Durba Mitra
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Durba Mitra
@durba.bsky.social
Author of Indian Sex Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) &
The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). love a dance party.
I will be in conversation with @esmat.bsky.social about his brilliant book, The Parting Gifts of Empire, on November 6th at the University of Toronto with @makdisi.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On November 7th, I will be speaking about my new book, The Future That Was, at the University of Toronto at 10 am, followed by a lecture by @makdisi.bsky.social

munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/future...
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I will be at Harvard Boooookstore dreaming DRAG with our favorite Auntie Kareem Khubchandani on *Lessons in Drag* Nov 21

brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/lesson...

www.harvard.com/event/kareem...
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the cover evokes a long tradition of feminist iconography, especially from the 1970s and 1980s during the UN Year and Decade for Women, that uses the sun or the sunrise to symbolize the new horizons made possible by feminism (but without the beloved but complicated Linnaean symbol for woman)
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
if you look at Infinite Woman close up, you can see the incredible detail and texture
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
my student Yasmeen Khan making an archival record that the ideas of women of the world were once taught at Harvard

www.harvardmagazine.com/undergraduat...
September 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
so looking forward thinking with the extraordinary @esmat.bsky.social at the launch of his new book, Parting Gifts of Empire, from @ucpress.bsky.social @makdisi.bsky.social at the University of Toronto November 6, 2025
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am so lucky to have amazing mentees and students who made these stickers for me with the key phrase of my forthcoming book

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
June 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM