Assistant Professor

Dr Manaswini Sen

Department of History

Interests

  1. Global History
  2. Labour History
  3. Intellectual History

Education

2015

Jadavpur University, Kolkata
India
BA

2017

Jadavpur University, Kolkata
India
MA

2023

University of Hyderabad
India
PhD

Research Interest

  • History of Labour in the Global South with particular emphasis on trade unionism in South and Southeast Asia.
  • Intellectual History of Revolutionary epistemologies in the Global South. Redefining Decolonial studies through methodological interventions in researching marginal narratives of decolonization.
  • Economic History of South Asia with a focus on Modern and Early Modern period.
  • Trans-continentalism and Indian Ocean World.
  • History of Colonial Surveillance in South Asia.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2022 – Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow – CWIT and the British Council
  • 2022-Asian Graduate Student Fellow- The Asia Research Institute (ARI) of National University of Singapore (NUS)

Memberships

  • Indian History Congress
  • Royal Historical Society

Publications

    • Manaswini Sen, “Mapping the Changing Notions of Inequality Among the Trade Union Leaders of Colonial Bengal (1920–1947)”, Global Intellectual History, Special Issue on Towards a Global Intellectual History of an Unequal World, June 2022, 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2022.2062416
    • Manufacturing “Internationalism From Below": Saumyendranath Tagore on Fascism and Ultra-Nationalism. The Journal of History of Ideas, the JHI Blog,
    • University of Pennsylvania. https://www.jhiblog.org/2022/06/15/manufacturing-internationalism-from-below-saumyendranath-tagore-on-fascism-and-ultra-nationalism/
    • “The October Revolution, Comintern Politics and the Genesis of Communism in Bengal (1917- 1929)” in Dr. Rahul Kumar Mohanta (ed.), Exploring Multifaceted Aspects of History and Beyond, Akshita Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2020, pp.150-171. ISBN 978-81-946186-4-5.

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