معرفی
Avrati Bhatnagar is Instructor of History at Duke University, specializing in South Asian history, visual studies, and colonial politics. She holds a PhD in History from Duke University (2024) and postgraduate degrees in Visual Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Literature from University of Delhi.
Research examines visual culture and gender in colonial India, with current projects analyzing photographic archives of political resistance. Her forthcoming co-edited volume 'Citizens, Arise, Awake': Photographing Disobedience on the Streets of Colonial Bombay, 1930-1931 explores documentary photography of the Civil Disobedience movement. Collaborative work with the Alkazi Foundation reconstructs historical protest imagery through public history initiatives.
Publications include journal articles on colonial policing photography and book chapters on regional identity construction. Public scholarship appears in ASAP Art, analyzing imperial visual technologies and contemporary South Asian photographic practices.
