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Current Member

Sandipto Dasgupta

Elizabeth and J. Richardson Dilworth Member; additional funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies

Affiliation

Social Science
Historical Studies

Field of Study

Political Theory, History of Political Thought

Home Institution

The New School for Social Research
Sandipto Dasgupta is a political theorist and historian of political thought, with a research interest in the political theory of empire, decolonization, and postcolonial presents. At IAS, he is working on a book on the emergence and decline of the concept of public ownership in the postcolonial world.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Columbia University
Ph.D.

Appointments

The New School for Social Research
2019
Assistant Professor, Politics