Arpita Chakraborty

Dr.

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Senior Research Fellow
Henry Grattan Building, Glasnevin Campus
DCU


Henry Grattan Building, Glasnevin Campus

E:arpita.chakraborty@dcu.ie
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I am a post-colonial feminist researcher whose work lies at the cross section of gender, migration and diasporic studies from a postcolonial feminist perspective. I am Principle Investigator of a five-year Irish Research Council project on migrant South Asian women’s experience of accessing support services in Ireland. I am specifically interested in looking at how ideas around gender, masculinities, and caste migrate transnationally and how it effects migrant women of colour in Europe. I have actively sought to collaborate with civil society partners outside academia, narrowly defined, in the co-production of knowledge and the communication of research findings for societal impact.


My work has been published and accepted for publication in leading international peer-reviewed publications including International Feminist Journal of Politics, Economic and Political Weekly, Religion and Gender, Routledge, and Cambridge University Press. Since finishing my PhD in 2019, I have led three research projects worth more than €500,000 funded by the Irish Research Council, and Ireland India Institute, and collaborated on international research projects with colleagues at Goldsmiths, University of London, Tampere University, Lucerne University, ActionAid Ireland, ActionAid Nepal. As a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dublin City University’s School of Law and Government, I have created and taught modules on postcolonial politics, gender studies and masculinity studies to DCU’s undergraduate and postgraduate students. In my former role as an Editor, I have been in charge of the production of 13 top rated academic journals from Sage Publications.

  

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2022 Arpita Chakraborty (2022) 'Tracing the Rise of Ascetic Masculinity in India' In: Women, Gender and Religious Nationalism. New Delhi : Cambridge University Press. [DOI]
2020 Arpita Chakraborty (2020) 'Wives as doorways of citizenship: Indo-Bangladesh enclaves and the repositioning of gender relations' In: Gender, Sexuality and Identities of the Borderlands: Queering the Margins. UK : Routledge. [DOI]
2019 Arpita Chakraborty (2019) 'Politics of #LoSha: Using Naming and Shaming as a Feminist Tool on Facebook' In: Gender Hate Online: Understanding the New Anti-Feminism. London : Palgrave Mcmillan.
2018 Chakraborty, A. (2018) 'Reproductive Rights: The Case of India' In: We Have Come a Long Way: Reproductive Rights of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities in Ireland. Dublin : Editora Urutau.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2024 (2024) 'Carceralities and Approved Gender Violence: The Case of Direct Provision in Ireland'. Societies, 14 (1). [Link] https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14010012
2023 Chakraborty, Arpita (2023) 'Symbolic violence and Dalit feminism: possibilities emerging from a Dalit feminist standpoint reading of Bourdieu'. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 25 (2). [DOI]
2017 Arpita Chakraborty (2017) 'Can Postcolonial Feminism Revive International Relations?'. Economic and Political Weekly, .

Other Journal

Year Publication
2018 Arpita Chakraborty (2018) 'Review of Charu Gupta, The Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print (Global South Asia series), Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016, xv + 336 pp., ISBN 9780295995649' Religion and Gender, . [Link] [DOI]
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
European Conference on Politics and Gender Standing Group Member -

Employment

Employer Position From / To
Dublin City University Postdoctoral Fellow 01/04/2019 -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
29/09/2014 Dublin City University PhD

Languages

Language Reading Writing Speaking
Bengali Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Fluent Functional Functional
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Assamese Functional Functional Functional
Urdu None None Fluent
Hindi Fluent Fluent Fluent

Reviews

Journal Role
Identities Reviewer
Third World Quarterly Reviewer

Enterprise Engagement

Year Engagement Type Client Description
2022 Continuous Professional Development/Training ADAPT Domestic Abuse Services Domestic Abuse Certificate Training, ADAPT Domestic Abuse Services, 26 September
2022 Continuous Professional Development/Training Ruhama Trauma Informed Response Course,
2023 Continuous Professional Development/Training ADAPT Domestic Abuse Services Understanding Domestic Abuse and Trauma, 10 February
2022 Continuous Professional Development/Training Ruhama Know Sex Trafficking Course, 12 May 2022
2021 Invited talk/presentation Indian Institute of Technology, Indore Guest Lecture, Decoding Toxic Masculinity in Rape Culture,
2023 Continuous Professional Development/Training Collaborate Inter-University Principal Investigators’ Peer Mentor Programme
2020 Invited talk/presentation Foyle Women’s Network Northern Ireland ‘We can all be AntiRacist’, Invited speaker on 20 November.

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
2023 DCU in the Community DCU ‘Lives Made’: Diasporic South Asian Women, Domestic Abuse, and Systemic Challenges, Invited speaker, DCU Politics and IR Weekly Seminar.
2020 Presentations/Talks to an external audience University of St. Andrews ‘Wives as Doorways of Citizenship’: Exploring Gender Relations in the Indo-Bangladesh Enclaves, Invited Speaker
2021 Presentations/Talks to an external audience University College Cork ‘Conversations on Racism in Ireland’ Invited speaker, 13 January 2021.
2019 DCU in the Community DCU Volunteer, Mellie Storytelling Project with Asylum Seekers in Direct Provision, Dublin, January – April 2019.
2021 Educational Outreach/Public Engagement Irish Museum of Modern Arts Invited discussant with Sara Ahmed on Complaint, Diversity and Other Hostile Environments, 3 March 2021.

Media

Title Year Type Authors
Poll fever leaves Afghans untouched 2011 Newspaper article (Print) Arpita Chakraborty

Research Interests

As an internationally excellent early-career scholar deeply committed to the intersections of Feminism and Postcolonial Studies, my research aims to unravel the complex narratives of intersectionality and resistance within the contexts of gender, migration, and diasporic experiences. Through a combination of empirical research, theoretical exploration, and collaborative engagement, I aspire to contribute valuable insights to academic scholarship and social activism. This is evidenced by publication in top-quartile international journals, outstanding research networks, and multiple honours and awards, detailed in my CV. I have 23 citations and an h-index score of 3 (Google Scholar). 

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Medical Practitioners and Sexual Violence Survivors: The Influence of Caste on Healthcare System in India and Nepal DCU PI 01/04/2020 31/01/2023
They are Here Too: Gendered Violence in the South Asian Immigrant Community in Post-COVID Ireland DCU PI 01/04/2022 31/03/2026

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Nolan ,Carmel PhD-track Supervisor

External Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
External Virve Repo Tampere University Academic
External Stefanie Boulila Lucerne Institute of Science and Arts Academic
External Sahar Ahmed UCD Academic

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2020-21 Political Ideologies LG359
2023 LG5067