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Debakanya Haldar

Ph.D. Student

 

Debakanya is standing on a railed stairway by the water. She is wearing a black dress with colorful, abstractly applied stripes, and is carrying an illustrated tote bag. Her right hand is behind her head and she is smiling.Debakanya Haldar (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Florida. She is currently working on her dissertation, a comparative study of the literary and visual texts of New York City and Kolkata in the mid-20th century. Her digital project was selected for the MLA Public Humanities Incubator Program in 2023. Her research interests include Modernism, urban studies, visual culture, and gender & sexuality. Debakanya served as the EGO President for 2022-2023. As a primary instructor, she has taught courses on American Literature, English Literature, Film Analysis, Modernism, and Ghosts! She has previously worked and published on Dalit feminism and has an essay forthcoming in My Impossible Soul: The Metamodern Music of Sufjan Stevens.

Fields of Study:

  • Visual Culture
  • 20th-century American Studies
  • Postcolonial South Asian Studies
  • Gender and Sexuality

Contact:

UF Email: d.haldar@ufl.edu
Professional Website: https://www.debakanyahaldar.com