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Joya Chatterji

ジョヤ・チャッタジー

Joya Chatterji

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
Delhi, India
国籍
Indian
言語
English, Bengali, Hindi
居住地歴
Delhi (birth / childhood) → London (2000–2007, LSE) → Cambridge (2007– present, Trinity College)

経歴

職業
Historian, University professor, Journal editor, Author
活動期間
1991年〜
所属
Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor, Faculty of History (South Asian History), University of Cambridge, London School of Economics (former academic), Wolfson College (former affiliation), Centre of South Asian Studies (former Director)
所属団体
British Academy (FBA), Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Historical Society, Modern Asian Studies editorial board (former Editor-in-Chief)

学歴

Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi
Department of History
学位: First Class Honours (History)
国: India
Graduated with First Class Honours in History; awarded Best Student of History prize.
Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Faculty of History
学位: PhD (History)
卒業年: 1991
国: United Kingdom
Doctoral thesis: "Communal politics and the partition of Bengal, 1932-1947"

受賞歴

Fellow of the British Academy
2018
主催: British Academy
結果: 選出(Fellow)
Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
2013
主催: Royal Asiatic Society
結果: 選出(Fellow)
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
2017
主催: Royal Historical Society
結果: 選出(Fellow)
Royal Historical Society Award for Public History (joint)
2018
対象作品: Our Migration Story (project)
主催: Royal Historical Society
結果: 受賞(共同受賞)
The Guardian University Award for Research Impact
2019
対象作品: Our Migration Story (project)
主催: The Guardian / Runnymede Trust (project partnership)
結果: 受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
2024
対象作品: Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
主催: Los Angeles Times
結果: 受賞(歴史部門)
Wolfson History Prize
2024
対象作品: Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
主催: Wolfson Foundation / Wolfson History Prize
結果: 受賞(2024、賞金£50,000)
Women's Prize for Non-Fiction (longlisted)
2024
対象作品: Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
主催: Women's Prize
結果: ロングリスト入り
Cundill History Prize (shortlisted)
2024
対象作品: Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century
主催: Cundill Prize
結果: ショートリスト入り

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Bengal Divided: Hindu communalism and partition, 1932-1947

1995年 Academic history (South Asian history)

An archival study of communal politics in Bengal and the process leading to partition in 1947, analysing Hindu-Muslim political tensions.

PartitionCommunal politicsBengal historyEthnicity and religion
翻訳
  • Bengali: Bangla bhag holo (2004)

The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India 1947-1967

2007年 Academic history (social history, migration)

Examines the political and social consequences of partition in Bengal from 1947 to 1967, including refugee policy and regional transformations.

ResettlementRefugeesPost-colonial politics
翻訳
  • Bengali: Deshbhager Arjon, Bangla o Bharat (2016)

Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora (edited)

2013年 Edited volume (handbook)

A comprehensive handbook on South Asian diaspora studies covering movement, citizenship, identity, and related topics.

DiasporaMigration studiesCitizenship

Partition's Legacies (edited / with introduction)

2019年 Edited volume (history)

An edited collection examining the legacies of partition and its impacts on societies and collective memory.

Memory studiesLegacies of partition

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

2023年 Popular history (non-fiction)

A wide-ranging reassessment of twentieth-century South Asia for a general readership, covering partition, migration, state formation and global contexts.

20th-century South AsiaPartitionMigrationGlobal history

全著作

  • Bengal divided. Hindu communalism and partition, 1932-1947 (1995)
  • The Spoils of Partition. Bengal and India 1947-1967 (2007)
  • Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora (ed., 2013)
  • The Bengal Diaspora: Rethinking Muslim Migration (co-authored, 2016)
  • Partition's Legacies (ed., 2019)
  • Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (2023)

作品の翻訳

  • Bengal divided → Bengali: Bangla bhag holo (2004)
  • The Spoils of Partition → Bengali: Deshbhager Arjon, Bangla o Bharat (2016)

作風・主題

文体
Archival and evidence-driven academic proseAnalytical and comparative-historical approachMore narrative-driven style in works for general readers
頻出モチーフ
PartitionMigration and diasporaCitizenship and minority formationBorders and boundaries

健康

  • 2019
    Retired from the Faculty of History in 2019 for medical reasons; specific condition not publicly disclosed.

評価・遺産

An influential scholar in modern South Asian history whose work on partition, migration and citizenship bridges academic and public history. Contributed to public education through projects such as Bangla Stories and Our Migration Story and curatorial work.

関連学会

  • British Academy
  • Royal Asiatic Society
  • Royal Historical Society

資料所蔵先

  • Centre of South Asian Studies (Cambridge) archives / holdings
  • Trinity College (Cambridge) related archives

豆知識

  • Has a son born in 1991
  • Raised her son as a single parent from 1997
  • Appointed to a personal chair as Professor of South Asian Studies at Cambridge in 2014
  • Shadows At Noon received multiple recognitions in 2024 (e.g. Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Wolfson History Prize)