Karuna Dietrich Wielenga
Karuna is a faculty with the School of Arts and Sciences.
She teaches common curriculum courses such as Understanding India and courses in the History major for the undergraduate programme.
She is a historian with a broad interest in the economic and social history of modern south Asia. Her work is grounded in the history of labour, with a special focus on the informal sector. Her doctoral dissertation explored the changing world of handloom weavers in south India – and the economic restructuring of the industry – from the early nineteenth to the mid twentieth century. Prior to joining Azim Premji University she was a Newton International Fellow at the University of Oxford.
Her post-doctoral research focused on the historical emergence of the informal sector in India, looking at the complex interactions and conflicts between labour, capital and the state in a variety of industries between 1930 and 1970.
Source: Azim Premji University
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