Dr Sumita Mukherjee is a historian of

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and

Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, In ...

. She is Professor of History at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

. She is the author of ''Nationalism, Education and Migrant Identities: The England-Returned'' (2010) and ''Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks'' (2018). Her work focuses primarily on the transnational mobility of South Asian people during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Career

Mukherjee has been awarded a BA degree from Durham University as well as a MSt and

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from

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Before teaching at the University of Bristol, she taught at

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, De Montfort,

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King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 milli ...

and

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

Bibliography

* ''Nationalism, Education and Migrant Identities: The England-Returned,'' Oxford University Press, * ''Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks,'' Routledge * (co-edited with Sadia Zulfiqar) ''Islam and the West: A Love Story?,'' Cambridge Scholars Publishing * (co-edited with Rehana Ahmed) ''South Asian Resistances in Britain, 1858-1947,'' Bloomsbury, * (co-edited with Ruvani Ranasinha, with Rehana Ahmed, Florian Stadtler) ''South Asians and the Shaping of Britain, 1870-1950,'' Manchester University Press,

References

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