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Fr. Dr.

Pius Malekandathil
Occupation
  • Author
  • Professor
  • Scholar
  • historian
NationalityIndian
Education

Pius Malekandathil (born 1960)[1] is an Indian historian and a priest of the Syro-Malabar Church.[2] He is currently the Protosyncellus of the Eparchy of Kothamangalam.[3] He is a retired professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[4]

He is a leading expert in medieval history of India and the Saint Thomas Christians of Kerala.[5][6]

Selected publications[edit | edit source]

His major works include:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Malekandathil, Pius". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. "Pius Malekandathil's profile in Syro-Malabar Church website".
  3. "Administration | Eparchy of Kothamangalam | Kothamangalam Diocese". KothamangalamDiocese. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. "Pius Malekandathil's profile at JNU".
  5. "A Cross to pay Homage". The Times of India.
  6. "jnu.academia.edu".
  7. de Silva, Chandra R. (2003). "Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India, 1500–1663. By Pius Malekandathil. New Delhi: Manohar, 2001. 324 pp". The Journal of Asian Studies. 62 (1): 313–314. doi:10.2307/3096215. JSTOR 3096215.
  8. Pati, George (2011). "Maritime India: Trade, Religion and Politics in the Indian Ocean. By Pius Malekandathil. Delhi, India: Primus Books, 2010. 211 pp. $64.00 (cloth)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 70 (2): 622–623. doi:10.1017/S0021911811000751. S2CID 163200357.
  9. Hasan, Farhat (2016). "Book Review: Yogesh Sharma and Pius Malekandathil (eds), Cities in Medieval India". The Medieval History Journal. 19 (1): 164–166. doi:10.1177/0971945816636273. S2CID 163323704.
  10. Frykenberg, Robert Eric (2018). "Book review: Pius Malekandathil, Joy L. K. Pachau and Tanika Sarkar (eds), Christianity in Indian History: Issues of Culture, Power and Knowledge". Studies in History. 34 (2): 207–212. doi:10.1177/0257643018762941. S2CID 165542473.