William Pinch is Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University and an associate editor of the journal History & Theory. He also serves as Treasurer of the American Institute of Indian Studies. His principal areas of research and teaching are South Asian history, historiography/theory, world history (including questions of scale, depth, and time), religion and history, and maritime/marine history.  In 2015-16 he will serve as the Chair of Wesleyan’s College of the Environment.