Dr. Rituparna Basu
| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellows |
| Field of Specialization: | Study of India (History) |
| Name: | Dr. Rituparna Basu |
| Official Address and Designation: | Assistant Professor Department of History Bijoy Krishna Girls College 5/3, Mahatma Gandhi Road Howrah, Kolkata 711 101 West Bengal |
| Telephone (O): | 91-33-24612341 |
| E-mail: | rituparna_basu@hotmail.com |
| Duration of Grant: | Twelve Months |
| Project Title: | The History of the Travel and Transfer of Indian Art Objects to America in the 19th and 20th century |
| Abstract of Project : | |
| I will explore the history of the travel and transfer of Indian art objects to America by juxtaposing the Peabody collection of clay figures to that of the objects displayed at the first folk art exhibition in Philadelphia in 1968. My objective is to map the altering vision of Indian art in the West, in the nineteenth and twentieth century, with a focus on the key figure of art historian Stella Kramrisch. | |
| Academic Background : | |||
| Ph.D. | History | University of Calcutta, Kolkata | 2008 |
| M.Phil. | History | University of Calcutta, Kolkata | 1992 |
| M.A. | History | University of Calcutta, Kolkata | 1991 |
| Professional Background: | |||
| Assistant Professor | Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah | 2006- till date | |
| Senior Lecturer | Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah | 2001-2006 | |
| Lecturer | Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah | 1996–2001 | |
