Mishal Khan

Mishal Khan is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the colonial governance of labour after the abolition of slavery in India and the wider British Empire into the early twentieth century. Mishal’s work explores how constructs around race, contracts, and customary social relations refracted legal interventions in labour. Her work aims to leverage the insights gained from rigorous historical analysis to provide a deeper understanding of contemporary issues around modern slavery, forced and bonded labour.