaching Fellow at Ashoka University Sonepat. Mr. Tiwari has a passion for uncovering new histories .He is primarily interested in exploring the interface between India’s colonial history and its environmental aspects- especially animals and the rich history of hunting under colonial rule. He is also interested in exploring military histories of British India and uncovering yet to be known stories- writing in a way that makes history fun to read and not a dreary task. His recent article on hunting as a tactic of war in British India was published by Routledge in a special edition.
Qualification
PhD Submission in process at the Department of History, University of Delhi
M.Phil. in History, University of Delhi (2013)
– Dissertation: Locating Wild Game Preservation in the Politics of Shikar, c.1870- c.1970
MA in Modern Indian History, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2010)
– Center for Historical Studies
BA (Hons.) in History, Presidency College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta (2008)
Research and Scholarly Publications
“Pandemics and Wildlife” – Chakra: A Nordic Journal of South Asian Studies, Swedish South Asian Studies Network. ISBN 978-91-986267-3-5 ISSN 1652-8220
“Boars as Rebels: Pig-Sticking as a Military Sport for the British Army in India’ in Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, Edited by Routledge, 2023.
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