Samita Sen

Sen was a Prize Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge between 1990 and 1994.^[5] From 1994 to 2018, she taught history at the University of Calcutta, and women's studies at Jadavpur University.^[3] She reached the rank of Reader at Calcutta and professor at Jadavpur.^[2] She was Dean of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at Jadavpur University from 2016 to 2018.^[3] Additionally, she was the first Vice-Chancellor of Diamond Harbour Women's University from 2013 to 2015:^[3] during her time in charge, she was the only permanent member of staff, with lectures mainly given by visiting staff.^[6]

Since 1 October 2018, she has been Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge.^[7] She is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.^[8]

• Women and Labour in Late Colonial India. The Bengal Jute Industry; Cambridge University Press, 1999
• Domestic Days: Women, Work and Politics in Contemporary Kolkata; (co-authored) Oxford University Press, 2016