Narasingha Prosad "Ram" Sil (born 1937 in

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) is an Indian-born American historian. He was professor of European and English history at

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Biography

Ram is primarily trained in the history of Tudor England and has published eleven books, seventy-four refereed journal articles, five review essays, six articles in anthologies, fifty-two encyclopedia articles in British, European, African, Chinese, and Indian history. Additionally, he published sixty-five book-reviews, forty of them for ''The Statesman'', Kolkata by invitation during 1992–99). Notably, Sil was invited to contribute articles to the ' (2nd edition), ''

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'' (New DNB), and "Oxford Bibliography Online" (OBE): Hinduism. Sil has received campus recognition for scholarship twice (1992 and 2004. He retired as professor emeritus in July 2011. Prior to joining Western in January 1987, Sil served

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as associate professor of history from March 1980 to December 1986,

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as assistant professor from fall 1978 to winter 1980. During 1967–71 he also taught in Comprehensive Higher Secondary Schools in

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and

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, Ethiopia. He worked in Vidyasagar College, Kolkata and

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, West Bengal, India as lecturer in history during 1962–64.

Books

*''Rabindra Miscellany: Critical Essays on

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’s Thoughts on Love, Life, Gender, God, and Patriotism''. Studia Orientalia Monograpica No. 5. Bratislava, Slovakia: Slovak Academy of Science, 2015. *''Problem Child of Renascent Bengal: The Babu of Colonial'' Calcutta. Kolkata: K.P. Bagchi & Company (in press). *''The Life of

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: Drifter and Dreamer.'' Madison/Lanham: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Rowman & Littlefield, 2012. *''Crazy in Love of God:

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

’s Caritas Divina''. Selinsgrove/Cranbury: Susquehanna University Press/Associated University Presses, 2009. *''Divine Dowager: Life and Teachings of Saradamani the Holy Mother.'' Selinsgrove/Cranbury: Susquehanna University Press/Associated University Presses, 2003. *''Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories.'' Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Associated University Presses, 2001. *''Ramakrishna Revisited: A New Biography.'' Lanham: University Press of America, 1998. *''

Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...

: A Reassessment.'' Selinsgrove:

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/Cranbury: Associated Universities Presses, 1997. *'' William Lord Herbert of Pembroke (c. 1507–1570): Politique and Patriot''. 1988. Revised second ed. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. *''Rāmakṛṣṇa Paramahaṁsa: A Psychological Profile.'' Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991. *''

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’s Arthaśastra: A Comparative Study''. 1985. Revised second ed. New York/Berne: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1989.

Notes

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