Mithi Mukherjee
· Associate ProfessorVerifiedUniversity of Colorado Boulder · History
Active 1991–2026
About
Mithi Mukherjee is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in the legal, political, and cultural history of modern India. She teaches courses on South Asian history with a focus on modern India, including topics such as the history of South Asia since 1757, women in modern India, and human rights from a historical perspective. Dr. Mukherjee received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Her research interests encompass colonialism and nationalism, law and empire, human rights, comparative constitutionalism and democracy, gender, poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and subaltern histories. She authored the book 'India in the Shadows of Empire: A Legal and Political History, 1774-1950,' which explores the legal and political development of India through the colonial and post-colonial periods, emphasizing the ideological framework of justice as equity within the British Empire and anti-colonial politics. Her scholarly work also includes articles on Gandhi's pursuit of a different kind of freedom, India's foreign relations post-independence, and legal history related to British India.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Law
- Political economy
- Law and economics
Selected publications
6. Empire on the Edge: Gandhi, Bose, and the Second World War
2026-02-17
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book-chapter1st authorCorresponding3. The Russo-Japanese War and the Rise of Militant Geopolitical Asianism
2026-02-17
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book-chapter1st authorCorresponding5. The Amritsar Massacre and Asianism in the Interwar Years
2026-02-17
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book-chapter1st authorCorresponding7. The Final Assault: The Indo-Japanese Invasion and the Fall of Empire
2026-02-17
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book-chapter1st authorCorresponding1. Asianism and Civilizational Sovereignty in Post-1857 India
2026-02-17
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Frequent coauthors
- 2 shared
Julian Go
University of Chicago
- 2 shared
Renisa Mawani
University of British Columbia
- 2 shared
Dane Kennedy
George Washington University
- 2 shared
Antoinette Burton
- 2 shared
Augusto Espiritu
- 2 shared
Jonathan Hyslop
Colgate University
- 2 shared
Jeff Sahadeo
- 1 shared
Peter Marshall
Cardiff University
Education
M.A, History
Jawaharlal Nehru University
- 2001
PH.D, History
University of Chicago
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