Dr. Sajed Chowdhury

Biography

Sajed Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in Renaissance literature with a focus on early modern women’s writing and manuscript cultures. His research encompasses various fields including the history of science and the publication of works in notable journals such as Early Modern Women: Interdisciplinary Journal, Seventeenth Century, Women’s Writing, and Textual Cultures. He is currently working on a forthcoming monograph titled Women Writers Alchemy Early Modern Britain, to be published by Cambridge University Press. Additionally, he is finalizing a co-authored book on the Reception and Circulation of Women’s Writing in Anglophone Manuscript Miscellanies between 1550 and 1700. Before joining Utrecht University, Dr. Chowdhury was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at Leiden University from 2019 to 2021 and served as a European Research Council Postdoctoral Researcher from 2014 to 2018 on the RECIRC project, dedicated to the reception and circulation of early modern women’s writing. He has also held the position of Fellow at the Modern Humanities Research Association, working on the Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts from 1450 to 1700. His diverse academic journey illustrates his commitment to exploring the contributions of women in early modern literature.

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