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| Born | 4 September 1979 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Spouse | Ruth Coffey |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
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Sunil S. Amrith (born 4 September 1979) [1] [2] is a historian who holds the post of Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History at Yale University. He is also Yale's vice provost for International Affairs and the Henry R. Luce Director of the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. His research interests include transnational migration in South and Southeast Asia. [3]
Amrith was born in Nairobi,Kenya, [4] to Indian parents. His father was a banker and his mother an eye surgeon. [5] Amrith was raised and educated in Singapore after his parents moved there in 1980. [5] He received a BA from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and a PhD from the same institution in 2005. [2] His PhD supervisor was Emma Rothschild. [6]
From 2006 to 2015,Amrith taught modern Asian history at Birkbeck,University of London. [3] In 2015,he moved to the United States [4] and became a professor of South Asian history at Harvard University. [3] [7] He also co-directed the Joint Center for History and Economics between Harvard and the University of Cambridge and was interim director of Harvard's Mahindra Humanities Center (2019–2020). [3]
In 2020,Yale University announced Amrith's appointment as the Dhawan Professor of History. [8] In March 2025,he became the Henry R. Luce Director of Yale's Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. [9]
Amrith resides with his wife,Ruth Coffey, [5] and their two children in Hamden,Connecticut. [4] [10]
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