Nivedita Nath
History
School of Humanities
School of Humanities
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, History
University of California, Irvine
200 Krieger Hall
Mail Code: 3275
Irvine, CA 92697
200 Krieger Hall
Mail Code: 3275
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
South Asian History, Environmental History
Publications
'Landscapes of Caste Exclusion: Rethinking Forests and Fields in South Asian Environmental History,' Environment and History (Feb 2026): 1-23.
'"Swoop and Grab Your Rights": Conservation and Resistance in the Central Himalayas, 1890-1990,' The Journal of Asian Studies Vol 83, No. 4 (2024): 1001-1020
‘Remaking Places into Himalayan Spaces: The Gazetteer of the NWP.’ In The Colonial State and Forms of Knowledge, edited by Vinay Lal, 210-250. New Delhi: Primus Books, 2022.
‘Imperial Hunting and the Sublime: Race, Caste, and Aesthetics in the Central Himalayas.’ Environmental History, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2021): 301-323.
‘Histories of Central Himalayan Herbs: Vanaspati Karyalaya in Tehri Princely State c. 1879-1950.’ Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History (Spring 2020), no. 13. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
‘From Pilgrim Landscape to ‘Pilgrim Road’: Tracing the Transformation of the Char Dham Yatra in Colonial Garhwal.’ Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2018): 419-437.
‘Imperial Hunting and the Sublime: Race, Caste, and Aesthetics in the Central Himalayas.’ Environmental History, Vol. 26, No. 2 (2021): 301-323.
‘Histories of Central Himalayan Herbs: Vanaspati Karyalaya in Tehri Princely State c. 1879-1950.’ Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History (Spring 2020), no. 13. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society.
‘From Pilgrim Landscape to ‘Pilgrim Road’: Tracing the Transformation of the Char Dham Yatra in Colonial Garhwal.’ Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, Vol. 12, No. 4 (2018): 419-437.
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Last updated
09/14/2026
09/14/2026