Eleonor Marcussen

Eleonor Marcussen is a Senior Lecturer in History at Linnaeus University's Department of Cultural Sciences, affiliated with the Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies (LNUCC). She holds a PhD in South Asian History from Heidelberg University and has held roles including Assistant Professor at North South University (Bangladesh) and postdoctoral fellowships at Linnaeus University and the Max Weber Centre (Germany). Her research focuses on colonial and postcolonial studies, environmental history, and disaster governance, with a particular emphasis on India's colonial past and its socio-ecological impacts. She leads the 'Tracks through nature' project (Swedish Research Council) exploring colonial infrastructure's environmental consequences.

Education: PhD in South Asian History (Heidelberg University, 2017), postdoctoral fellowships, and extensive research experience at institutions like Nalanda University and the League of Nations Archives.

Research Interests: Colonial infrastructure, environmental history, disaster politics, humanitarianism, and transnational networks. Her book Acts of Aid (Cambridge UP, 2022) examines relief efforts post-1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake. She co-leads the Colonial Connections and Comparisons research cluster and organizes academic events for the Master's Programme in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies.

Awards: MWK-COFUND Fellowship, Kamprad Family Foundation grant, and multiple fellowships. Current projects include ERASMUS+ exchanges with Ashoka University and the 'Welcome Re-Course' training for student inclusion.

Teaching: Leads courses in colonial/postcolonial theory, digital history, and oversees dissertations in global and environmental history. Supervises graduate students on topics like reconciliation, pacifism, and colonial infrastructure.