Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Ananya Jahanara Kabir is an Indian literary scholar. She studied literature at the University of Calcutta, University of Oxford, and University of Cambridge, and has taught at the University of Leeds and King's College London. She is the author of numerous research papers and three books. Her prizes include the Infosys Prize for humanities in 2017, and the Humboldt Prize in 2018. Kabir was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.

Early life and education Kabir completed her undergraduate studies in literature at the University of Calcutta. She pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge. "Africa Fashion Futures: Creative Economies, Global Networks and Local Development". Geography Compass, Vol. 15(9) (2021). Co-authored with Lauren England, Roberta Comunian, and Eka Ikpe. DOI