Stuti Pradhan
Stuti's PhD project title is 'Queer(y)ing Schooling: The Queer Geographies of Secondary Schools, Young People and the Role of Pedagogy and Education'. Read more about Stuti's research.
About Stuti
My academic and more so my non-academic engagement is deeply rooted in my love for the eastern Himalayas – the land and its people. My love for the Himalayas, however, is felt, expressed and understood through the critical lens of gender in both my writing and everyday conversations.
Project description
My research explores the intersection of gender and differentiated citizenship practices in the eastern Himalayan borderlands. More specifically, the project focuses on the erstwhile Himalayan kingdom and now the Indian border state of Sikkim as a case study to understand how women experience their differentiated citizenship rights within the legal structure of customary laws and their layered ethnic and indigenous state membership especially through the institution of marriage.
Research Interests
- Gender and Ethnicity
- Citizenship Studies
- Himalayan Studies
- Indigeneity
Personal interests
I enjoy hosting get-togethers with friends and family and cook elaborate meals which is usually a fusion of Nepali and Bhutanese cuisine. Practicing the philosophy of Yoga (mostly asanas) is my comfort space and I work towards enhancing its experience every day.
Publications
Pradhan, S. (2022, July 22). Rhenock: The first halting station on the silk route. Sikkim Project. https://www.sikkimproject.org/rhenock-the-first-halting-station-on-the-silk-route-2/
Presentations
Paper title: ‘The Gendered Sikkim Subject: Postcoloniality, Indigeneity, and Gendered Citizenship in India’
Presented at: Solidarities in Idiosyncracies – An Early Career Researcher’s Seminar on Northeast India at University of Edinburgh.
Date: 25th October 2023
Gender Talks: The Eastern Himalayan Chapter – Sikkim University, Sikkim, India
- Engaged with the postgraduate students from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology on various themes related to gender – culture, state bureaucracy, ethnic identity, society.
- Brief presentation of my ongoing PhD research.
- Thinking about dissertation topics
Date: 5th August 2024
Teaching
Academic qualifications, memberships and achievements
- 2023: Postgraduate Certificate in Research Training (Newcastle University, UK)
- 2020: Master of Science in Public Policy (University College London, UK)
- 2017: Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Economics and Sociology (Mount Carmel Autonomous College, Bangalore University)
Contact and further information
Email: s.pradhan2@newcastle.ac.uk