Vijay Prashad – “The End of Multiculturalism” @ DePaul University
A native of Calcutta, India, and leading author on poverty, human rights and race relations, Vijay Prashad earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1994. Having previously taught history at Syracuse University and Cornell University, Prashad has served as the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut since 2006.
He has authored eleven books including: “The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World” (2007), selected as the best nonfiction book of 2008 by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the winner of the 2009 Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize; “Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity” (2001); and “Karma of Brown Folk” (2000), both chosen by the Village Voice as one of the twenty-five best books in 2000 and 2001. His forthcoming book “The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South” is expected in 2012.
Prashad’s regular written political commentary outlets include: Frontline magazine (Chennai, India); contributing editor for Himal South Asia (Kathmandu, Nepal); and contributing editor for Naked Punch Asia (Lahore, Pakistan). His web publications can be read at Counterpunch (www.counterpunch.org), at ZNET (www.zcommunications.org/znet) and at Pragoti (www.pragoti.in).