Keya Ganguly

Keya Ganguly is a Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on film studies, critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Indian political theory, postcolonial studies, and the sociology of culture. She authored States of Exception: Everyday Life and Postcolonial Identity (2001) and Cinema, Emergence, and the Films of Satyajit Ray (2010). From 1998–2010, she served as Senior Editor of Cultural Critique, and her essays have appeared in journals like Cultural Studies, New Formations, and South Atlantic Quarterly. Currently, she is writing a monograph on Indian nationalist Aurobindo Ghose.

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Her interdisciplinary work bridges critical theory, global cinema, and postcolonial thought, with a focus on how cultural forms articulate political and social structures. Recent projects explore the intersections of Marxist theory and Indian revolutionary thought through Aurobindo Ghose's legacy.

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