Gargi Bhattacharyya

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Gargi Bhattacharyya
Born1968 (age 5657)
NationalityBritish
OccupationSociologist
Employer University of East London

Gargi Bhattacharyya (born 1968) is a British sociologist. They are professor of sociology at the University of East London (UEL).

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Life

Bhattacharyya was born to Bengali parents and grew up in Leicester. Their younger sister is the playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya. [1] They were a lecturer at Aston University and the University of Birmingham before coming to UEL in 2013.

Bhattacharyya is the Chair of the University and College Union (UCU) at UEL, and on UCU's black members standing committee. In November 2020, they found themself among several UEL academics threatened with redundancy. [2] The MP Zarah Sultana expressed concern, particularly at the possibility that Bhattacharyya might have been targeted as a trade union organiser at UEL. [3]

Mike Savage has called them "one of the leading academics on race", responsible for writing "what is probably the most important book on racial capitalism". [2]

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References

  1. Arnot, Chris (11 February 2009). "The play's the thing to heal community". The Guardian . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fazackerley, Anna (22 January 2021). "'Despicable in a pandemic': fury as UK universities plan job cuts'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. Malia Bouattia (13 November 2020). "Pandemic redundancies speak volumes about the real state of progress for women of colour". The New Arab. Retrieved 2 April 2021.