Participant Info
- First Name
- Trishula
- Last Name
- Patel
- Country
- United States
- State
- DC District of Columbia
- trp30@georgetown.edu
- Affiliation
- Georgetown University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Southern Africa, Zimbabwe, South Asian diaspora, race and ethnicity, colonial studies, African literature
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am a 5th-year PhD candidate in the history department at Georgetown University. I am currently serving as assistant to the Director of Doctoral Studies in the department, as well as an American Historical Association Career Diversity fellow. Last year, I received a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship to complete research in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. I have a B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. I have written for several media outlets, including The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Philadelphia Weekly. I have worked as a journalist, photographer, editor, and high school teacher. Originally of Indian origin and from Zimbabwe, my dissertation explores the history of the Indian minority in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe through the lens of colonialism and racial segregation.
- Recent Publications
Forthcoming 2019: “Played out on the Edges of the Cricket Boundary: The History of an Indian Cricket Team in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 1934-1995,” Journal of Southern African Studies 45.3.
- Media Coverage
- https://www.georgetown.edu/news/fulbright-hays-fellow-researches-indian-history-in-zimbabwe
- Social Media
- @trishulapatel
- Country Focus
- Zimbabwe
- Expertise by Geography
- Africa, India
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Diplomacy, Law, Literary History, Local & Regional, Migration & Immigration, Race, Urban History
