Assistant Professor of History and Women's Studies
Website: jan.ucc.nau.edu/~sa37/
Office phone: (928) 523-8709
Office LA 232
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Teaching and Research Interests:
Sanjam Ahluwalia received her doctoral degree in History with a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati in December 2000. As a joint appointment in WGS and Department of History, she has regularly taught graduate and under-graduate courses in both her academic units. Her teaching areas include feminist theories–with a focus on “women of color,” histories of women and gender, world history in the modern period, politics and histories of nationalism, colonialism and gender. She has recently published her work on the history of birth control in colonial India. The book Reproductive Restraints: Birth Control in India, 1877-1947, has been co-published by University of Illinois Press and Permanent Black Press, New Delhi. She is currently working on completing a co-authored article with Professor Sheryl Lutjens, on women of color scholarship. Besides this she is also researching two other larger projects: History of Sexology in India; Histories of Traffic and Prostitution in Colonial and Post-Colonial India.
Courses Taught:
HIS 100: World History, Ancient Period
HIS 102: Making of the Modern World
HIS 297: Women in Asia
HIS 460: Gender and Nationalisms
HIS 565: Readings in Gender, Race, and Class
HIS 599: Power, Culture, and Ideology
WST 191: Women, Gender Identity, and Ethnicity
WST 291: Introduction to Women’s Studies
WST 600: Feminist Theories and Methodologies
List of Recent Publications:
"Rethinking Boundaries: Global and the Local in the History of Birth Control: An Indian Case Study," Journal of Women’s History. Forthcoming.
"Demographic Rhetoric and Sexual Surveillance: Indian Middle Class Advocates of Birth Control, 1877-1947," in Jim Mills and Satadru Sen eds., Confronting the Body: The Politics of Physicality in Colonial and Post-Colonial India. London: Anthem Press. Forthcoming.
Book Review
Vern L. Bullough, Encyclopedia of Birth Control. California,
ABC CLIO, Inc., 2001. Women's History Review. In Press.
List of Recent Professional Service / Awards:
Steering Committee Member, “Gathering at the River: Tri-University Women
of Color Conference.” 2003.
Elected Faculty Senator, Northern Arizona University. 2001-present.
Women’s Studies Steering Committee, Northern Arizona University. 2001-present.
Panel Organizer, 12th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. 2002.
Awarded Outstanding Dissertation Prize, Ohio Academy of History, April 2002.