BENJAMIN B. COHEN portrait
  • Professor, History
  • Professor, History
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Professional Service

  • Journal of Deccan Studies. Editorial Board Member. 07/2017 - present
  • Indian Council of HIstorical Research. Advisory Board Member. 01/2016 - present
  • American Institute of Indian Studies. University of Utah representative. 01/2010 - present
  • India Review. Associate Editor. 01/2009 - present
  • India Review. Role: Editorial Board Member. Editorial Board. 01/2009 - present

Internal Service

  • 2023 - 2024 Chair, Department of History faculty search in the Middle East. 2023 - 2024 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of History. 2023 - 2024 Member, Executive Committee, Department of History. 2023 - 2024 Member, RPT Ad - hoc Committee for promotion to Professor, Department of History. 07/2022 - 07/2024. Department service.
  • Member, Ad-hoc committee on diversity. 09/2017 - 05/2018. Department service.
  • Member, Graduate Committee. 07/2017 - 06/2018. Department service.
  • Member, Ad-hoc committee on department bylaws. 04/2017 - 08/2017. Department service.
  • Retention, Promotion, Tenure Committee Chair. 03/2017 - 03/2018. Department service.
  • Member, RPT Committee (Tenure), Research, Department of World Languages and Cultures. 03/2017 - 10/2017. College service.
  • Member, College Executive Committee, College of Humanities. Member, 08/2015 - 05/2016. College service.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of History. Member, 08/2015 - 05/2016. Department service.
  • Member, Ad-hoc Committee for third-year review, Department of History. Member, 08/2015 - 10/2015. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. Member, 08/2014 - 05/2015. Department service.
  • Wilson Lecture Committee. Member, 08/2014 - 05/2015. Department service.
  • Teaching Committee Chair. 08/2012 - 05/2013. Department service.
  • Asia Center. Member, 08/2002 - present. University service.

Honors & Awards

  • Faculty Fellow. University of Utah, 07/2022
  • Senior Short-term Fellowship. American Institute of Indian Studies, 01/2022
  • 2015-2016, 2016-2017 Environmental Humanities Professor. Environmental Humanities, 07/2015

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