Fall 2017 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, history
Kelsey Utne is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Cornell. She received a dual B.A./B.S. in history and political science from Salem State University and an M.A. in South Asian studies from the University of Washington. Her current research examines commemoration and the role of the dead in colonial and nationalist politics of 19th- and 20th-century South Asia, especially in relation to conceptions of place in urban Muslim communities. Outside of Cornell she serves as the Community Welcoming Team Leader for Ithaca Welcomes Refugees, a local nonprofit that supports immigrant and refugee communities in Tompkins County.