Shrinjita Biswas

Shrinjita Biswas (she/her/hers) is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies. Her research entails gender and performance, feminist cultural practices, and political theatre. Her research on the histories and continuities of the feminist theatre movement in postcolonial India explores the question of feminist ethics, protest, the politics of solidarity and care, and its relationship with performance. Recent presentations include the Mid-America Theatre Conference and the Emerging Visual Cultures (end-of-term symposium). Her recent publication includes a co-authored article for the Theatre Research International titled, “Reclaiming Public Spaces in Post-Pandemic India (Kolkata): Activist Theatre, Gender and a Resurgence of the Marginal.”