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Nicholas Dirks

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American historian

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1950 · age 75
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Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and a former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture, primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule.

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2014honorary doctor of the Tsinghua University
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Nicholas B. Dirks is an American academic and a former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. Dirks is the author of numerous books on South Asian history and culture, primarily concerned with the impact of British colonial rule. In June 2020, Dirks was named president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences.

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United States
Category
Academics
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Academic
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living
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Born 1950 · age 75
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5 languages

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