In June 2020, the British Association for Romantic Studies announced its unequivocal support of the Black community, its condemnation of all forms of racism and its commitment to practical action. In response to the enduring and systemic damage caused by racism, the BARS Executive commenced a programme of initiatives focused on the histories and literatures of People of Colour. Among these initiatives is the BARS President’s Fellowship.
We are delighted to announce that the recipient of the BARS President’s Fellowship 2025 is Dr Suchitra Choudhury. Suchitra's project is titled ‘‘Thingy Romanticism: Commodities from India in Visual Satire and Literature’.
Dr Suchitra Choudhury is a Researcher Affiliate at the University of Glasgow. Her monograph Textile Orientalisms: Cashmere and Paisley Shawls in British Literature and Culture was published with Ohio University Press (2023). While it investigates how Romantic-period authors such as Eizabeth Inchbald, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen engaged with India, its chapter focussing on the Scottish-Canadian writer Frederick Niven received an Honorary Mention in Jack Medal Prize by the International Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL). Suchitra’s wider interest approaches the display of subcontinental objects in museums. Her current research includes book-length projects on shawls in art, and India in Scottish literature.
Click here for more information on the BARS President’s Fellowship scheme.
Gerard McKeever
BARS Bursary Officer
29 November 2023