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Mahua Sarkar received a PhD in Sociology with a focus on Comparative International Development from Johns Hopkins University. As a Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, her research and teaching reflect an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary issues. Her work examines guest-work regimes, gestational surrogacy, and the intersections of race, gender, and global capitalism. Sarkar explores religious nationalisms in South Asia, particularly Hindu and Muslim identity formation against the backdrop of late colonial Bengal, and engages in epistemological debates about qualitative research methods. Currently, she is working on an advanced monograph concerning Bangladeshi male contract migrants. Sarkar has been awarded multiple prestigious fellowships, including the France-ILO Chair Fellowship, EURIAS Marie Curie Fellowship, and Visiting Senior Fellowship at the Asia Research Institute, among others. She serves as a series editor for 'Work in Global Historical Perspective' and participates in an international feminist research network on Epistemologies of Care.
Department of Sociology