Dr Pragya Dhital

Contact details

Name:
Dr Pragya Dhital
Qualifications:
PhD in Religions and Philosophies at SOAS (2016)
Position/Fellowship type:
Visiting Research Fellow
Fellowship term:
08-Apr-2018 to 31-Dec-2020
Institute:
Institute of English Studies
Home institution:
British Library & National Archives of India
Email address:
pragya.dhital@sas.ac.uk
Website:
https://ies.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-pragya-dhital

Research Summary and Profile

Research interests:
Philosophy
Summary of research interests and expertise:

Pragya Dhital completed a PhD in the department of Religions and Philosophies at SOAS in 2016: “Paper chains: the techno-politics of communication in modern India”.

She is currently researching a collection of publications proscribed in colonial India, held jointly by the British Library and National Archives of India.  Through a transnational and multilingual approach to studying this material, she aims to go beyond centre-periphery models of the diffusion of cultural and political forms, be it the nation or the novel, using methodologies rived from literary studies and book history.

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