Curriculum Vitae

Eduardo L. Acosta

Eduardo L. Acosta

PhD. candidate in South Asian Languages and Civilizations

The University of Chicago

eacosta[at]uchicago[dot]edu

Education

PhD South Asian Languages and Civilizations

The University of Chicago

2015-2022 (expected)

Dissertation: Medieval Landscapes: The Nadia Raj and the idea of the Middle Ages in Bengal, 18th - 19th centuries.
Committee: Dipesh Chakrabarty (chair), Thibaut d’Hubert, Whitney Cox.

Masters of Arts in Asian and African Studies

El Colegio de Mexico

2011-2013

Specialization in South Asian Studies. Sanskrit concentration.

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

National Autonomous University of Mexico

2003-2007

Summa Cum Laude

Publications

Review

"Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities." Textual Practice, July 12, 2017.

2017

External Awards and Grants

SSRC - Northwestern University

Dissertation Proposal Development

2018

The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff)

El Colegio de México-Tokyo Foundation.

2011-2013

Internal Awards and Grants

Committee on Southern Asia Studies Dissertation Writing Support Fellowship

2021-2022

Nicholson Center for British Studies Graduate Research Fellowship

2020

Service

Co-coordinator Graduate Student Workshop

Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations,
The University of Chicago

2018-2019