Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury

Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and an MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Modern Indian history. Her research focuses on Interwar France’s political culture, India during World War II, and the Politics of Spatiality. She teaches courses on global history, human rights, and history through fiction.

• Ph.D.: Northwestern University (Modern French History)
• MA: Jawaharlal Nehru University (Modern Indian History)

Her research explores intersections between colonialism, war, and decolonization, with current projects on the interwar French military and India’s 1940s turmoil. She is also a novelist, authoring The Communist Cookbook, set in post-WWII India, and is working on a sequel. She emphasizes digital humanities, critical analysis of primary sources, and ethical historiography in her teaching and scholarship.

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