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Agarwal, Dr. Amya

Position at ABI:
E-mail:
a.agarwal [at] sheffield.ac.uk
Phone:
+49 761 88878-22
Areas of research:
Gender and conflict studies in Global South
Regional focus:
South Asia
Professional experience:
Since February 2024
University of Sheffield, Department of Politics and International Relations, Lecturer in International Relations
Sept 2021 – Jan 2024
Arnold Bergstraesser Institut (ABI), Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Since April 2021
Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Associate Fellow
Dec 2019 – Mar 2021
Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
July 2017 – Nov 2019
Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, Assistant Professor
Jan 2018 – May 2018
Department of International Relations, South Asian University, Guest Faculty
July 2016-Dec 2016
Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Guest Lecturer
Mar 2010 – Feb 2014
University Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi
Education:
2003-2006
BA Integrated (Economics and Political Science), Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi
2008-2011
MPhil in Politikwissenschaft, University of Delhi
2006-2008
MA in Politikwissenschaft, Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi
2003-2006
BA Integrated (Economics and Political Science), Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi
Additional information:

Projects

Research Partner in the project “Sexual Violence Along the War and Peace Continuum” funded by the Swedish Research Council UForsk, 2019-2023 (with Swati Parashar, Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern)

Co-editing Proposed Special Issue “People like Us? – Crafting Emotional Proximity and Distance in World Politics” (with Christine Unrau and Simon Koschut)

Associations

Elected member-at-large, Feminist Theory and Gender Section (FTGS), International Studies Association (ISA)

 

Presentations:

Recent Presentations

‘The Relevance of Love, Care and Pray in Conflict Research’, Conflict Research Society, September 9, 2021

‘Murals of Grieving Mothers and Graffiti Exchanges in the Kashmiri Resistance’ BISA Roundtable ‘Visuality and Emotions in International Politics’ June 22, 2021

‘Entangled Imaginaries and Bonds of Shared Pain in Resistance’ Millennium Conference, October 24, 2020

 

Selected Publications

(2022) "Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir", Men and Masculinities series, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

(2021) “Going Beyond the Add-and-Stir Critique: Tracing Masculinist Legacies of Performative State”, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Vol. 18, No. 70, pp. 63-83.

(2019) “Fixing Ruptured Masculinities: Reflections from Kashmir” E-International Relations https://www.e-ir.info/2019/02/26/fixing-ruptured-masculinities-reflections-from-kashmir/

(2018) “Mothers Shaping Masculine Ideals of Mujahid in the Kashmiri Resistance”, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 654-656.