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Neerja Pathak is a PhD Student and Tutor at the University of Edinburgh affiliated with the School of Social and Political Science and Social Anthropology department. Her research explores gender politics and cultural practices in South Asia through the lens of women's first name-change rituals post-marriage.
- Key Research Themes: Gender and Power, Kinship Dynamics, Ethnographic Fieldwork
- Academic Affiliations: Centre for South Asian Studies, Social Anthropology Society, South Asia Anthropology Group
Her work investigates marriage as a network of relationships that both reinforces and challenges gender hierarchies through detailed ethnographic studies of Sindhi and Marathi communities. She employs name narratives as a framework to examine self-identity, ritual practices, and social change.
She has presented her research at multiple conferences including the Centre for South Asian Studies Work-in-Progress Workshops, Australian Anthropology Society, and LSE's South Asia Anthropology Group. Her funding includes competitive awards from the Graduate School of Social and Political Science.
- Teaching Experience:
- Sociology 1A (UG, 2021)
- South Asia in the World (UG, 2022)
- Ritual and Religion (UG, 2023)
Scientific Awards:
- Graduate School of Social and Political Science International Award 2019
- Graduate School of Social and Political Science Studentship 2019
