Sandipan Mitra

About

I work on the history of anthropology in India, with interests in the history of Bengal, the history of science, the anthropology of the state, the political economy of Indian society, Indian social and political thought, and museum studies, heritage conservation, and archive management.

Employment

• Government General Degree College Assistant Professor
  2025 - Present
• Jadavpur University Guest Lecturer
  2022 - Present
• Vedanta College Head and Assistant Professor
  2021 - 2025

Education

• Presidency University PhD
  2018 - 2026

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (19)

• P. C. Mahalanobis and the Question of Research at Presidency College
  The Hindu/Presidency College: Excellence and Exclusion 2026 DOI: 10.1017/9781009426329.012
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• Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve
  Current Anthropology 2026 DOI: 10.1086/741016
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• Bengal goes Global
  The Times of India 2025
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• ধর্ম বলতে বুঝতেন ধারণ
  আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা 2025
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• ‘Bengal’s reply’
  Scroll 2025
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• আধুনিক ভারত নির্মাণ
  আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা 2025
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• "Room of the Nudes": Indian Museum and the Practice of Anthropology in India
  Museum Anthropology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/MUAN.70019
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• The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge
  Global Intellectual History 2025 DOI: 10.1080/23801883.2024.2352701
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• How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?
  The Sociological Review 2024
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• The Boundary of Laughter: Popular Performances across Borders in South Asia
  Global Intellectual History 2024 DOI: 10.1080/23801883.2023.2198730
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