Current Member
Mahua Sarkar
Affiliation
Social Science
Field of Study
Guestwork and Transnational Labor Migration, Global Labor History
Home Institution
University of Toronto
Website
Mahua Sarkar's research interests include contemporary guestwork, gestational surrogacy as a form of gendered and racialized labor, socialist internationalism, and the politics of methods. While at the IAS, Sarkar will focus on her book, "Moving Stories: Contemporary Guest Work and Bangladeshi Contract Migrants."
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Social Science
–
Degrees
The Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D.
1999
The Johns Hopkins University
BA, MA
1993
Colby College
BA, MA
1991
Appointments
University of Toronto
2021
Professor of Sociology
Binghamton University
1999–2020
Professor of Sociology
L'Institut d'Études Avancées de Nantes
2016–2017
Fellow and France-ILO Chair
Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
2013–2014
EURIAS Fellow
Re:work, Humboldt University
2011–2012
Fellow
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
2009–2010
Fellow and Visiting Faculty
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
2007
Fellow