[2] She then studied at the University of Cambridge, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1992.
[3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Women workers in the Bengal jute industry, 1890-1940: migration, motherhood and militancy".
[4] Sen was a Prize Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge between 1990 and 1994.
[3] She reached the rank of Reader at Calcutta and professor at Jadavpur.
[6] Since 1 October 2018, she has been Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge.