Santanu Das is an Indian born academic and author, best known for his work on the
literature of the First World War. Since 2019, he has been Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at
Oxford University and a Senior Fellow at
All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of t ...
.
Education
Das was educated at
Calcutta University and the
Cambridge University. In 2003 he completed a PhD entitled ''
'The sense of touch in First World War literature''
'.
Career
Das was a member of the academic staff of
Queen Mary University of London (2008–11) and
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...
. and a lecturer at
King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...
(2012–18).
His 2005 monograph ''Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature'' received the ''Choice'' Outstanding Academic Book Award in 2007. His 2018 book ''India, Empire and First World War Culture'': ''Writings, Images, and Songs'' won the Hindu Non-Fiction Prize, and the Anand Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, awarded by the Association of Asian Studies.
In 2013 Das received a
British Academy mid-career fellowship. Das is a member of the International Network for the Study of the Great War in Africa, and the leader of a million-Euro project on the "Cultural exchange in a time of global conflict: Colonials, Neutrals and Belligerents during the First World War (CEGC)", financed by the Humanities in European Research Area (HERA).
Das has written for ''
The Independent'' and ''
The Guardian.''
Works
* ''Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature'' (Cambridge, 2006; winner of a Philip Leverhulme Prize)
*''India, Empire and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Awards
*2019
The Hindu Literary Prize for ''India, Empire and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs''
References
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Indian academics
Academics of the University of Oxford
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
University of Calcutta alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people