Purnima Bose is an ATC Advisory Editor and a professor of English at Indiana University (Bloomington), where she chairs the English Department. Previously, she chaired the International Studies Department for five years and directed the Cultural Studies Program for eight years. She is an active member of the American Association of University Professors.
Indiana's Assault on Public Education
Against the Current No. 238, September-October 2025
Campus Restrictions & Resistance
Against the Current No. 229, March/April 2024
Weaponizing Antisemitism: The Battle at Indiana University
Against the Current No. 228, January/February 2024
The Competence Curse
Against the Current, No. 219, July/August 2022
Hindu Exceptionalism and COVID-19
Against the Current No. 214, September/October 2021
Authoritarianism & Lockdown Time in Occupied Kashmir and India
Against the Current, No. 207, July/August 2020
Ending the Lockdown?
Against the Current, No. 207, July/August 2020
For Campus Free Speech
Against the Current, No. 194, May/June 2018
Soft Power and the Case of Iraq
Against the Current, No. 176, May/June 2015
Inside the Corporate University
Against the Current, No. 165, July/August 2013
Geopolitical Fetishism and the Case of Afghanistan
Against the Current, No. 159, July/August 2012
A Cosmetic Cover for Occupation
Against the Current, No. 142, September/October 2009
Feminism, The Global Struggle
Against the Current, No. 139, March/April 2009
Textbook Tempest in California: Who Speaks for Hinduism?
Against the Current, No. 122, May/June 2006
KFC: Corporate Fetishism and Fecal Soup
Against the Current, No. 99, July/August 2002