Romita Ray

Department chair, art history teacher and researcher at Syracuse
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IntroDepartment chair, art history teacher and researcher at Syracuse
PlacesUnited States of America India
isHistorian Art historian Writer Professor Educator
Work fieldArts Academia Literature Social science
Gender
Female
Birth1970, Kolkata, India
Age54 years
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Biography

Romita Ray (born 1970) is an associate professor and art & music history department chair at Syracuse University.

She is known for her work on the history of the British Empire and the tea trade with India in cultural objects and has done extensive work researching various public collections. Her spoken commentary on a portrait of Elihu Yale at the Yale Center for British Art about the history and context of it is on their website.

Works

  • Under the Banyan Tree : relocating the picturesque in British India, ISBN 9780300187694, 2013
  • The painted Raj : the art of the picturesque in British India, 1757-1911, doctoral dissertation for Yale University, 1999
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