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Incoming Member

Arnab Dey

Funding provided by the Hetty Goldman Membership Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Labor and Environmental History; Modern India
Arnab Dey’s research has looked at the intersections of law, labor, and ecology in the making and unmaking of imperial commodity regimes in South Asia. While at IAS, he will be working on a book project on industrial disease and its impact on the working-class history of India.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Spring

Degrees

University of Chicago
Ph.D.
2012
University of Delhi, India
M.A./M.Phil.
2004
St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India
B.A.
2000

Honors

2023
Käte Hamburger Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich
2016
Carson Fellow, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich
2011
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, University of Chicago

Appointments

Department of History, State University of New York at Binghamton
2019
Associate Professor
South Asia Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University
2013
Visiting Scholar
Department of History, State University of New York at Binghamton
2012–2018
Assistant Professor