Samita Sen is an

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historian and academic. Having previously taught at the

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and

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, she has been

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at the

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since 2018.

Early life and education

Sen studied history at the

, graduating with

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(BA) and

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(MA) degrees. She then studied at the

, completing her

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(PhD) degree in 1992. Her

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was titled "Women workers in the Bengal jute industry, 1890-1940: migration, motherhood and militancy".

Academic career

Sen was a Prize Fellow at

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between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 2018, she taught history at the

, and women's studies at

. She reached the rank of Reader at Calcutta and

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at Jadavpur. She was

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of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at Jadavpur University from 2016 to 2018. Additionally, she was the first

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Diamond Harbour Women's University Diamond Harbour Women's University is a women's university in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, al ...

from 2013 to 2015: during her time in charge, she was the only permanent member of staff, with lectures mainly given by visiting staff. Since 1 October 2018, she has been

at the

. She is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Books

*''Women and Labour in Late Colonial India. The Bengal Jute Industry'';

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, 1999 *''Domestic Days: Women, Work and Politics in Contemporary Kolkata''; (co-authored)

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, 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Samita Living people University of Calcutta alumni Jadavpur University faculty Indian women historians Vere Harmsworth Professors of Imperial and Naval History Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge