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Anna Arabindan-Kesson is an Associate Professor at Princeton University with joint appointments in the Department of African American Studies and Department of Art and Archaeology. Born in Sri Lanka, she holds undergraduate degrees from New Zealand and Australia and a Ph.D. in African American Studies and Art History from Yale University. Her research explores intersections of Black Diaspora Art, race, empire, and colonial medicine in the long 19th century, alongside interests in British, South Asian, and Australian art.
Her publications include the monograph Black Bodies, White Gold (2021) and the forthcoming collaborative book Beyond Recovery (2022-2023) with Mia Bagneris, supported by an ACLS fellowship. She leads the Art Hx digital humanities project examining art-race-medicine connections in the British Empire. Current fellowships include a Visiting Fellowship at Columbia University and Princeton’s Center for Digital Humanities Data Fellowship (2021). She curates exhibitions and serves on art organization boards.
Scientific Awards:
- ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
- 2023 Elected member of the American Antiquarian Society
Her recent scholarship reveals a focus on transatlantic race dynamics, colonial medical imagery, and diasporic memory, bridging art historical analysis with critical race and postcolonial studies.
