Shinjini Das

Shinjini Das is a Lecturer in Modern Extra-European History at the School of History and Art History, University of East Anglia. She holds a PhD from University College London and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Cambridge (ERC-funded, 2012-2017) and the University of Oxford (Wellcome Trust-funded, 2017-2019). Her research focuses on British imperialism, colonial science/medicine, and South Asian history, with notable works including Vernacular Medicine in Colonial India (2019) and Chosen Peoples: Bible, Race and Empire (2020).

Education:

• PhD in History from University College London

Research Interests:

• British Empire and Modern South Asia
• Colonial medicine, science, and Christianity
• Public health governance and nationalism

Articles Trends: Her work critically examines colonial medical policies, the interplay between religion and empire, and the indigenization of European medical practices in India. Recent studies highlight colonial legacies in public health responses, such as pandemic management and missionary healthcare.

Scientific Awards:

• 2020 John Pickstone Prize (Best Book in History of Science/Technology/Medicine)
• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (2020)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)

Grants & Activities: Current projects include Healing Heathen Lands (Wellcome Trust, 2019–2020), analyzing British Protestant missions and colonial public health. She serves on editorial boards for History (Historical Association) and peer-reviews for journals like Medical History and Modern Asian Studies.

Labs/Teams: Active in academic networks such as the European Association for History of Medicine and Health, and co-organized conferences on topics like 'The Bible, Race and Nation in the 19th Century' (2014).