Core Doctoral Faculty
Dr. Joydeep Bagchee is a distinguished member of the core doctoral faculty at the Hindu University of America. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York. His academic expertise encompasses twentieth-century Continental philosophy, German Romanticism, Nietzsche, philology, and the Western reception of Indian thought.
Together with Dr. Vishwa Adluri, Dr. Bagchee co-authored the influential book titled “The Nay Science: A History of German Indology,” published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Additionally, he contributed to the field of Mahābhārata textual criticism with the co-authored work “Philology and Criticism: A Guide to Mahābhārata Textual Criticism,” published by Anthem in 2018. He also co-edited the volume “Argument and Design: The Unity of the Mahābhārata,” published by Brill in 2016.
Dr. Bagchee has been actively engaged in teaching and has shared his knowledge at various esteemed institutions, including Technische Universität Dresden and Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. He has also been a fellow at the Free University in Berlin. In his role at the Hindu University of America, Dr. Bagchee heads the “History and Method” concentration, contributing significantly to the academic landscape in the field of Hindu studies.
