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Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts is an academic space that defies tradition. Our approach to liberal arts education was born out of The New School’s vision to transcend intellectual boundaries and reimagine academic norms. At Lang, we challenge you to think critically and be accountable for your own scholarly development. We allow you to tailor your curriculum to your interests and study a range of disciplines within the ecosystem of The New School.
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Learning at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts involves challenging accepted ideas, developing your own, and investigating the status quo. In 2025, the Adult Bachelor's Program joined the college, with its deep and rich history of meeting the unique needs of students who bring academic, work, and life experience. This program offers the freedom and flexibility to study part-time, full-time, on-campus, or online. Develop and hone critical thinking in an intimate learning environment with small discussion-based classes.
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Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts is an intellectual home with the benefit of a comprehensive university’s rich ecosystem of organizations, activities, and events. Our New York City location further broadens and enriches our community and brings you endless opportunities for academic, cultural, and social discovery and growth.
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Our liberal arts education produces graduates who are well prepared for today’s rapidly evolving working world. Our graduates go on to fulfilling careers in today’s top industries. Among our recent alumni are conscious entertainers, influential journalists, grassroots and national activists, award-winning scholars and authors, and socially responsible entrepreneurs and executives.
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At Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, we look for self-motivated and open-minded students who are ready to immerse themselves in a reading- and writing-intensive program that requires them to practice critical thinking and tackle difficult questions. We understand that selecting the right school can be a challenging process. Our admission team is here to help you navigate this critical journey and get to know you better.

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Sumita Chakravarty

Emeritus Professor

Email
chakravs@newschool.edu

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A - 66 West 12th Street

Sumita Chakravarty

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Sumita S. Chakravarty has a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in English from Lucknow University, India. She served as associate dean in Media Studies from 2011-2014, and as the founding chair of Culture and Media at Lang College from 2000-2008. She is the author of National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987 (U of Texas Press 1993; Oxford U Press 1996); The Enemy Within (editor, 2000) and several articles in journals and anthologies, including The Routledge Companion to Gender and Cinema (2016) and most recently, “Mapping Migration” in Uncertain Archives (MIT Press, 2020). Her research interests include media theory, media and globalization, film and national identity, digital cultures, and the history and philosophy of media technologies. She is currently working on a book on the intersections of media and migration. She leads the online platform Media+Migration Lab, which cultivates interdisciplinary projects examining the entanglements between immigration and its mediation. This includes its ongoing foundational project, Migration Mapping, a living digital archive for media and migration.

Sumita Chakravarty was the recipient of the Distinguished University Teaching Award at the New School in 2018. She has also established an endowed fellowship in her parents' memory for a rising MA student in digital media studies, The Bishwanath and Sandhya Sinha Memorial Endowed Fellowship.

Degrees Held

PhD, Communications, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; PhD, English, Lucknow University, India; BA, Lucknow University, India

Recent Publications

"Gender in Transit: Framing the (new) Cinema of Migration" in The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, Routledge 2016.
"Fragmenting the Nation: Images of Terrorism in Indian Popular Cinema" in Terrorism, Media, Liberation. 2005.
"Communications and Community in the Global Era: Revisiting Raymond Williams" in Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference. 2004.
"The Erotics of History: Gender and Transgression in New Asian Cinemas" in Rethinking Third World Cinema. 2003.

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