Kumkum Chatterjee (née Banerjee; 12 June 1958, in Kolkata – 13 December 2012, in State College, Pennsylvania) was an Indian American historian, best known for her works ''Europe Observed: Multiple Gazes in Early Modern Encounters'' (2008) and ''The Cultures of History in Early Modern India'' (2009). She was professor of history and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University.
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