Dr Srilata Sircar
Senior Lecturer in India and Global Affairs
Research interests
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- Politics
Contact details
Biography
Dr Srilata Sircar is Senior Lecturer in India and Global Affairs at the King's India Institute.
She is module leader for the Introduction to Global Affairs and Contemporary India modules. Trained as an urban geographer, Srilata received her doctoral degree from Lund University, Sweden in 2017. With a prior background in History and Development Studies, her research interests include urban political ecology of South Asia, the politics of caste in infrastructure-building, and the political economy of subaltern urbanization. Srilata is a contributing writer for Feminism in India. She is also interested in documentary film-making and podcast production.
Research
Dr Sircar's current research focuses on the knowledge politics and caste dimensions of urban infrastructure building in South Asia. With a focus on smaller urban centres, she adopts both archival and ethnographic methods to expose and dismantle the ways in which dominant knowledge regimes shape urban planning and development. She assumes an intersectional-feminist and postcolonial analytical stance.
- Postcolonial Urbanism
- Urban Political Ecology
- Critical Studies of Caste
- Feminist Geography
- Contemporary South Asia
Dr Sircar invites PhD students interested in the following themes: historical and contemporary urban issues in South Asia, gender and caste politics, urban infrastructure and political ecology.
Teaching
Postgraduate
- 7YYISGA1: Introduction to Global Affairs
- 7YYI0002: Contemporary India: State, Society and Economy since 1947
Further details
Research
Gender Studies at King's
Bringing together like-minded scholars and students from across King's to examine the influence of gender relations..
Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations research group
A research group examining urban-rural development and its effect on the developing world.
Cities, Climate and Capital in the Greater Indian Ocean World
A research group examining cities, climate, and capital in the Greater Indian Ocean world.
Social Media Networks and (Dis)information research group
We analyse social media discourse in the Global South through collection and analysis of large-scale data pertaining to digital social networks and their impact.
News
A New Chapter: six months of artist-researcher collaborations
King’s College London researchers and Somerset House Studios artists have been exploring new perspectives on contemporary culture and society through creative...
A New Chapter: Six artist-researcher teams receive funding for their projects
The selected projects, as part of the King’s College London and Somerset House Studios collaboration, foster new perspectives and understanding of...
Events
Geographies of Counter Archiving
This is a closing event for the project Archiving Resistance.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book talk: The struggle for hegemony in Pakistan: fear, desire and revolutionary horizons
This talk delves into the recently held elections in Pakistan.
Please note: this event has passed.
COVID-19 through a critical agrarian studies lens
Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi discusses his new co-edited book Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies, and points to lessons from critical agrarian studies for...
Please note: this event has passed.
Confronting Caste: Panel Discussion on Anti-Caste and Anti-Racist Politics in Contemporary Times
This panel will take a closer look at aspects of anti-caste and anti-racist politics in contemporary times
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
...Ask How Caste and Gender Shape Society
A book she read as a teenager set Dr Srilata Sircar on the path to becoming a critical geographer. In this video, she talks about her early field experiences...
Cities under climate crisis: Insights on urban sanitation in India and COP26 promises
Dr Srilata Sircar, Lecturer in India and Global Affairs, examines the India's response to climate change at COP26.
Research
Gender Studies at King's
Bringing together like-minded scholars and students from across King's to examine the influence of gender relations..
Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations research group
A research group examining urban-rural development and its effect on the developing world.
Cities, Climate and Capital in the Greater Indian Ocean World
A research group examining cities, climate, and capital in the Greater Indian Ocean world.
Social Media Networks and (Dis)information research group
We analyse social media discourse in the Global South through collection and analysis of large-scale data pertaining to digital social networks and their impact.
News
A New Chapter: six months of artist-researcher collaborations
King’s College London researchers and Somerset House Studios artists have been exploring new perspectives on contemporary culture and society through creative...
A New Chapter: Six artist-researcher teams receive funding for their projects
The selected projects, as part of the King’s College London and Somerset House Studios collaboration, foster new perspectives and understanding of...
Events
Geographies of Counter Archiving
This is a closing event for the project Archiving Resistance.
Please note: this event has passed.
Book talk: The struggle for hegemony in Pakistan: fear, desire and revolutionary horizons
This talk delves into the recently held elections in Pakistan.
Please note: this event has passed.
COVID-19 through a critical agrarian studies lens
Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi discusses his new co-edited book Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies, and points to lessons from critical agrarian studies for...
Please note: this event has passed.
Confronting Caste: Panel Discussion on Anti-Caste and Anti-Racist Politics in Contemporary Times
This panel will take a closer look at aspects of anti-caste and anti-racist politics in contemporary times
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
...Ask How Caste and Gender Shape Society
A book she read as a teenager set Dr Srilata Sircar on the path to becoming a critical geographer. In this video, she talks about her early field experiences...
Cities under climate crisis: Insights on urban sanitation in India and COP26 promises
Dr Srilata Sircar, Lecturer in India and Global Affairs, examines the India's response to climate change at COP26.