Research
Research
My research focuses on the different ways in which French and English speakers understand India and its domestic built and intangible cultural heritage. I have also published monographs on literary biography, French grammar and on the work of Jean Genet (1910-1986).
Research grants
The Hugli River of Cultures Pilot Project, from Bandel to Barrackpore
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
February 2018 - January 2020
Peripheral Voices and European Colonialism: Representations of India in French Literature and Culture 1750-1962.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2006 - June 2011
Envisioning the Indian City: Spaces of Encounter (ETIC)
UK-INDIA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INITIATIVE (UK)
March 2013 - February 2016
Tracing the Digital Thread: A Scoping Project of Culture Heritage Practice in India
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2022 - July 2022
Patch-WORK West Bengal, a silk-craft and e-commerce network
BRITISH COUNCIL (UK)
January 2022 - July 2023