Dr Ian Sanjay Patel

Overview

Biography

Ian Sanjay Patel, FRHistS, joined Birkbeck in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. Previously he was LSE Fellow in Human Rights at the London School of Economics. 

His research interests lie in human rights, political theory, international history, the history of decolonization, and diplomatic histories. He has written on transitional justice, the British empire, and South Asia and its diasporas.

Highlights

• IS Patel (2021), We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire. London: Verso. 

• Book review: The London Review of Books (November, 2021)

• Author Interview, LSE Review of Books (April, 2021)

Qualifications

• MPhil University of Cambridge
• PhD University of Cambridge

Visiting posts

• Visiting Fellow in Human Rights, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science,

Professional memberships

• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society