I hold a PhD from King's College London in English and Francophone postcolonial literature and theory. I have held lectureships in comparative, English, and postcolonial literature across King's College London and City St George’s, University of London. My academic background includes an MA in Comparative Literature from King’s and a joint BA in Philosophy and Literature from Sorbonne-Panthéon Paris 1 and Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3, alongside studies at the University of Leeds as an ERASMUS student.

Research interests

• Island and Archipelagic Studies and Theory
• Creolisation and Creole Heritage
• Indian Ocean Literature
• Postcolonial and World Literature in English and French

My research focuses on the literature of African islands in the Indian Ocean and creolised cultures. It is driven by an interest in transcultural creative expressions that challenge atavistic definitions of literature and culture. Informed by archipelagic and oceanic studies as comparative and decolonial heuristic tools, my work seeks to illuminate the transnational production of cultures and the networks connecting islands to broader territories. Currently, I am developing a materialist approach to literature by exploring inter-island festivals and literary prizes in the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes. More broadly, my interests span postcolonial literature, memory studies and slavery alongside feminist literature and women’s writing.

Teaching

I teach a wide range of modules on African literature, postcolonial literature and the theories and methods of Comparative Literature.

Expertise and public engagement

My public engagement includes co-organising a conference on decolonial approaches to Creole gardens at the Musée Saint-John Perse in Guadeloupe, as well as the Fet’Afrik festivities in Seychelles celebrating Seychellois African heritage. Additionally, I served as a panellist for the London premiere of Simon Moutaïrou’s film No Chains, No Masters at King’s College London. I welcome opportunities for research collaboration, translation, public talks, and media engagement.

Selected publications

• Rosa Beunel-Fogarty & Ananya Kabir. The Creole Garden across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds: Decolonial Approaches for Public Humanities. Public Humanities 2 (2026): e56. Special issue introduction.
• Mauritius Archipelago: Remembering the Dependencies with Ananda Devi and Shenaz Patel. In Archipelagic Memory and Island Indias, edited by Ananya Kabir, Sandrine Soukaï and Luca Raimondi (Leiden: Brill, 2026).
• Creole and Book Festivals: Globalization and Heritage Preservation in Indian Ocean Archipelagos. Seychelles Research Journal, vol 7, no 2 (August 2025): 52-63.
• Creolization and Gender: Island Imaginings in Ananda Devi’s Pagli and its Sequel. Verge: Studies in Global Asias, Issue 10.2. (2024):138-160.
• Natasha Soobramanien's Aesthetic of Archipelagic Memory: A Literary Methodology of Political Solidarity. Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim, Vol 2.1 (2024): 58-67.