Tapati Guha-Thakurta | |
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| Born | 27 September 1957 Calcutta, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Cultural historian, academic |
| Known for | Art history, visual studies, cultural history of India |
| Spouse | Hari Vasudevan (d. 2020) |
| Relatives | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (brother)[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Monuments, Objects, Histories: Art in Colonial and Post–Colonial India Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal |
Tapati Guha-Thakurta (born 27 September 1957) is an Indian historian who has written about the cultural history and art of India. She is a director and professor in history at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, and was previously a professor at Presidency College, Kolkata. Her extensive research work on Kolkata's Durga Puja led to its inclusion in UNESCOs Intangible Cultural Heritage list.