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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of International Studies

Teaching areas

World History, History of South Asia, Modern Asian History, Indian Ocean World

Research areas

Maritime History, History of South Asia, Indian Ocean Trade, Merchant Networks, Maritime Labor

Education

PhD, History, University of Texas at Austin, United States, 2016

MA, History, The University of Texas at Austin, United States, 2010

MA, International Policy Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, United States, 2004

Bachelor, Computer Science Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India, 2000

Professional experience

Asianetwork Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship In Asian History, Wabash College, California, United States, 2016 - 2017

Researcher, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, United States, 2004 - 2007

Software Associate, Mascot Systems Pvt. Ltd, India, 2000 - 2002

Contact

svadlamudi@aus.edu

+971 6 515 2519

Dr. Sundara Vadlamudi

Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, United States

Sundar Vadlamudi is a historian of South Asia and the Indian Ocean World. His research areas include Islam in South Asia, Indian Ocean trade, economic history of South Asia, and socio-religious reform movements in India. His current research examines a community of South Indian maritime merchants during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He has educational and work experiences in the fields of computer science engineering and international policy studies. Prior to joining AUS, he taught at Wabash College (USA). He will offer courses on topics related to South Asia, the Indian Ocean World, and world history.

Publications

Sundar Vadlamudi. Surveying the Mergui Archipelago: Thomas Forrest and English East India Company Settlements in the Bay of Bengal., Terrae Incognitae, March 2025

Sundar Vadlamudi. Penang and the Maritime Trade of Tamil Muslims, 1778-1800 CE. In Indian Ocean Imaginings: People, Time, and Space. edited by Joshua Esler and Mark Fielding, Pages 77-92., 2023

Sundar Vadlamudi. Children on board: Child labor on ships in the Indian Ocean, c. 18th – 19th centuries, Journal Of The Indian Ocean World Studies, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

Sundar Vadlamudi. Conch Shell Fishing in South India under English East India Company, 1800-1840 CE. In Animal Trade Histories in the Indian Ocean World. Edited by Martha Chaiklin, Gwyn Campbell, and Philip Gooding. Pages 99-124., 2020

Sundar Vadlamudi. Daud Shah and Dar ul-Islam: Transnational Elements of Socio-religious Reforms among Muslims in the Madras Presidency., Journal Of World History, December 2018

Sundar Vadlamudi. Book Review of Laura Nader, What the Rest Think of the West since 600 AD. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2015., Terrae Incognitae, 2017

Sundara , And . Architecture of Early Warning at the U.N. based on Human Security Indicators, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013

Sundara Vadlamudi. Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation: Poised for Take-Off?, Nonproliferation Review, 1 March 2005

Conference Presentations

Labor Flows and Shipping Services: Migration from South India to Penang, c. 19th century, World History Association Annual Conference 2024, June 2024

Thomas Forrest, the Mergui Archipelago, and British Maritime Strategy in the Bay of Bengal in the Late Eighteenth Century., Britain And The World 2023 Conference, 20 April 2023

Migration and Settlement of Tamil Muslims in Penang, c. 1780–1840., American Historical Association 134 Annual Meeting., 3 January 2020

"Child Slaves and Maritime Labor on Indian Ships in the Bay of Bengal, 1790-1840", British Association Of South Asian Studies Annual Conference., 19 April 2018