Dhanya Fee Kirchhof

Dhanya Fee Kirchhof is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Gender and Media Studies for the South Asian Region at Humboldt University of Berlin. Her work explores the intersection of mediatization, caste systems, and socio-religious transformation through the lens of the translocally networked Ravidassia community.

• Research focus on anti-caste movements, Dalit activism, and mediatized religious identities
• Uses multilocal media ethnography and communicative figurations approach
• Recipient of Family Fund Completion Scholarship and Humboldt Research Track Scholarship

Her publications analyze Ravidassia music videos, transnational solidarity networks, and caste-based media representation. She has presented at conferences including the International Communication Association and the Young Researchers' Group of the German Society for Asian Studies.