Krishnamurti, Sailaja

Sailaja Krishnamurti’s research explores the historical migration of South Asian people, religions, and politics through the lens of popular culture.  Before joining Historical Studies, Sailaja taught at the University of Toronto and York University in South Asian Studies, Humanities, and Political Science. Her PhD dissertation, undertaken in Social and Political Thought at York University (2008), analyzed representations of history, religion, and nationalist ideology in the Indian comic book series Amar Chitra Katha.  Recent projects include forthcoming articles on the representation of Tamil migrants in the Canadian media and on discourses of human rights in South Asian diasporic poetry.  Sailaja is a Research Associate at the York Centre for Asian Research. Along with Dr. Luin Goldring, she was co-editor of Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change (UBC Press 2007). Alongside her academic interests, Sailaja has worked with the GTA's South Asian communities on a range of social justice issues.