swati chattopadhyay, associate professor

curriculum vitae

specialization

Modern architecture, the cultural landscape of British colonialism, Post-colonial and critical theory.

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Arts 1145

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805 893 7581

B.Arch. Jadavpur University
M.Arch. University of Arizona
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

 Swati Chattopadhyay is an architect and architectural historian specializing in modern architecture and the cultural landscape of British colonialism. She is interested in the ties between colonialism and modernism, and in the spatial aspects of race, gender, and ethnicity in modern cities that are capable of enriching post-colonial and critical theory. Her awards include a National Science Foundation Grant, two grants from the American Institute of Indian Studies, a J. Paul Getty Fellowship, a Fellowship from the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and the Society of Architectural Historian’s Founder’s Award. She is the author of Representing Calcutta: Modernity, Nationalism, and the Colonial Uncanny (Routledge, 2005), and co-editor of a special issue of PostColonial Studies (Nov 2005) focusing on “the subaltern and the popular’. Her current work includes a five-year UC Multi-campus Research Group initiative, titled “The Subaltern-Popular Workshop”, (www.ihc.ucsb.edu/subaltern), and two book projects titled "Unlearning the City" and "Envisioning History."