Wolfson History Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 136 (2024) Nominee
Nandini Das
ナンディニ・ダス
Nandini Das
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1974-11 （Kolkata, West Bengal, India）
- Nationality
- India, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- India (Kolkata) → United Kingdom (Oxford)
Career
- Occupations
- Academic, Literary scholar, Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture
- Active Years
- 2000-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford, Exeter College, Oxford, University of Liverpool
- Memberships
- Society for Renaissance Studies, English Association, Higher Education Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jadavpur University | — | English | BA | — | India |
| University College, Oxford | — | English | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | English | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Jadavpur University
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
India
BA in English
University College, Oxford
English
Degree:
BA
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes scholarship
Trinity College, Cambridge
English
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United Kingdom
M.Phil and PhD
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | British Academy Book Prize | Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire | Global Cultural Understanding | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Wolfson History Prize | Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire | — | — | 最終候補 |
| 2025 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | — | — | British Monarch | 受章 |
British Academy Book Prize
2023
Work:
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Category:
Global Cultural Understanding
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
受賞
Wolfson History Prize
2024
Work:
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Result:
最終候補
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
2025
Organization:
British Monarch
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
2023 HistoryExplores encounters between England and Mughal India and the origins of empire.
Cultural encountersImperialismTravel literature
Bibliography
- Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire (2023)
- Lives in Transit in Early Modern England: Identity and Belonging (2022)
- Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England (2021)
- The Cambridge History of Travel Writing (2018)
- Hakluyt's Principall Navigations... Volume VI (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ScholarlyAnalytical
- Recurring Motifs
- Cultural encountersRenaissance literatureTravel
Legacy
Renowned scholar of early modern literature and cultural encounters, winner of British Academy Book Prize.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in BBC documentaries
Trivia
- Inspired by Vanessa Redgrave in Shakespeare's As You Like It at age 10.