Leela Gandhi | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Mumbai, India |
| Parent | Ramchandra Gandhi |
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| Discipline | Cultural and literary theory |
| School or tradition | Postcolonial |
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Leela Gandhi (born 1966) is an Indian-born literary and cultural theorist who is noted for her work in postcolonial theory.[1][2] She is currently the John Hawkes Professor of Humanities and English and director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University.[3][4][5] She is the great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi previously taught at the University of Chicago, La Trobe University, and the University of Delhi. She is a founding co-editor of the academic journal Postcolonial Studies, and she serves on the editorial board of the electronic journal Postcolonial Text.[6] She is a Senior Fellow of the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University.[7]
- ^ "Leela Gandhi speaks on postcolonial ethics in first Humanities Lecture". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "'Civil society is like a Socratic gadfly to the state'". The Indian Express. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Leela Gandhi's Research Profile at Brown University
- ^ New Faculty, News from Brown
- ^ Amesur, Akshay (10 September 2021). "Pembroke Center endowed with $5 million donation, welcomes new director". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Postcolonial Text. ISSN 1705-9100.
- ^ Senior Fellows at the School of Criticism and Theory