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Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA

Modern South Asian culture and history; Postcolonial theory; the problem of Eurocentrism in historical thought; histories of history; climate change and the humanities; planetary histories
Head and shoulders photo of Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA (credit Swiss Radio and Television Service)
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2023
Subjects
History
Sections
Modern History from 1850
Website
https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/dipesh-chakrabarty

Current post

University of Chicago Lawrence A Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations

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