  homi k. bhabha (born 1949) is the anne f. rothenberg professor of english and american literature and language, and the director of the humanities center at harvard university. he is one of the most important figures in contemporary post-colonial studies, and has coined a number of the field's neologisms and key concepts, such as hybridity, mimicry, difference, and ambivalence.huddart, david. "homi k. bhabha", routledge critical thinkers, 2006 such terms describe ways in which colonised peoples have resisted the power of the coloniser, according to bhabha's theory. in 2012, he was awarded the padma bhushan award in the field of literature and education by the indian government. ==early life and education== bhabha was born into a parsi family from mumbai, india. he is an alumnus of st. mary's school (isc, 1967â68), mazgaon, mumbai. he graduated with a b.a. from elphinstone college at the university of mumbai and a m.a. and d.phil. in english literature from christ church, oxford university. == career == after lecturing in the department of english at the university of sussex for more than ten years, bhabha received a senior fellowship at princeton university where he was also made old dominion visiting professor. he was steinberg visiting professor at the university of pennsylvania where he delivered the richard wright lecture series. at dartmouth college, bhabha was a faculty fellow at the school of criticism and theory. from 1997 to 2001 he served as chester d. tripp professor in the humanities at the university of chicago. in 2001-02, he served as a distinguished visiting professor at university college, london. he has been the anne f. rothenberg professor of english and american literature and language at harvard university since 2001. bhabha also serves on the editorial collective of public culture, an academic journal published by duke university press. he was awarded the padma bhushan award by the
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