UC Berkeley New Faculty: Rahul Bjørn Parson, South Asian Studies

Berkeley CA

24 March, 2021

10:52 PM

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Press release from the University of California, Berkeley: March 23, 2021 Rahul Bjørn Parson is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty. (Photo by Grimr Midgårdsormr) Name: Rahul Bjørn Parson (he/him) Discipline: South Asian studies Degrees: M.A., Hindi literature, UC Berkeley, 2004; Ph.D., Hindi literature, UC Berkeley, 2012 Research interests: I research contemporary Hindi novels with a focus on the eastern part of the Hindi-belt and the city of Kolkata. I have a second project on early modern Jain literature. Hobbies: I love music and the ocean. This press release was produced by the University of California, Berkeley. The views expressed here are the author's own.