Prasenjit Duara (Assamese: অসমীয়া: প্রসেনজিৎ দুৱৰা Chinese: 杜赞奇; pinyin: Dù Zànqí), originally from Assam, India, a historian of China, is Oscar Tang Family Distinguished Professor, Department of History, Duke University,[1] after being the Raffles Professor of Humanities at the National University of Singapore where he was also Director of Asian Research Institute and Director of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences.

In addition to Chinese history, he works more broadly on Asia in the twentieth century, and on historical thought and the historiography.

Duara attended the Doon School in Dehradun, India and studied history at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

in history from St. Stephen's College, Duara received his M. Phil in Chinese Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

In January 2016 he joined Duke University as the Oscar Tang Chair Professor of East Asian Studies.