Ajay Verghese
@ajayverghese.bsky.social
Political scientist at Middlebury College: India, religion (Hinduism), ethnic violence, history, and qualitative/mixed methods. Dad.
Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Check out my review of some exciting new books in qualitative methods!
Are you interested in the study of religion but tired of reading about Christianity? Boy do I have the article for you! Now under review.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Are you interested in the study of religion but tired of reading about Christianity? Boy do I have the article for you! Now under review.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Happy first birthday to my article submission to [will potentially reveal journal name in the future to shame them]! A whole year, my baby is growing up.
April 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy first birthday to my article submission to [will potentially reveal journal name in the future to shame them]! A whole year, my baby is growing up.
New seminar this fall:
April 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New seminar this fall:
New paper on how to conceptualize and measure Hindu religiosity, been working on this one for several years. Feedback welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM
New paper on how to conceptualize and measure Hindu religiosity, been working on this one for several years. Feedback welcome!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Revised and resubmitted -- an updated version of my paper on studying history like an experiment: "Randomized Controlled History?" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 19, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Revised and resubmitted -- an updated version of my paper on studying history like an experiment: "Randomized Controlled History?" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Happy pitchers and catchers report day!
February 14, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Happy pitchers and catchers report day!
Coming to the capital this summer (with significantly more gray hair). Where my DC peeps?
February 12, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Coming to the capital this summer (with significantly more gray hair). Where my DC peeps?
NYT headline. Amplified by whom I wonder?
February 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM
NYT headline. Amplified by whom I wonder?
New working paper alert -- some concerns about treating history like an experiment, including in my own work.
t.co/qi1gSM6yXj
t.co/qi1gSM6yXj
January 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
New working paper alert -- some concerns about treating history like an experiment, including in my own work.
t.co/qi1gSM6yXj
t.co/qi1gSM6yXj
How January is going in Middlebury
January 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
How January is going in Middlebury
He's the reason for the season
December 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM
He's the reason for the season
Whenever my kids yell at me or my wife (also an academic):
December 14, 2023 at 5:56 PM
Whenever my kids yell at me or my wife (also an academic):
Me trying to get an Indian research visa:
November 17, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Me trying to get an Indian research visa:
Really miss the amazing engagement I had on Elon's Twitter
November 6, 2023 at 5:37 PM
Really miss the amazing engagement I had on Elon's Twitter
Update on my mental health:
October 4, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Update on my mental health:
Me reading yet another "natural experiment of history"
September 28, 2023 at 7:50 PM
Me reading yet another "natural experiment of history"
Think my fortune cookies are trying to tell me something about writing
September 21, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Think my fortune cookies are trying to tell me something about writing
TFW I see that all my friends have escaped Twitter and are on here now
September 20, 2023 at 6:15 PM
TFW I see that all my friends have escaped Twitter and are on here now
Sabbatical is going well. A little lonely. It's getting cold in Vermont now. But everything is fine. It's fine.
September 18, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Sabbatical is going well. A little lonely. It's getting cold in Vermont now. But everything is fine. It's fine.
My entire life writing:
September 8, 2023 at 7:47 PM
My entire life writing:
Is this me now?
September 1, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Is this me now?