About Zana Mody

I am an DPhil (PhD) candidate in the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. My doctoral research looks at the relationship between gender and nationalism in postcolonial Indian literature and art. I completed my undergraduate degree in English at the University of Cambridge, and I hold a MA in English Literature and Culture from the University of Amsterdam. My research interests include, but are not limited to, postcolonial studies, gender studies, art history, aesthetics, postcolonial nationhood, visual culture, form, and the archive. My work is invested in fostering interdisciplinary dialogues between literature and the visual arts.

Zana Mody is an English DPhil student at the University of Oxford, who works on postcolonial Indian literature and art.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Zana:

Vidyan Ravinthiran, "Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of Memoir" (Icon Books, 2025)

March 30, 2025

Asian/Other

Vidyan Ravinthiran
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Asian/Other: Life, Poems, and the Problem of Memoir was published in January 2025 by Icon Books. The book considers the political and psychological di…

Farah Ahamed, "Period Matters: Menstruation in South Asia" (Pan Macmillan, 2022)

March 26, 2025

Period Matters

Farah Ahamed
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Period Matters is a groundbreaking anthology edited by Farah Ahamed that explores the cultural, social, and political dimensions of menstruation in So…

Preetha Mani, "The Idea of Indian Literature: Gender, Genre, and Comparative Method" (Northwestern UP, 2022)

February 21, 2025

The Idea of Indian Literature

Preetha Mani
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Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relations…