Joya Chatterji
Historian of South Asia
Joya Chatterji is a historian of modern South Asia and a professor at the University of Cambridge.
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Born in Delhi, India
About Joya Chatterji
Joya Chatterji is Professor of South Asian History at Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity College. Her field is modern South Asian history, and she spent ten years as editor of Modern Asian Studies. Her research covers partition, migration and nationalism, and her books include Bengal Divided and The Spoils of Partition. In 2021 the British Academy elected her as one of its fellows. Her book in our catalog is Shadows at Noon.