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Jayita Sarkar
Born1986
Calcutta, India[2]
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationAcademic
Awards2024 Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize
Academic background
EducationGeneva Graduate Institute
Paris-Sorbonne University
Jadavpur University
Thesis (2014)
Doctoral advisorJussi Hanhimäki[1]
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline20th century, global history, South Asia
InstitutionsBoston University, University of Glasgow
Websitehttps://www.jayitasarkar.com/

Jayita Sarkar (born in 1986) is an Indian-born American historian and a Professor at the University of Glasgow who studies global history of inequalities, capitalism, and empire.[3]

Background and personal life

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She received a Ph.D. in international history from the Geneva Graduate Institute, an MA in sociology at the Paris-Sorbonne University, and a BA and MA in political science and international relations at Jadavpur University.[4][5] She speaks fluent French, Bengali, and Hindi.

Work

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Sarkar was an associate professor at the University of Glasgow and assistant professor at Boston University[6] She has also held fellowships at the Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Yale University and University of Edinburgh.[7][8][9]

Her first book, Ploughshares and Swords: India’s Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War (Cornell University Press, 2022), examines the international and transnational history of India's nuclear program.[10][11][12]

The book was awarded the 2024 Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies for first books on South Asia.[13] It also won an honorable mention from the global development section of the International Studies Association.[14] It has been called "required reading for historians of several different fields – foreign relations, science and technology, and decolonization."[15]

Sarkar has also been awarded the Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Grand Prize in 2018, alongside historian John Krige for presenting "outstanding historical research that makes a direct intervention into a hot topic in scholarly quantitative literature with clear policy relevance."[16]

Sarkar was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[17] She has contributed op-eds to The Washington Post, Foreign Policy and Lawfare.[18][19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "Jayita Sarkar wins major book Prize | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Sarkar Gives Talk at Brown on Ploughshares and Swords". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ "DR JAY SARKAR". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Jayita Sarkar | Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Jayita Sarkar". IDSA. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Sarkar Awarded 2018 McElvany Grand Prize for Article | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Dr Jayita Sarkar | IASH". www.iash.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Sarkar Awarded 2018 McElvany Grand Prize for Article | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Sarkar Speaks at Dartmouth on Capitalism and Nonproliferation | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Uncovering global story of India's nuclear programme". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Piecing Together the History of India's Nuclear Journey". The Wire. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Jayita Sarkar | Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". www.belfercenter.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  13. ^ Now, Asia (15 February 2024). "AAS 2024 Prizes". Association for Asian Studies. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  14. ^ "GDS BOOK AWARD". GDS. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Review—Ploughshares and Swords: India's Nuclear Program in the Global Cold War". Toynbee Prize Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Winners of the 2018 McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge". James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Society elects 239 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members | RHS". royalhistsoc.org. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  18. ^ Sarkar, Jayita. "It's time to take domestic nuclear terrorism seriously". The Washington Post.
  19. ^ "Instead of sanctions or a military strike, the United States should embrace a third option for dealing with North Korea". The Washington Post.
  20. ^ Sarkar, Jayita (22 April 2024). "New Delhi's New Foreign Policy?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Jayita Sarkar | Lawfare". Default. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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