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Ujaan Ghosh is an Assistant Professor of History of Art at The Ohio State University's Department of History of Art, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on architectural and urban history in South Asia, particularly the dialectical interplay between religion and colonialism in shaping Hindu holy cities as sites of innovation, infrastructure experimentation, and imperial politics. He holds a PhD in Art-History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, alongside advanced degrees from institutions in Calcutta.
Education:
- B.A., History, Presidency College, Calcutta
- M.A., History, Presidency University, Calcutta
- M.Phil., Center for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta
- PhD, Art-History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research interests include the spatial practices of colonial South Asian cities, the refashioning of Sanskrit and vernacular poetic traditions, and the intersections of religion, urbanization, and colonial governance. His work bridges architecture, literary studies, and religious history, analyzing how sacred spaces became laboratories for colonial modernity.
His publications explore topics like temple urbanization in Puri, the cultural politics of the Jagannath Rathayatra festival, and ghost stories as lenses for understanding colonial Calcutta. Co-authored work on Odia poetry and the Rāmāyaṇa highlights queer and erotic dimensions in classical texts. Ghosh is also an accomplished translator of pre-modern Sanskrit and vernacular poetry.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided materials. His current book project examines place-making processes in South Asia’s holy cities during the 19th and early 20th centuries, emphasizing their roles as contested sites of colonial and religious discourse.
