Narasingha Sil

Narasingha Prosad Sil (born 1937) goes by the nickname "Ram" and is an Indian American professor of history at Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon.^[1] Ram is primarily trained in the history of Tudor England and has published books, journal articles, and encyclopedia articles on a number of Tudor statesmen and placemen. He has also written books on Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sarada Devi. He was invited to contribute articles to the Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd edition) and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (New DNB). Dr. Sil has received campus recognition for scholarship twice.

Works

Books and Articles

• William Lord Herbert of Pembroke (c. 1507-1570): Politique and Patriot (July 1988) Edwin Mellen Press ISBN 0889464588
• Kautilya's Arthasastra: A Comparative Study (American University Studies Series V, Philosophy) (July 1989) Peter Lang Publishing ISBN 0820408980
• Ramakrsna Paramahamsa: A Psychological Profile (Brill's Indological Library, Vol. 4) (June 1991) Brill Academic Publishers ISBN 9004094784
• Swami Vivekananda: A Reassessment (March 1997) Susquehanna University Press ISBN 0945636970
• Ramakrishna Revisited (May 28, 1998) University Press of America ISBN 0761810528
• Tudor Placemen and Statesmen: Select Case Histories (October 2001) Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ISBN 0838639127
• Divine Dowager: The Life and Teachings of Saradamani, the Holy Mother (January 2004) Susquehanna University Press ISBN 157591073X
• "Ramakrishna" "Vivekananda" Further Consideration in Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed. 2004).
• "William Herbert," "Anthony Denny," "John Gates," and "Francis Jobson" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (New DNB) (2006).

"The Professor and the Paramahamsa: Martin Luther and Ramakrishna Compared," Italic text Italic text Asian Social Science, VII, 5 (May 2011). "Kali's Child and Krishna's Lover: Anatomy of Ramakrishna's Italic text Caritas Divina, Religion, XXX, 3 (2009). Electronic version in Sciece Direct: doi: 10.1016/j.religion.200812.002 "Tipu Sultan: A Re-Vision," The Calcutta Historical Journal, XXVIII, 1 (2008). "Bankim Redivivus: An Appraisal," The Calcutta Historical Journal, XXVII, 1 (2007). Crazy in Love of God: Ramakrishna's: Caritas Divina: (Selinsgrove/Cranbury: Susquehanna University Press/Associated University Presses, 2009. "Postcolonialism and Postcoloniality: A Premortem Prognosis," Alternatives: Turkish Journal of of International Relations, VII, 4 (Winter 2008). "Devotio Humana: Rabindranath's Love Poems Revisited," Parabaas (Webzine For the Study of the Cutural Heritage of Bengal) (February 2005). "The Sage and the Saint: Vivekananda and Bankimchandra as Patriots and Nationalists," East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, IV, 1 (2004). "The Swami and the Sister," International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter (University of Leiden), XXXII (November 2003). "Vivekan anda and Nietzsche as Critics pf Western Bourgeois Civilization," Virginia Review pf Asian Studies, V (Fall 2003). The Life of Shcratchandra Chattopadhyay: Drifter and Dreamer (Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012). Published December 2011. "Ramakrishna", Oxford Bibliography Online (2012).

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