Angana P. Chatterji

Who is Angana P. Chatterji?

Angana P. Chatterji is an anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian, born and raised in Kolkata, India. Chatterji's research is closely related to her advocacy work and focuses mainly on India. An anthropologist by profession, she has studied majoritarianism, gendered violence, and human rights in Indian Kashmir and communal violence in Orissa. In the context of the United States, she has researched issues related to diaspora and identity politics in American society. She co-founded and was a co-convener of the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir from April 2008-December 2012.

She is co-editor of Contesting Nation: Gendered Violence in South Asia; Notes on the Postcolonial Present, released in April 2013.