Aditi Sen

Aditi Sen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University. Her research focuses on South Asian religion, gender, sexuality, food history, and horror in cinema/popular culture. Current projects include forensic practices in colonial India and their impact on legal judgments. She holds a Ph.D. from Deccan College Research Institute.

Her teaching spans global history topics such as pandemics, food history, and crime/forensics in imperial contexts. She contributes regularly to prominent Indian media outlets like The Hindu and Open Magazine. Office located at Watson 103, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Research interests bridge traditional historical methods with popular culture analysis, examining how horror narratives reflect societal anxieties. Recent work explores intersections between religious iconography and cinematic representation in Hindi films.