Ishan Mehandru
Home Department: Asian Languages and Cultures
Ishan is a PhD student in Comparative Literary Studies, with a home department in Asian Languages and Cultures. He is interested in reading the ways in which masculinity is constructed in women's writings in Hindi-Urdu literature. Prior to joining Northwestern University, Ishan worked at the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality at Ashoka University, conducting workshops for students across colleges, and facilitating research on feminist media studies. Before that, he was a part of the Young India Fellowship and received a BA in English from Hansraj College, University of Delhi. He is interested in researching the relationship between standpoint politics and literary imagination, seeing how memoirs and fictions contribute to the formation of political archives and desires.