convenors

Suchintan Das (he/him)

Suchintan is a DPhil student researching the history of encampment and internment in late- and post-colonial India. His research is funded by a Rhodes Scholarship.

Sana Shah (she/her)

Sana is a DPhil student in History. She is interested in studying the intersection of political theory with philosophy of History . Her research is funded by the Felix Award.

committee

Oonmona Das (she/her)

Treasurer

Oonmona (she/her) is pursuing her MPhil in Global and Area Studies. Her research is on conflict resolution and peacebuilding mechanisms in African and South Asian indigenous and ethnic communities and is specifically looking at how women interact and participate in such settings.

Asmita Sarkar (she/her)

Joint Treasurer and Secretary

Asmita (she/her) is an DPhil student working on the history of X-rays in colonial and post-colonial India. Her research is funded by the Oxford-Merton Roger Highfield Graduate Scholarship.

Asma Shakeel (she/her)

Asma is pursuing an MSt in Global and Imperial History as a Rhodes Scholar. Her research examines the imperial ideologies of British missionaries and educationists stationed in Kashmir from the late medieval to early modern era using CMS missionary archives.

Avin Houro (she/her)

Avin (she/her) is pursuing an MSt in Global and Imperial History. Her research involves a visual exploration of Kurdish historical culture and memory, and the role of contemporary Kurdish art as an anti-colonial counter-archive.

Adrita Mitra (she/her)

Adrita is a DPhil student researching African and diasporic women’s networks and how they articulated identity, sovereignty and consent in opposition to colonialism in King Leopold's Congo.