Dr. Priyanka Basu

Biography

Priyanka Basu joined King’s College London in September 2021 and has held visiting fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL and the SOAS South Asia Institute. She obtained her PhD in South Asian Studies from SOAS, where she received the prestigious Felix Scholarship. With master's degrees and an MPhil in English Literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, she has over five years of experience as a curator in the Asia & Africa Department of the British Library, where she was involved in the AHRC/BEIS-funded ‘Two Centuries of Indian Print’ project. Priyanka has taught as a guest lecturer at several universities, including SOAS and the University of Glasgow. Her research specializes in the intersections of literary, cultural, and performative traditions in South Asia, particularly focused on Bangladesh and India. Currently, she is completing a monograph titled 'Cultural Politics of Folk: Transnational Histories of India and Bangladesh' to be published by Routledge. Her work investigates authenticity, transnational cultural politics in folk genres, and she has published in notable peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Priyanka is involved in various editorial projects and public engagement activities pertaining to South Asian studies.

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