Dr. Kalyan Nadiminti

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kalyan Nadiminti (Ph.D. English, University of Pennsylvania) specializes in postcolonial global Anglophone literature, focusing particularly on twentieth and twenty-first century South Asian writing. His research includes a monograph on literary humanitarianism and contemporary narrative forms. He has published scholarly articles and reviews in publications such as NOVEL: Forum, Fiction, Post45/Contemporaries, Journal of Asian American Studies, South Asian Review, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, and LARB. Kalyan teaches courses on human rights, literary political theory, and South Asian Global Anglophone literatures, engaging with themes of postcolonial theory and U.S. empire as well as race and terror. Prior to his current role at Northwestern University, he taught at Gettysburg College and his work has been supported by a Mellon Fellowship at Haverford College.

Research Interests

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.