Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago (1994)
B.A., Pomona College (1989)
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian and journalist. Professor of International Studies, he is author of fifteen books, two of them picked by the Village Voice as books of the year, as well as nine edited volumes. He writes regularly for Frontline (India), The Hindu (India), BirGün (Turkey) and Alternet (USA) and appears regularly on The Real News Network and Democracy Now. He is the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi).
His books include:
- The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016 and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2016).
- No Free Left: The Futures of Indian Communism (New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2015).
- The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, preface by former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali (London: Verso and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2013).
- Uncle Swami: Being South Asian in America (New York: New Press and New Delhi: HarperCollins, 2013).
- Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (Baltimore: AK Press and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2012).
- The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World, preface by Howard Zinn (New York: New Press and New Delhi: LeftWord, 2007).
- Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity (Boston: Beacon Press, 2001).
- Karma of Brown Folk (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000).
- Untouchable Freedom: The Social History of a Dalit Community (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999).
His edited volumes include:
- Land of Blue Helmets: the United Nations in the Arab World, co-edited with Karim Makdisi (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2016).
- Communist Histories, volume 1 (New Delhi: LeftWord books, 2016).
- Letters to Palestine: Writers Respond to War and Occupation (London: Verso, 2015).
- Dispatches from the Arab Revolt, co-edited with Paul Amar (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2013).
- Dispatches from Pakistan, co-edited with Qalandar Memon and Madiha R. Tahir (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2012).
- Dispatches from Latin America, co-edited with Teo Ballve (Boston: South End Press and New Delhi: LeftWord Books, 2006).
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History of the Global South
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Global Political Economy
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War on Terror
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Contemporary History centered on the Global South.
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Contours of Contemporary Political Economy
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War on Terror
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History of the Indian Left
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- Prashad, Vijay. The Death of The Nation and the Future of the Arab Revolution (University of California Press and LeftWord, 2016).
- Prashad, Vijay. The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, Foreword by former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, London: Verso, 2013.
- Prashad, Vijay, Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today, New York: The New Press, 2012.
- Prashad, Vijay. Arab Spring, Libyan Winter. Baltimore and Edinburgh: AK Press, 2012.Turkish edition from Yordam Kitap, 2012.
- Prashad, Vijay. The Darker Nations: A People's History Of The Third World. New York: The New Press and New Delhi: Leftword Books, 2007. Paperback edition, Spring 2008. Available in a number of languages, including French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Swedish.
- Prashad, Vijay, and Teo Ballve, eds. Dispatches From Latin America: On The Frontlines Against Neoliberalism. Boston: South End Press and New Delhi: Leftword Books, 2006.
- Prashad, Vijay. Keeping Up With The Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Welfare. Boston: South End Press, 2003.
- Prashad, Vijay. Namaste Sharon: Hindutva And Sharonism Under U. S. Hegemony. New Delhi: Leftword Books, 2003.
- Prashad, Vijay & Prabir Purkayastha. Enron Blowout: Corporate Captialism and the Theft of the Commons, New Delhi: Leftword Books, 2003.
- Prashad, Vijay. Fat Cats And Running Dogs: The Enron Stage Of Capitalism. Maine: Common Courage, Cape Town: David Philip and London: Pluto Press, 2003.
- Prashad, Vijay. War Against The Planet: The Fifth Afghan War, Imperialism And Other Assorted Fundamentalisms. New Delhi: Leftword Books, 2002.
- Prashad, Vijay. The American Scheme: Three Essays, New Delhi: Three Essays Press, 2002.
- Prashad, Vijay. Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections And The Myth Of Cultural Purity. Boston: Beacon Press, 2001.
- Prashad, Vijay. Karma Of Brown Folk. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
- Prashad, Vijay. Untouchable Freedom: A Social History Of A Dalit Community. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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- Arthur H. Hughes Award for Teaching Achievement, 2000.
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World was chosen by the Asian American Writers' Workshop as the nonfiction book of 2008, and won the 2009 Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize.
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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting and Karma Of Brown Folk were chosen by New York's Village Voice as among the best books of 2001 and 2000 respectively.
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