Mitra Sharafi

Mitra Sharafi is Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law with a History affiliation at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. She may be contacted at mitra.sharafi@wisc.edu. From 2025 to 2027, she is President of the American Society for Legal History.

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Poison and cremation: A forensic history of colonial Bengal

4 HOUR(s)
Forensic experts in colonial Bengal navigated planted poisons, cremation challenges, and racial biases to prevent wrongful convictions.
4 HOUR(s)