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Ajay Parasram is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. His academic work focuses on colonial, postcolonial, anti-colonial, and settler-colonial studies, with a critical lens on development studies and global history. He has a particular interest in the dynamics of modern colonialism in South Asia, especially concerning racial fragility and structural white supremacy. Parasram is actively involved in research on pluriversal sovereignty and the implications of state citizenship and multiculturalism. He is a co-investigator on a SSHRC-funded project that examines the racialization of Asian international students at Canadian universities. His teaching includes courses on the colonial foundations of development studies and postcolonial politics. Parasram has published extensively, contributing to both academic journals and media outlets, and has been recognized as a Founding Fellow of the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy and Governance. His recent work emphasizes the need for decolonial options and understanding the linked histories of colonialism and contemporary global issues.
Dalhousie University • Halifax, NS, Canada
Teaching and researching colonial and postcolonial studies, focusing on critical development studies.