Rakesh H. Solomon
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Associate Professor - History, Theory and Literature
Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 1986
M.A. University of Hawaii, 1977
M.A. University of Delhi (India), 1972
B.A. University of Delhi (India), 1970
Appointed to IU in 1988
rakesh@indiana.edu
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Solomon specializes in two areas: American theatre and Indian theatre. His other research interests are contemporary British theatre and theatre historiography. He has published on these subjects in scholarly journals such as Theatre
Journal, Theatre Survey, TDR: The Drama Review, Journal of Performance Studies,
Theatre Research International, American Drama, Forum for Modern Language Studies,
Religion and Theatre, and Comparative Literature Today:
Theory and Practice. He has also published in several edited volumes, including Edward
Albee: A Casebook (Routledge), Alan Ayckbourn: A Casebook (Garland), Reader's
Guide to Literature in English (Fitzroy Dearborn), and Writing
and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (Iowa). His articles are also forthcoming in Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary, Theatre International: Essays on the Theory and Praxis of World Theatre, and Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee. He is the author of Albee
in Performance: The Playwright as Director, forthcoming from Indiana University Press, and a past editor of South
Asian Review.
He is currently completing a book entitled Culture,
Politics, and Performance in Colonial India, 1753-1947. His research has been funded by senior fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Institute of Indian Studies. He has served as an evaluator for the Arts and Humanities Research Board (UK), Theatre
Research International, Theatre Journal, and PMLA. He has also served as chair of the nominating committee of the American Society for Theatre Research, as member of the nominating committee of the American Theatre and Drama Society, and as member of the executive boards of the Association for Asian Performance, South Asian Literary Association, and the American Theatre and Drama Society
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