Uponita Mukherjee
Assistant Professor of History
Email: umukherjee1@fordham.edu
Office: Dealy Hall
Columbia University, New York City, NY
2022. PhD. Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Dissertation Title: ‘Colonial Detection: Crime, Evidence, and Inquiry in British India, 1790-1910.’
Committee: Prof. Partha Chatterjee (Supervisor), Deborah Coen, Brinkley Messick, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan, Mitra Sharafi.2016. M.A. Middle Eastern South Asian and African Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi
2014. M. Phil, Centre for Historical Studies
Dissertation Title: ‘Murky Murders and Tantalizing Tales: Detection and Story-telling in Colonial Bengal’
Supervisor: Prof. Tanika Sarkar2011. M.A., Modern Indian History, Centre for Historical Studies.
Presidency College, Kolkata, West Bengal
B.A. Department of History, 2009.Modern South Asia; British India; Colonialism; History of Science; Forensic Science; Legal History; History of Crime and Policing