Dipesh Chakrabarty

Dipesh Chakrabarty

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  • Dipesh Chakrabarty
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Dipesh Chakrabarty Biography

Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian from Kolkata, West Bengal. He is best known for his contributions to postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. He received the prestigious Toynbee Prize in 2014 and many other honours for his research works. He became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004, followed by Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2006. He was given honorary doctorate by University of London in 2010 and University of Antwerp, Belgium, in 2011. He has authored a few books and has also published and edited research papers.

 

Dipesh Chakrabarty was born in Kolkata in the year 1948. He spent his younger days in Kolkata where he completed his schooling and college days. He studied at Presidency College, followed by Indian Institute of Management Calcutta where he took an MBA degree, and then moved to Australia to pursue his PhD. After studies he has taught at different universities, and currently a Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago. He is currently settled in Chicago and visits India with his teaching classes. He is a visiting faculty at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, and also serves as an editor for a few publications.

 

He was a member of the Subaltern Studies collective, who has made some important contributions to the intersections between history and postcolonial theory. Some of his published books include - Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal, 1890–1940; Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference; Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies and The Calling of History: Sir Jadunath Sarkar and His Empire of Truth. His wife Rochona Majumdar works as a professor in Chicago University.

Published: January 17, 2019

Updated: January 17, 2019

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