Varsha Kamat
Varsha Kamat has a Doctoral Degree in Indo-Portuguese History and presently is a Professor in the Department of History in an affiliated college of Goa University. Has completed successfully, research projects dealing with comparative study of Portuguese and British colonialism in Indian sub-continent and demographic study of 20 th Century Goa, funded by University Grants Commission, Government of India. Recently, completed the Project on unsung heroes of Freedom struggle from the State of Goa, which was funded by Ministry of Culture, Government of India. At the moment, engaged in an ongoing research project on History of Goa (From Pre-historic to 1961 CE.), sponsored by the Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa. Worked as an Expert Member on the panel set up by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Government of India, New Delhi, to review the contents of Dictionary of Martyrs, 2021. A regular contributor to various seminars and symposia dedicated to the Goan history, culture and society, Portuguese colonialism and Periodical Press and has several publications including books.
Works in the field of colonial press
(2023). Kamat, Varsha. "Bharat’kar and his attempts towards Saraswat Lusitanization". In Lobo, Sandra Ataíde; Falconi, Jessica; Dias, Remy; Smith, D.A. (eds). The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions. New York & London: Routledge, 232-254.
(2022). "Echoes of the First Republic’s Liberal Revolution in the periodical press: a case study of select Marathi Press in Portuguese India". Paper presentation in the 2º IGSCP-PE International Conference in Lisbon Liberalismo and the Colonial Press, org. CHAM-Centro de Humanidades, FCSH-NOVA e CeComp – Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, 21st-22nd of September 2022.
(2019). Kamat, Varsha. "Feminine space in Bharat: issues, challenges and responses". Apresentação de comunicação no International Seminar on Estado da Índia: Colonial Periodical Press, Politics & Culture and the IV International Symposium Goa: Cultures, Languages & Literatures, org. Goa University and Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Lingua, Portugal e Govt. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Quepem, Goa, 21-23 Janeiro 2019.
(2019). Kamat, Varsha. Ressurgent Goa: Goan Society from 1900-1961. Panaji: Broadway Publishing House.
Fields of interest
Indo-Portuguese History; History of Goa and Konkan; Colonial Periodical Press.
Key words
Goa; Marathi press.
Works in the field of colonial press
(2023). Kamat, Varsha. "Bharat’kar and his attempts towards Saraswat Lusitanization". In Lobo, Sandra Ataíde; Falconi, Jessica; Dias, Remy; Smith, D.A. (eds). The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions. New York & London: Routledge, 232-254.
(2022). "Echoes of the First Republic’s Liberal Revolution in the periodical press: a case study of select Marathi Press in Portuguese India". Paper presentation in the 2º IGSCP-PE International Conference in Lisbon Liberalismo and the Colonial Press, org. CHAM-Centro de Humanidades, FCSH-NOVA e CeComp – Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, 21st-22nd of September 2022.
(2019). Kamat, Varsha. "Feminine space in Bharat: issues, challenges and responses". Apresentação de comunicação no International Seminar on Estado da Índia: Colonial Periodical Press, Politics & Culture and the IV International Symposium Goa: Cultures, Languages & Literatures, org. Goa University and Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Lingua, Portugal e Govt. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Quepem, Goa, 21-23 Janeiro 2019.
(2019). Kamat, Varsha. Ressurgent Goa: Goan Society from 1900-1961. Panaji: Broadway Publishing House.
Fields of interest
Indo-Portuguese History; History of Goa and Konkan; Colonial Periodical Press.
Key words
Goa; Marathi press.
