About Proshanto Dhar

I am a historian of circulation, tracing how people and narratives flow through South Asia and ripple across the globe. As a digital historian with a mission to make the erased visible and the forgotten unforgettable, I combine archival research with technological fluency. Armed with a PhD in history, expertise in data management, and decades of immersion in the Bengali cultural ecumene, I navigate archives and algorithms with equal ease. Whether mapping the circuits of Marxism or syncing Zotero with Neo4j, I'm always chasing the silences history left behind. Unaffiliated but undeterred, I'm crafting a new kind of public history — one that speaks, stores, and survives.

NBN Episodes hosted by Proshanto:

Subah Dayal, "Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India" (U California Press, 2024)

September 30, 2025

Between Household and State

Subah Dayal
Hosted by Proshanto Dhar

Dr. Subah Dayal recently joined the New Books Network to discuss her new work Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Cir…

David McNally, "Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History" (U California Press, 2025)

September 3, 2025

Slavery and Capitalism

David McNally
Hosted by Proshanto Dhar

David McNally's Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History (U California Press, 2025)presents the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalis…

Audrey Truschke, "India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent" (Princeton UP, 2025)

July 22, 2025

India

Audrey Truschke
Hosted by Proshanto Dhar

Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to As…

Subho Basu, "Intimation of Revolution: Global Sixties and the Making of Bangladesh" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

May 2, 2025

Intimation of Revolution

Subho Basu
Hosted by Proshanto Dhar

Intimation of Revolution: Global Sixties and the Making of Bangladesh (Cambridge UP, 2023) analyzes the growth of Bengali nationalism in East Pakistan…