Anjali Arondekar

Academic Profile

Academic Background:

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
• M.A., University of Pennsylvania
• B.A., Cornell University

Research Interests: Engages the poetics and politics of sexuality, caste, and historiography, with a focus on Indian Ocean Studies and South Asia.

Appointments:

• Professor of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz
• Founding Co-Director, Center for South Asian Studies, UC Santa Cruz

Awards:

• Alan Bray Memorial Book Award, Modern Language Association, 2010

Publications:

• For the Record: On Sexuality and the Colonial Archive in India (Duke University Press, 2009)
• Co-editor, Area Impossible: The Geopolitics of Queer Studies, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (2016)
• Abundance: Sexuality, Historiography, Geopolitics (forthcoming, Duke University Press)

Additional Contributions: Her work bridges feminist theory, postcolonial studies, and archival research, influencing global queer studies.