Faculty Profile
- Sharma, Jayeeta Ph.D. Cambridge
- Associate Professor, UTSC
- sharma@utsc.utoronto.ca
- (416) 208-4752
- Office: UTSC HW418
Field: South Asian and British Empire cultural history with a focus on migration, labour, environment, food, and diaspora histories.
Professor Sharma’s research and teaching interests encompass South Asian and British Empire cultural history with particular attention to issues of migration, labour, environment, food, and diaspora culture. Her book manuscript Empire’s Garden: Assam and the Making of India connects the study of plantation coolie labour and migration to that of imperial commodities, cultural nationalism, and the politics of race, gender, language, and ethnicity. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Modern Asian Studies and Indian Economic and Social History Review. Her current research examines constructions of imperial childhood, gendered labour, racial mixing, Anglo-Indian, Nepali, and Tibetan diasporic networks in a trans-imperial and trans-national study that extends from the Eastern Himalayan region to Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand.