CV Sohini Majumdar
[email protected] CURRENT University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Department of History Illinois PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant Major Field: Modern South Asia Minor Fields: Comparative Migration and World History Current GPA. 4.00. EDUCATION BACKGROUND Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences India MPhil in Modern History March 2014 ● During my MPhil, I worked on communal politics and ethnic relations in Calcutta, India during British colonial period. ● Received Certificate of Appreciation for successfully participating in “The Media and Forced Migration Workshop” as a part of “The Tenth Orientation Programme on Forced Migration” organized by MCRG and supported by British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata. Uppsala University Uppsala, ● Secured full fellowship and participated in Linnaeus-Palme Sweden Exchange Programme, Department of History. December 2010 University of Calcutta Kolkata, Master of Arts, History India ● Secured First Class and ranked Second in University for 2 years of July 2010 Master’s Program ● Published articles in “Perspective”, a magazine published by the History Department of the University of Calcutta ● Former member of Gandhian Studies Centre, The University of Calcutta. Participated and presented a paper, titled “Gandhi’s Communication Strategies in Mass Movements”, in a seminar organized by the Gandhian Centre. Presidency College, University of Calcutta Kolkata, Bachelor of Arts, History India ● Secured First Class and ranked third