Arko Dasgupta

Arko Dasgupta is a Lecturer in History at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) within the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in History from CMU (expected 2025) and completed fellowships at Duke University's Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity. His research focuses on intersections of anticolonialism and antiracism in 20th-century India and its diaspora, particularly examining transnational solidarity networks. His dissertation, The Colour of Anticolonialism: Locating Antiracism in the Indian Freedom Struggle, explores tensions within diasporic communities in the U.S.

• Education: Ph.D. (CMU, 2025), M.A. (CMU, 2020), M.Phil. (Jamia Millia Islamia, 2016), M.A. (Jamia Millia Islamia, 2013), B.A. (St. Joseph's College, 2011)
• Teaching: Courses include Inequality and Reparations (Duke), African American History (CMU), and Postcolonial India through Cinema (CMU)
• Publications: Featured in IIC Quarterly, Perspectives (American Historical Association), The Indian Express, and PublicSource

His work bridges history, political theory, and sociology, with commitments to public engagement via collaborations like the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) and the LEAP program at CMU. He also served as a teaching assistant for Global History at CMU.