Agarwal, Dr. Amya

Position:

Senior Researcher

Email:

amya.agarwal [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de

Phone:

+49 761 88878-22

Areas of Research:

Gender and conflict studies in Global South

Regional Focus:

South Asia

Education:

2011-2017	PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Period includes maternity leave
2008-2011	MPhil in Political Science, University of Delhi
2006-2008	MA in Political Science, Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi
2003-2006	BA Integrated (Economics and Political Science), Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi

Professional Experience / Applied Research:

Since September 2021	Arnold Bergstraesser Institut (ABI), Senior Researcher
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

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 / Invited Talks:

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.

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Publications

Beitrag Sammelband/ Buchkapitel (Wiss.)

Entangled Imaginaries and Bonds of Shared Pain: The Case of...

Agarwal, Dr. Amya

Imagining Pathways for Global Cooperation

Amya Agarwal recently published a chapter on the circulation and mobility of resistance ideas and practices across conflict-affected societies. Through the case of Kashmir and Palestinian resistance movements, she also explores the role of shared tacit imaginaries in creating different forms of solidarities among the resisters.

2022

Zeitschriftenartikel (Wiss.)

Forum: Searching for a Global Solidarity: A Collective Auto-...

Agarwal, Dr. Amya / Shine Choi Ching-Chang Chen

International Studies Perspectives

In this recent publication, six authors critically reflect on discrimination faced by early-career women international relations (IR) scholars in the Asia-Pacific region in their workplaces and beyond. Their aim is first to reflect on the contributors’ own lived experiences and second to call for new, more inclusive forms of solidarity that appreciate diversity as plurality across any divides.

2022

Monographie (Wiss.)

Contesting Masculinities and Women’s Agency in Kashmir

Agarwal, Dr. Amya

What is the significance of gender and masculinities in understanding conflict? Through an ethnographic study conducted between 2013 and 2016, this book explores the politics of competing and sometimes overlapping masculinities represented by the state armed forces and the non-state actors in the Kashmir valley. In addition, the book broadens the understanding of women’s agency through its engagement with the construction, performance, and interplay of masculinities in the conflict.

2022