Sayan Lodh is a doctoral candidate in history at Presidency University, Kolkata, India. His current doctoral work is focused on the Judaizing movements in India. Previously, he had worked on the Baghdadi Jewish community in Kolkata. His areas of research include the history of Jews, antisemitism, and mass violence from an Indian perspective. He is a recipient of several fellowships from organizations such as the AJS (USA), ISGAP (USA), LCSCA (UK), and the Never Again Association (Poland). He has written for both academic and popular media.