
Jan. 22, 2025
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Divya Cherian a fellowship in support of her book project, "Conjured States: Witchcraft and Politics in Western India, 1750–1900." The book will examine belief in witches and the history of their persecution in South Asia from the late pre-colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century.
Divya Cherian is Associate Professor of History.