Ranjit Chatterjee: Bio

BIOGRAPHY

I was born in Calcutta in the Indian state of West Bengal. My early schooling was in Catholic and Protestant schools in India. I took an honors degree in English from the University of Delhi (St. Stephen's College), and a master's in English from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. In Prague I studied Czech and linguistics.

I completed my doctoral studies at The University of Chicago. While there I taught the Czech language for several years.

My first 'real job' was a three-year contract as a Lecturer in the Dept. of English, National University of Singapore.

I have been married twice (to Yasuko & Ava) and have two beautiful children, Rahul and Anya.

I like jazz, traveling and cooking.

See interview article, The Gazette (Washington Post): "Passage from India : Academic takes on Austrian philosopher."

Senior Research Scholar The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies The University of Maryland College Park, MD Adjunct Associate Professor of English University of Maryland University College Contact Ranjit Chatterjee Ph.D. The University of Chicago "The language thread in the modernist project of linguistics, literary studies, Wittgenstein, and Judaism."
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BIOGRAPHY I was born in Calcutta in the Indian state of West Bengal. My early schooling was in Catholic and Protestant schools in India. I took an honors degree in English from the University of Delhi (St. Stephen's College), and a master's in English from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. In Prague I studied Czech and linguistics. I completed my doctoral studies at The University of Chicago. While there I taught the Czech language for several years. My first 'real job' was a three-year contract as a Lecturer in the Dept. of English, National University of Singapore. I have been married twice (to Yasuko & Ava) and have two beautiful children, Rahul and Anya. I like jazz, traveling and cooking. See interview article, The Gazette (Washington Post): "Passage from India : Academic takes on Austrian philosopher."