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Biography
Anindya Raychaudhuri is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. He is the author of three monographs, Homemaking: Radical Nostalgia and the Construction of a South Asian Diaspora (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), Narrating South Asian Partition: Oral History, Literature, Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2019) and A Cultural History of Vertigo: Unbalanced (Bloomsbury, 2025). In 2016, he was named one of the BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinkers. His research interests include critical theory and cultural studies, postcolonial studies, memory studies and medical humanities.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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A cultural history of vertigo: unbalanced
Raychaudhuri, A., 11 Dec 2025, London: Bloomsbury Academic. 248 p. (Critical interventions in the medical and health humanities)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Narrating south Asian partition: oral history, literature, cinema
Raychaudhuri, A., 11 Jul 2019, New York: Oxford University Press. 222 p. (Oxford Oral History Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Homemaking: radical nostalgia and the construction of a South Asian diaspora
Raychaudhuri, A., Oct 2018, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. 202 p. (Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Partitions and their Afterlives: Violence, Memories, Living
Raychaudhuri, A. (Editor) & Mohanram, R. (Editor), 2019, Rowman and Littlefield International. 272 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Facebook poet: poetic dissent and social media in contemporary India
Raychaudhuri, A., 3 Sept 2019, World literature and dissent. Burns, L. & Muth, K. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Taylor and Francis, p. 120-140 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Projects
- 1 Finished
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The Scar That Never Healed: The Scar That Never Healed: Collective Memory of Partition in the South-Asian Diaspora
Raychaudhuri, A. (PI)
1/10/12 → 30/09/14
Project: Fellowship
Activities
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British council Going Global Exploratory Grant
O'Leary, C. M. (Recipient), Raychaudhuri, A. (Participant), Parui, A. (Participant) & Simi Raj, M. (Participant)
10 Dec 2021 → 31 Jul 2022Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019
Cross, C. P. (Participant) & Raychaudhuri, A. (Participant)
3 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
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The Calcutta Question
Raychaudhuri, A. (Organiser)
25 Sept 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public lecture/debate/seminar
Impacts
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Vertigo: Creative and Therapeutic Resources for Living with Vestibular Problems
Raychaudhuri, A. (Participant)
Impact: Health and Welfare Impact, Cultural, Creative Impact