Debjani Ganguly

Debjani Ganguly is a Professor in the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, part of the Faculty of Education and Arts. Her research focuses on decolonizing world literature, postcolonial studies, and the intersection of multilingualism with global literary frameworks. She has authored influential works like This thing called the world: The contemporary novel as global form (2016) and edited volumes such as The Cambridge history of world literature (2021). Her scholarship critically examines global literary systems, transnational narratives, and the impact of colonial and postcolonial dynamics on cultural production.

Key research themes include angloglobalism, feminist speculative modes, planetary realism, and the role of literature in addressing crises like war and environmental collapse. Ganguly’s work bridges comparative literature, cultural studies, and postcolonial theory, offering innovative frameworks for analyzing global cultural formations. She has published extensively in journals like New Literary History and Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry, demonstrating expertise in both theoretical and empirical literary analysis.

Her recent articles (2023) explore decolonizing methodologies in world literature curricula and the intersections of multilingualism with global literary practices. This reflects her commitment to reimagining literary studies through decolonial and global perspectives. Ganguly’s interdisciplinary approach influences contemporary debates in global literary studies and postcolonial critique.