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Chandrima Chakraborty
Affiliation
McMaster UniversityAcademy or College
College of New ScholarsYear Elected
2019Website URL
https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/chandriAreas of Interest
South Asian cultures, diaspora, history and public memory, postcolonial studies, nationalism, gender, race
Chandrima Chakraborty has emerged as one of Canada’s leading scholars of the literature of India and its diaspora, recognized for her path-breaking contributions to the fields of postcolonial, gender and trauma studies. She has generated positive and meaningful impacts within Canada and internationally through her commitment to exchanging knowledge with broader communities, most recently drawing public attention to the socio-political contexts surrounding the 1985 Air India tragedy and its aftermath.
Chandrima Chakraborty est l’une des plus éminentes chercheuses canadiennes dans le domaine de la littérature indienne et de sa diaspora, reconnue pour ses contributions novatrices dans les domaines des études postcoloniales, de genre et des traumatismes. Son engagement pour le partage de connaissances avec des collectivités plus vastes, tel que récemment l’information au public sur les contextes sociopolitiques entourant la tragédie d’Air India en 1985 et ses répercussions, ont eu des conséquences positives et significatives au Canada et à l’étranger.