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Prof. Sana Aiyar
Class of 1948 Career Development Associate Professor of History
Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program (WGS)
Primary DLC
History
MIT Room:
E51-296F
(617) 324-7285
aiyar@mit.edu
https://history.mit.edu/people/sana-aiyar/
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Modern South Asia
Migration
Religious and Ethnic Politics
Nationalism
Anticolonial Activism
South Asian diasporas
Research Summary
Professor Aiyar's broad research and teaching interests lie in the regional and transnational history of South Asia and South Asian diasporas, with a particular focus on colonial and postcolonial politics and society in the Indian Ocean.
Recent Work
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