Priyanka Basu

Priyanka Basu is Lecturer in Performing Arts at King's College London, examining folk performance traditions across Bangladesh and India through interdisciplinary frameworks. Her forthcoming monograph 'The Cultural Politics of Folk' analyzes authenticity negotiations in transnational Kabigāna poetry contests. Research combines ethnographic fieldwork with archival studies to document marginalized performers' histories.

Dr Basu curated the British Library's 'Two Centuries of Indian Print' project, developing decolonial approaches to South Asian collections. She studies how Cold War cultural policies enabled transnational artist exchanges between Asian and European avant-garde movements. An Odissi dancer, her practice-informed research investigates embodiment in South Asian performance traditions.