Dr. p. kumar

Assistant Professor of History

kumar@tnnlu.ac.in

Educational Qualification

  • M.A.
  • M.Phil.
  • Ph.D.

Committee/Club Details [FIC/Convenor/Member]

  • Legal Centre for History of South India

Area of Interests

  • Legal History of South India
  • Social and Cultural History of South India
  • Social Reform Movements of Tamil Nadu
  • Labour and Dalit Movements of Tamil Nadu

Publications

  • Asiatic Mode of Production and the Contemporary Tamilnadu, (in Tamil), Vellottam Veliyettagam, Chennai, 2008, ISBN No: 978-8189909-84-0.
  • “The Congress, the Self-Respecters and the Anti-Untouchability Campaign in Later Colonial Tamilnadu”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Aligarh, 2017, pp. 571-578. 
  • “A Critical Account on Christian Missionaries and Adi-Dravida Education in Colonial Tamilnadu”, Proceedings of the South Indian History Congress, 2018, pp. 367-371.

Participation in Conference / Seminar / Workshop

  • Participated in the UGC International Seminar on ‘Ethnic Identity and Terrorism’ held at the University of Madras, Chennai on 25 – 26 March 2009.
  • Participated in the ICHR National Level Workshop on ‘Social Justice and Higher Education of OBC’s in India: Some Issues and Strategies held at the Department of Indian History, University of Madras, Chennai on 18 and 19 September 2009.
  • Participated and also presented a research paper in the Indian History Congress, 77th Session held at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from 28 – 30 December 2016
  • Participated and presented a research paper in the South Indian History Congress, 38th Session held at the University of Calicut, Kerala from 28 – 30 January 2018.
  • Participated and Presented a Paper titled “Self-Respect Movement and Its Anti-Untouchability Campaign: A Critical Study” in the Social History of Tamils Workshop organized by the Department of History, Periyar University, Salem, 2018.