A Scandinavian family history book. A set of journals written in Antarctica. A misremembered princess. Here’s a glimpse of my writing during the last decade.
Books & collections
Volumes on history and art that I’ve written, edited or contributed to.
Arcadia: Peterson Family History and the Secrets of a Swedish Nobleman
Collaborated on, wrote and edited this family history set in 17th-20th century Estonia, Sweden, Norway and America.
Antarctic Diaries of Dr. Ralph Glasgal (Four parts, between 1956-1957)
Transcribed and proofread over 46,000 words from the handwritten diaries of a scientist stationed at Wilkes in the 1950s.
Book forthcoming
Historicizing IQ Testing: Intelligence Tests and their Role in Norwegian Society, 1900s-present
Copy-edited this 160,000+ word collection of academic essays for the University of Oslo around the history and use of intelligence tests.
Book forthcoming
The Botanical Imagination in Write / Art / Connect 2022 by SAF
My essay on memory, ephemerality and possibility was published in this anthology released at the India Art Fair in 2022.
“Your work is excellent! All your notes and annotations are perfect. Thank you so much for your diligence and attention to detail.”
– BRETT WEISS
Polmanarkivet
Since 2023, I’ve been writing and editing stories and curating exhibitions for Polmanarkivet, the leading digital repository for the Polman, Påhlman and von Pohlmann family.
“A master storyteller who gives a voice to the Påhlmans in our archive.”
Published essays
My articles have appeared in arts and culture publications in India, the UK, Japan, UAE, Hong Kong and the US.
“Beautiful! Thank you so much, Kriti. I am very happy with it. It was helpful to me to see your words and interpretation of my work. […] It not only gave me a wonderful text I can use, but also deepened my understanding for my own processes and what I want to say.”
– YLVA TEIGEN AAS
More articles
Art x History Mario de Miranda | Safwan Dahoul | Mounira al Solh | Gauri Gill | Laura Boushnak | Nalini Malani | Catalogue essay for The Painting Center NY | The evolving art of brooches
Reviews Crime Writers’ Festival | Rufus Wainwright | Early Parsi theatre | Parsi Panorama
Travel Literary London | Historical Stockholm | Historical Tallinn | Stavanger, Norway
Interviews
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