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Sana Aiyar is an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), specializing in modern South Asia and Indian diasporas. Her work bridges colonial and postcolonial histories, with a focus on the Indian Ocean world, race and ethnicity, and anticolonial movements.
- Education: B.A., St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University (2000); B.A./M.A., Jesus College, University of Cambridge (2003); Ph.D., Harvard University (2009).
Her research examines transnational connections between South Asia and Africa, particularly in colonial and wartime contexts. Key projects include a study of African soldiers in India during World War II and a book titled India’s First Partition, analyzing Burma’s separation from India in 1937 as a precursor to the 1947 partition.
Her academic work spans journals like the American Historical Review and Modern Asian Studies, focusing on diaspora politics, racial identity, and religious nationalism. Prior to MIT, she taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010–13) and held a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University (2009–10).
Scientific Awards:
- Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Her teaching at MIT includes courses on South Asian migrations, postcolonial theory, and comparative colonial histories. She advocates for uncovering marginalized historical figures to understand contemporary identity politics and global migrations.
