01
Tableau
•
Data History
A comprehensive visualization of commodity flows from 1660–1834. This project addresses the lack of
unified data on the EIC, allowing historians to track changes in trade patterns over two centuries
through an interactive interface.
02
Open Data
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1660-1760
A cleaned and structured version of K.N. Chaudhuri's 1978 dataset, made available for modern
quantitative research.
03
GIS
•
Env. History
Using environmental datasets to map agricultural expansion. This project highlights the major shifts
in land use over long duree.
04
Theory
•
Digital Essay
A digital essay exploring how "new materialism" can de-center humans in historical narratives.
Academic Profile
Education
PhD, History
Boston College (2023 - Present)
Certificate in
Digital Humanities
Boston College (2023 - 2024)
PG Diploma, History
Krea University (2022 - 2023)
Thesis: "The Fluid Relationship between Interlopers and the East India Company in the
Late 17th Century: Evidence from the Diary of William Hedges (1681-1687)"
Awards & Fellowships
University
Fellowship
Boston College, 2023-
Presidential
Fellowship
Boston College, 2023-
Teaching Assistant
America in the
World 2
Spring 2026 • Dr. Convery Bolton Valencius
Grading TA
Global
Environmental History
Fall 2025 • Dr. Rachel Brody
Discussion Section
Asia in the World 2
Spring 2025 • Dr. Franziska Seraphim
Discussion Section
Europe in the World
2
Fall 2024 • Dr. Devin Pendas
Grading TA
Digital Experience
Digital Scholarship
Intern
Boston College Digital Scholarship Group
Developed a dataset schema for 19th-century Boston police ledgers, encoding over 4,000
observations and building a public website for interactive analysis.
© 2025 Munirmahedi Paviwala