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Richard M. Eaton b. is an author and academic, whose works cover Pre-Modern India. Eaton has pioneered new ways of thinking about the history of Islamic Culture in India, demonstrated through his work on the XX, XX and the Deccan Sultanates. Among other scholars, Eaton has furthered the concept of a Persian Cosmopolis.

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Described once in The Hindustan Times as 'liberal India's favourite Western scholar', Eaton's work enjoys popularity in certain sects of Indian society. Conversely his research has put him at odds against some Hindu nationalists on at least one historic issue; notably in his book XX a conclusion is drawn that XX only destroyed XX temples as opposed to XX claimed

In 1996, Eaton spent a year as a resident scholar at Woodrow Wilson Scholar XXXXX, in Washington D.C.

Eaton currently works as a Professor of History at Arizona University.

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The Hindu - Book review ‘India in the Persianate Age’ review: The syncretic age of Persia in India https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/india-in-the-persianate-age-review-the-syncretic-age-of-persia-in-india/article30298120.ece

The Hindu - Book review 2 'Art and political history through stones and temples' https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/art-and-political-history-through-stones-and-temples/article6475926.ece

Business Standard - Book review 'Book review: No clash of cultures in India during the Persianate age' https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/book-review-no-clash-of-cultures-in-india-during-the-persianate-age-119081602130_1.html

The Spectator - Book review 'As English spread over the subcontinent, India lost forever its rich Persianate literary heritage' https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/as-english-spread-over-the-subcontinent-india-lost-forever-its-rich-persianate-literary-heritage

The International History Review - Book review Vol 16, No.3 Reviewed Work: The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 by Richard M. Eaton https://www.jstor.org/stable/40107329?seq=1

Penguin Bio https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2214042/richard-m-eaton

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1996 - Year spent as a fellow with the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars (20 to 25 residential fellowships, so not the rarest of posts)

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Hindustan Times - Bio/Interview 'The accidental historian' https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/the-accidental-historian/story-ucU2HUwjhaBMDic6RgEUGL.html "liberal India's favourite Western scholar..."

Scroll.in interview https://scroll.in/article/769463/we-will-never-know-the-number-of-temples-desecrated-through-indias-history-richard-eaton

Primary source bios https://history.arizona.edu/people/richard-eaton Penguin book listing with quote from a Spectator book review https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/106/106352/india-in-the-persianate-age/9780141985398.html