Chandrima ChakrabortyProfessor, English & Cultural Studies
Overview
Dr. Chandrima Chakraborty’s research is on public memory, nationalist history, masculinity and religion, social and cultural determinants of health, race and nation-making in Canada, and the politics of memorialization in South Asia and Canada.
Areas of Expertise
Canadian PoliticsCommunity Based ResearchCritical Race TheoryCultural StudiesDecolonizationGender & PoliticsGender and ReligionGlobalizationImmigrationInterdisciplinaryMarginalized GroupsMediaPolitics and HistoryPolitics of RepresentationPostcolonial TheoryPublic OpinionRace, Ethnicity, and ImmigrationReligion and CultureReligion and PoliticsSocial JusticeViolenceAsian historyCanadian historyCanadian literaturesCritical identity, ethnic and race studiesCultural studiesMedia studiesPost-colonialismSocial oppression and marginalization
McMaster Affiliations
Other Appointments
Director
Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University
Background
Degrees
PhD
York University
M.Phil
Jawaharlal Nehru University
MA
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Postgraduate training
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto
Contact
chandri@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23777