Polycolonial Hooghly: The Crucible of Colonial Modernity in Bengal

Prof. Saugata Bhaduri, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
speaking on
'Polycolonial Hooghly: The Crucible of Colonial Modernity in Bengal'
SATURDAY 05 December 2020 at 07.30 PM
this is the sixth talk of the online open lecture series entitled
'Deliberations on the Uncharted Hooghly: History, Heritage & Humanity'
organised by INTACH Hooghly Chapter
Dr Saugata Bhaduri is Professor at the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His latest books are Polycoloniality: European Transactions with Bengal from the 13th to the 19th Century (Bloomsbury, 2020) and A Critical History of Bengali Literature (Orient Blackswan, forthcoming 2021) as well as publications on gender, comparative literature, and globalisation. His research areas include literary and cultural theory, popular culture, translation studies, and the cultural history of colonial Bengal.
His edited books in the last ten years include Transcultural Negotiations of Gender: Studies in (Be)Longing (Springer, 2015), Literary Theory: An Introductory Reader (Anthem, 2010), and Perspectives on Comparative Literature and Culture in the Age of Globalization (Anthem, 2010). His research on ‘Gaming’, apart from the article in Digital Keywords (Princeton UP, 2016), comprises the collaborative projects ‘Digital Narratives Around the World’, funded by Kule Dialog Grants, University of Alberta, Canada (2016-2017), and ‘Computer Gaming across Cultures’, funded by UKIERI, at West Virginia University, USA, and Bangor University, UK (2012-2015).