Debasree Sarkar is a doctoral scholar at the Department of History, Diamond Harbour Women’s University. The theme of her research has been reading the social history of Bengal through women’s autobiographical writings, with special emphasis on their sartorial changes. Apart from being involved in various academic projects, she has published in reputed newspapers and journals and contributed book chapters dealing with fashion, gender-based violence, representational politics, environment, and displacement. She has presented on international platforms such as the Dress and Body Association, Northeast Popular Culture Association, and London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. Recently, she collaborated on a project on “The Past as Present: Approaches to Pedagogy in History and Archaeology” organised by Shiv Nadar University, where she worked with schoolchildren to assist them in comprehending history through textiles and clothes as part of questioning forms of everyday practices that cultivate cultural understanding. She was awarded the Papia Ghosh Memorial Prize at the 83rd session of the Indian History Congress in 2024 for her paper on “Sati and Its Afterlife: Social Desire and Public Discourse.” She is one of the recently selected members of the New Scholars Committee, NiCHE, Canada. She is also the founder of Standing in Solidarity (SIS), a feminist collective that works to build a network of women across borders.