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Ed Haynes

Associate Professor of History

Bancroft 366

(803) 323-4682

haynese@winthrop.edu or maharao@yahoo.com 

South Asia, Middle East, East Asia

 


 

Background:

 

After receiving undergraduate training at Duke University, Dr. Haynes studied at the graduate level at the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India). He received his M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University and his Ph.D. from Duke University. His main field is modern South Asian history, though he has done a great deal of work in the history of the modern Middle East, modern Japan, and other areas of Asian history and culture. Before coming to Winthrop, Dr. Haynes previously taught at Kansas State University, Skidmore College, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Northern Iowa. He has been on the Winthrop faculty since 1987.

 

During the 2001/2002 academic year, Dr. Haynes was on leave, conducting research in New Delhi, India, as a Senior Research Fellow of the American Institute of Indian Studies. During this time, he also served as an International Monitor for the Emergency Loya Jirga Selection Process in Afghanistan under the auspices of the United Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Special Commission for the Emergency Loya Jirga.

 

 

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Recent and Representative Publications and Presentations:

  • “The Evolution and Development of Representative Systems of Military Honour in India,” Proceedings of the United Service Institution of India, 132, 549 (July-September 2002): 417-30 - online

  • “Lineage, State, and Symbolism of Rule in Late-Eighteenth-Century Eastern Rajputana,” in Rethinking Early Modern India, ed. Richard B. Barnett ([New Delhi]: Manohar, 2002), pp. 33-83

  • “Implementing Democratic Change in Afghanistan: The Emergency Loya Jirga Selection, 2002,” a paper presented to the fall 2002 meetings of the Southeast Regional Seminar on Middle East and Islamic Studies, Boone, NC, October 2002 - presentation online 

  • “Civil Honor: Constructing Orders to Order India” a paper presented to the 31st Wisconsin Conference on South Asia, Madison, WS, October 2002 - presentation online 

  • Wearing Honour: The Introduction of Tangible Representations of Honuor into the Rajputana States,” in Culture, Communities and Change, ed. Varsha Joshi; Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, [2002], pp. 35-74

  • “Land Use, Natural Resources, and the Rajput State, 1780-1980,” in Desert, Drought & Development: Studies in Resources Management and Sustainability, eds. Rakesh Hooja and Rajendra Joshi; Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, [1999], pp. 53-119

 

Classes taught:

  • 101. World Civilizations to 1500 (3).
    A survey of major civilizations of the world until about 1500. Dr. Haynes offers this course in the fall and, on occasion, in the spring. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 102. World Civilizations Since 1500 (3).
    A survey of major civilizations of the world since about 1500. Dr. Haynes offers this course in the spring. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 331. Asian Civilizations: Traditional Asia (3).
    A survey of the history and culture of Asia from the earliest times to the fall of the traditional Asian empires about 1700. Offered occasionally. The course was last offered in spring 2003. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 332. Asian Civilizations: Modern Asia (3).
    A survey of the history and culture of Asia from the coming of European power about 1500 until the present day. Offered occasionally; the course will next be offered in fall 2004. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 350. Special Topics in History (3).
    In-depth consideration of a specific topic of particular concern within history. Has been offered under various topics, but not recently. This is next expected to be offered in spring 2004 on the topic of world military history.

  • 530. World Environmental History (3). 
    A comparative examination of world environmental history. This course will next be offered in fall 2004. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 550. Special Topics in History (3).
    Advanced in-depth consideration of specific topics of particular concern within history. Offered occasionally. Recent offerings by Dr. Haynes include an honors class on Gandhi (which has a web site and the syllabus is separately on-line), modern Japan (an aging syllabus is on-line), a course on the Vietnam War (an aging syllabus is on-line); courses have been projected on the history of Australia (previously offered) and a survey of the history of Afghanistan, although their offering now seems unlikely.

  • 551. The Middle East since Islam (3).
    A survey of the history of the modern Middle East since the rise of Islam. Offered occasionally. Most recently offered in fall 2002. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus is separately on-line.

  • 552. South Asia since 1600 (3).
    A survey of modern South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.) since 1600. This course will next be offered in spring 2004. A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus (though aging) is separately on-line.

  • 553. China since 1600 (3).
    A survey of the history of modern China since circa 1600 (since the Qing Dynasty). Offered occasionally (the next offering is  in fall 2003). A web site has been established for this course and the syllabus (though aging) is separately on-line.

  • Dr. Haynes has also, on occasion, taught courses on Hinduism and Islam for the Winthrop Religion Department and has, until recently, taught a large number of International Area Studies Courses, especially and most successfully a course linked to the Model Arab League program.

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