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Kristin Plys is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, specializing in the intersection of political economy, social history, and cultural studies. Her expertise includes examining colonial and postcolonial narratives, particularly in the Global South. Plys received her Ph.D. from Yale University and holds a BA with honors from Johns Hopkins University. She has held visiting positions at several prestigious institutions, including Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen in Germany and Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Plys is the author of "Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House in Emergency Postcolonial India" (2020), which won the Global Sociology Book Award, and co-authored "Capitalism and Its Uncertain Future" (2022). Her work has been recognized in various academic circles, receiving accolades such as an honorable mention for the PEWS Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award. She has contributed to several book chapters and reviews that focus on the socio-political dynamics of South Asia, capitalism, and labor history. As an educator, Plys emphasizes the importance of critical historical methods in understanding contemporary issues in social and political contexts.
Department of Sociology