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Aashish Kaul

Short-term Visiting Scholar, the Global Horizons Programme, SCAS.
Assistant Professor of English, Literary Studies, and Creative Writing,
University at Albany, State University of New York


Aashish Kaul was born in ​India and educated in India and Australia. He completed his doctoral studies
in literature and writing from the University of Sydney. His work has been published in Australia, Britain,
India, and the United States. His books include A Dream of Horses & Other Stories and the chess inspired
novel The Queen’s Play

Kaul's research and teaching interests span modern and global anglophone literature, narrative theory,
hybridity, and creative writing. He is currently at work on a new novel that touches upon the fields of
economic and financial history, modernist architecture, romantic literature, and nature writing.


This information is accurate as of the academic year 2021-22.