Arko Dasgupta
Graduate Student
Contact
- Porter Hall 225C
Education
- M.A. in History, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020
- MPhil in International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2016
- M.A. in Conflict Analysis & Peace Building, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2013
- B.A. in Economics, Political Science, Sociology, St Joseph's College, Bangalore, 2011
Interest Area(s)
Modern Indian History; the British Empire; Intellectual History; Colonialism; Race; Modernity
Publications
- "Makhan Singh: The Pubjabi Radical Who Fought For Freedom in Not One But Two Countries," Scroll.in, January 2021
- 'The Everydayness of Rural Bengal'; The Wire (January, 2019)
Awards and Fellowships
- Prafulla C Mukerji Fellow, 2019 - ongoing
Conference Presentations
- "Real Talk: Racism and Colourism in South Asia and Among South Asian Americans," Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy, March 2022
- "A Brief Introduction to Modern India, 1885-1947," City Charter High School, Pittsburgh, PA, January 2022
- “The Indian Abroad: Gandhi’s Years in South Africa,” Bridges and Borders: Navigating Problems and Possibilities in Language and Culture, Department of English, Carnegie Mellon University, April 2021
- “Why was Rabindranath Ragore Critical of Nationalism?” Rabindranath Tagore and his Creative Genius, American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, April 2021
- “Must Gandhi Fall? An Exploration of His Views on Race,” Subject Association of the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, November 2021
Advisor