Nishanth Bhargava

My research interests lie in 20th century political and intellectual history, particularly with respect to the radical politics of postwar Europe and Asia. I'm especially interested in how radical thinkers and activists forged networks of solidarity and worked beyond national borders to struggle for a more just and equitable world. With the support of the University Scholars program, I spent last summer working with archival materials from members of the Situationist International at Yale University and writing a paper on the actions of radical student groups during the events of May 1968 in France, with a particular focus on how left wing student groups expressed and acted upon their solidarity with workers and revolutionaries in the postcolonial world. At Penn, I'm also involved with 34th Street Magazine, Penn Mock Trial and the Philomathean Society. In my free time, you can find me reading, playing guitar or walking around without purpose.

• Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
• Research Assistant for Dr. Siarhei Biareishyk
• PMG Group Lead

See also: Finding France at the Beinecke Library