Mr Utsa Mukherjee

Utsa Mukherjee is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the School of Law. His doctoral research is located at the intersection of the sociology of childhood, leisure studies and the sociology of the Indian diaspora; and looks into leisure practices and identities of Indian diasporic children in the UK. He is a qualitative researcher and continues to conduct research and publish in areas of cultural studies, critical sexuality studies and postcolonial studies.

Memberships

British Sociological Association

The Finnish Society for Childhood Studies

Scholarships:

RHUL School of Law Doctoral Fee Scholarship and Maintenance Grant (2015-2018)

Travel Grants: Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. [October 2015]; Centre for Comedy Studies Research, Brunel University London. [October 2016]

His research interersts are multidisciplinary and include childhood, leisue, family, Indian diaspora, race and ethncity, gender, sexuality, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, literary critricism and critical theory. 

Royal Holloway, University of London- PhD Sociology (2015- Present)

Presidency University, Kolkata, India- BA (Major) English (First Class) 

CR1014: Introduction to Sociology (Seminars; 2016/17 and 2017/18)