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Partha Chatterjee (b. November 5, 1947) is an Indian political theorist and historian. He was the director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta from 1997 to 2007 and continues as an honorary professor of political science. He is also a professor of anthropology and South Asian studies at Columbia University and a member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.
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- Subaltern studies scholar partha chatterjee lectures students on azaadi
- Education
- Career
- Publications
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Chatterjee received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2009
Subaltern studies scholar partha chatterjee lectures students on azaadi
Education
He completed a BA in Political Science in 1967 at Presidency College, Calcutta followed by an M.A (1970) and a Ph.D. (1972) in the same subject from the University of Rochester.
Career
He was the Professor of Political Science and served as a Director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and is currently a Professor (Honorary) of the CSSSC and Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Columbia University in New York. He was a Founder-Member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.
He is a Joint-Editor of Baromash, a biannual Bengali literary journal published from Calcutta. In addition to numerous books in English, he has published books of essays in Bengali.