Nandini Das OBE (born November 1974)[1] is professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture in the English faculty at the University of Oxford.
She is a specialist in Shakespeare studies, Renaissance romance writing, early travel literature, and encounters between different cultures.
Nandini Das grew up in India and studied the sciences at school, and after working as a software programmer in the publishing industry for a year, decided to return to academic research.
[8] She has appeared as an expert commentator in the historical documentaries Henry VIII (2020) for Channel 5 and The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021) for BBC Two.
[10][11][12] Das was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to interdisciplinary research in the humanities and public engagement.