Moumita Sen is an Associate Professor of Culture Studies and project lead for ERC Starting grant 2023-28 Political Deification: Theorising from Asia (https://pd.mf.no/) and for RCN researcher project 2020-24 ‘Mythopolitics in South Asia (https://mythopolitics.mf.no/). Her forthcoming monograph Mythopolitics in India: Caste, Religion, and Politics is based on her postdoctoral research which focuses on the intersection of aesthetic discourse, popular religiosity, and organized politics in caste activism India. Her larger research interest is in the field of Indian visual culture. Her doctoral dissertation (2016), received the Norwegian king’s gold medal for outstanding research in 2017. She is the co-editor of Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia (SUNY, 2018). Sen is a founder member of the popular research platform and collective ‘Theory from the Margins’ (https://theoryfromthemargins.com/).
Utvalgte publikasjoner
- Sen, M. (2018). From the Great Goddess to Everywoman: Western Naturalism and the Durga Murti in West Bengal, Religion and Technology in India: Spaces, Practices and Authorities,, Routledge, ISBN: 9780815384168
- Sen, M. & Simmons, C. (2018). Movements of Navaratri, Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, s. 1 - 22. SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Sen, M. (2018). Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durga Puja of West Bengal , Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, s. 105 - 120. SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Sen, M. (2016). Craft, identity, hierarchy: the Kumbhakars of Bengal, The Politics of Caste in West Bengal,, s. 216 - 239. Routledge, ISBN: 978-1-13-892148-1
- Sen, M. (2016). Clay-modelling in West Bengal
Nyeste vitenskapelige publikasjoner
- Sen, M. (2023). Hindu festivals in small town India: patronage, play, piety, Religion, s. 406 - 430. Religion, ISSN: 0048-721X
- Teeuwen, M. J. & Sen, M. & Rots, A. P. (2023). Festivals in Asia: patronage, play, and piety, Religion, s. 387 - 405. Religion, ISSN: 0048-721X
- Sen, M. (2023). Corona-Jihad Memes: The Shifting Iconology of Islamophobia from Hindu Nationalists, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (RMDC), s. 362 - 388. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (RMDC), ISSN: 2588-8099
- Sen, M. (2022). From demon to deity: Forging a new iconography for Mahishasur, Journal of material culture, Journal of material culture, ISSN: 1359-1835
- Sen, M. (2022). Between religion and politics: the political deification of Mahishasur, Religion, Religion, ISSN: 0048-721X
- Sen, M. & Nielsen, K. B. (2022). Gods in the public sphere: political deification in South Asia, Religion, Religion, ISSN: 0048-721X
- Sen, M. (2021). Can Didi Truly Become Durgā? The Riddle of the Two Goddesses, Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs,, s. 67 - 92. SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-8407-5
- Sen, M. (2021). Land-grabbing deities: the politics of public space in a multi-religious neighbourhood, Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia ,, s. 144 - 159. Routledge, ISBN: 9780367561505
- Sen, M. (2019). The Mahishasur Movement Online: A Precarious Network of Demon-Followers, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (RMDC), s. 105 - 131. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (RMDC), ISSN: 2588-8099
- Sen, M. (2019). ‘Durga did not kill Mahishasur’: Hindus, Adivasis, and Hindutva, Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia,, s. 149 - 176. UCL Press, ISBN: 9781787355286
- Sen, M. (2018). From the Great Goddess to Everywoman: Western Naturalism and the Durga Murti in West Bengal, Religion and Technology in India: Spaces, Practices and Authorities,, Routledge, ISBN: 9780815384168
- Sen, M. & Simmons, C. (2018). Movements of Navaratri, Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, s. 1 - 22. SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Sen, M. (2018). Politics, Religion, and Art in the Durga Puja of West Bengal , Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia,, s. 105 - 120. SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Simmons, C. & Sen, M. & Rodrigues, H. (2018). Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia, SUNY Press, ISBN: 978-1-4384-7069-6
- Sen, M. (2016). Craft, identity, hierarchy: the Kumbhakars of Bengal, The Politics of Caste in West Bengal,, s. 216 - 239. Routledge, ISBN: 978-1-13-892148-1
Forskningsprosjekter
Utdanning og praksis
2016 - 2020
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
2012 - 2016
Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
2009 - 2011
M Phil at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
2007 - 2009
MA at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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