convenors

Asmita Sarkar

Asmita (she/her) is a DPhil student working on the history of X-rays in colonial and post-colonial India. Her research is funded by the Oxford-Merton Roger Highfield Graduate Scholarship.

Sana Shah

Sana (she/her) is a DPhil student in History. She is interested in studying the intersection of political theory with philosophy of History . Her research is funded by the Felix Award.

Asma Shakeel

Asma (she/her) is pursuing her second master’s degree in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, building on a background in Global and Imperial history. Her research focuses on the medical missionary enterprise and famine in Dogra Kashmir between the 1860s and 1890s. She also has academic interests in the history of electricity and environmental humanities. Asma’s studies at Oxford are supported by a Rhodes Scholarship.

committee

Suchintan Das

Treasurer

Suchintan (he/him) is a DPhil student researching the history of encampment and internment in colonial and post-colonial India. His research is funded by a Rhodes and a Beit Scholarship.

Qianyi Zhang

Secretary

Qianyi Zhang (he/him) is a DPhil History student working on the Chinese Labour Corps during the First World War. He is particularly interested in China in the First World War, British informal imperialism in China, and the global First World War.

Oonmona Das

Joint Treasurer

Oonmona (she/her) is pursuing her MPhil in Global and Area Studies. Her research is on conflict resolution and peacebuilding mechanisms in African and South Asian indigenous and ethnic communities and is specifically looking at how women interact and participate in such settings.

Haochen Wang

Committee Member

Haochen Wang (he/him) is pursuing his MSt in Global and Imperial History. His research focuses on inter-imperial and Sino-Western diplomacy in the long 19th-century, and specifically the role of informal socialisation in affecting diplomatic paradigms.