Nandi Bhatia, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Literary freedoms and bans under the British Raj
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$65,131
Decolonial Conversations: Reimagining Pasts, Presents, and Futures in International Contexts
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$70,000
Nationalism, colonialism, and the alternative public sphere of Tawaifs and Devadasis in India
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$152,784

All 7 grants and awards

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Literary freedoms and bans under the British Raj

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

$65,131

Decolonial Conversations: Reimagining Pasts, Presents, and Futures in International Contexts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

Keywords: Decolonial conversations; citizenship; marginality; literature; visual arts; empires; race; gender; international

$70,000

Nationalism, colonialism, and the alternative public sphere of Tawaifs and Devadasis in India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

Keywords: female agency; nationalism; colonialism; performers; Tawaifs; Devadasis

$152,784

Performing on the margins of India

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Hubel, Teresa

Keywords: performing arts in India; devadasi; tawa'if; hijra; dalit; Indian theatre; nationalist historiography; gender theory; subaltern

$40,000

Colonial censorship and literary movements in India: 1858-1947

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

Keywords: colonial and postcolonial literatures; nationalism; British imperial literature; censorship; Indian literature

$71,374

Women, theatre and the politics of performance in India

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

Keywords: theatre; women and performance; colonial and postcolonial studies; Indian diaspora; British imperialism; nationalism

$61,440

Sahibs, saints, suffragettes, and subalterns: writing class, gender and race in the British Empire

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bhatia, Nandi

Keywords: Postcolonial; British Empire; India; imperialism in literature; suffrage; gender; government

$45,077

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bhatia, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Literary freedoms and bans under the British Raj" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]