Sara Kazmi

Sara Kazmi is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, with affiliations in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. Her interdisciplinary research bridges literary studies, performance, and history to examine anticolonial and Marxist literary movements in South Asia.

• Focuses on Panjabi writers from India/Pakistan (1960s-70s)
• Co-editor of 'Digital Teaching Tools' for Revolutionary Papers
• PhD from University of Cambridge in Criticism and Culture
• Expertise in oral traditions, manuscript studies, and postcolonial resistance

Research Interests explore how marginal literary traditions challenge nationalist and capitalist structures. Her work engages:

• Anticolonial print cultures
• Queer and trans theory in South Asian contexts
• Ghadar movement's transnational legacy
• Language politics and regional autonomy
• Archival studies and ethnographic methods

Her publications demonstrate expertise in:

• Marxist literary radicalism
• Gendered reinterpretations of folk narratives
• Decolonial approaches to epidemiology and spatial studies