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Sayan Dey

University of the Witwatersrand, Bayan College, Banaras Hindu University, York University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7569-5519
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Sayan Dey is a Bengali. He was born and raised in Kolkata and traces his ancestry to various parts of Bangladesh. Currently, he works as an Assistant Professor and Department Chair (English Studies) at Bayan College (affiliated with Purdue University Northwest) in Oman. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship with the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2021-2023). He is currently pursuing an MSc (second master's) in Environmental Change and Sustainability from Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES), OP Jindal Global University, India. He is also a Research Associate at Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand, an Associate Fellow at the Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Canada, a Critical Cultural Studies Faculty at The NYI Institute of Cultural, Cognitive and Linguistic Studies, New York, and an Affiliated Member of the Global Posthuman Network. His latest works are Green Academia: Towards Eco-friendly Education Systems (Routledge, 2022), Performing Memories and Weaving Archives: Creolized Cultures across the Indian Ocean (Anthem Press, 2023), Garbocracy: Towards a Great Human Collapse (Peter Lang, 2025), Palates of Pleasure: Food, Memories and Culture (Routledge, 2025), and Interwoven Human and More-Than-Human Worlds: Methods and Practices of a Rhizomatic Turn (Routledge, 2026). He was awarded the Nicolas Cristobal Guillen Batista Outstanding Book Award for Performing Memories and Weaving Archives in 2025 by the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA). His research interests are posthumanism, decolonial studies, environmental studies, critical race studies, culinary epistemologies, and critical diversity literacy. He can be reached at www.sayandey.com

Employment

  • University of the Witwatersrand Research Associate
    2026 - Present
  • Bayan College Assistant Professor
    2024 - Present
  • Alliance University Assistant Professor
    2023 - 2024
  • York University Associate Fellow
    2022 - Present
  • University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg Postdoctoral Fellow
    2021 - 2023
  • Royal University of Bhutan Lecturer
    2019 - 2021
  • Amity University Assistant Professor
    2019 - 2019

Education

  • Banaras Hindu University Masters of Arts
    2011 - 2013
  • Banaras Hindu University Bachelor of Arts
    2008 - 2011

Projects & Funding

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Publications (72)