Research Fields: Comparative modernisms, comparative Marxisms, modern South Asian literature and intellectual history, multilingualism, translation and performance, speculative fiction and genre literature, feminism in world literature, race and class, avant-garde and art house film, deconstructions of postcolonial canons, lyric essay and narrative as provocation.

Email: banerjee[at]fas.harvard.edu

Education: 

• Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard University, May 2013
• Dissertation: “The New Voyager: Theory and Practice of South Asian Literary Modernisms”
• A.M., Comparative Literature, Harvard University, June 2008
• M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of Washington, June 2006.
• B.A. (Honors), English Honors; Minors: Japanese; Cinema Studies, Rutgers University, May 2004.

Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi, Japanese, German, French
Additional reading knowledge of Spanish

Current Project: The New Voyager: Theory, Translation, and Intertexuality in South Asian Modernisms

Recent Publications:

• “Between Post-Independence and the Cold War: An Exploration of Agha Shahid Ali’s Publications with the Writers Workshop.”  Mad Heart Be Brave: On the Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali.  Ed. Kazim Ali.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017.
•  “Narrative as Provocation.”  Los Angeles Review of Books.  Los Angeles, CA: Spring 2016. Also Featured in the Poetry Foundation Harriet Blog.
• “Amrita Pritam: Sexual Politics and Publishing in Mid-20^th Century India.” VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. Online. February 2016.
• “Calcutta, Marwaris, and the World of Hindi Letters.” Dissertation Reviews. Online.  January 2016.
• “War is Beautiful: An Interview with David Shields.”  Electric Literature.  Brooklyn, NY: November 2015.
• “Paging Ms. Marvel: The Perks and Perils of Creating an Islamic, Feminist Superhero.”  Jaggery: A DesiLit Arts and Literature Journal.  Chicago: Summer 2014.