Dr Amalendu Misra

PhD Supervision Interests

I welcome promising committed research students with original and innovative ideas in any of these broad areas:
- Radical Nationalism
- Religious Extremism
- Political Violence
- Conflict Management in Divided Societies

Current PhD Supervision:

Rahaf Aldoughli: 'Gender and Nationalism in Lebanon.'
Vincent Hejirika: 'Political Economy of Conflict in the Niger Delta.'
Nawar Kassomeh: 'Shi'a and Sectarian Identity formation in Pakistan.'
Dala Mohammad: 'Nigerian Peace Keeping and Foreign Policy.'
Mona Abdel Rahman: 'Media and Conflict in Egypt.'
David Suntha: 'Rescuing Failed States.'

Completed Doctoral Project:

Jonathan Ajere : 'Regional Actors as Peacemakers: Exploring the role of Nigeria in intra-state conflicts in Africa'.
Azrul Anaz : 'Politics of Multiculturalism and Nation Building in Malaysia'.
Yinka Olomojobi : 'Muslims, Minorities, and Conflict '.
Beth Rempe: 'Elite Intervention & Northern Ireland Peace Process'.

Current Teaching

I joined the department in January 2006. Previously I taught at Queen's University, Belfast (2001-2005) and University of Sussex (2000-2001). I have also held visiting research professor's position at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), Universidad de Las Americas (UdLA), and El Colegio de Veracruz (Colver).

Principal teaching commitments:

Undergraduate Module:

PPR225: Introduction to Peace Studies

PPR340: Islamic Politics

Graduate Modules:

PPR.420: Conflict Management in Contemporary Conflicts

Additional Information

Publications

Books:

? Afghanistan: The Labyrinth of Violence, Cambridge: Polity / Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. 219 pp. ISBN 0-7456-3114-2 http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745631158

'....his writing often betrays welcome hints of Ryszard Kapuscinski's prose style, and a rare desire to integrate classical scholarship with modern political science brings a fresh approach to global conflict' - Joseph Tucker, Nations and Nationalism, vol. 11, no. 2: 322.

'....conveys the impression of a deeper knowledge, providing something of an 'insider's' perspective' - Thomas S. Wilkins, International Peacekeeping, vol. 15, no. 2: 284.

'....the book is an important contribution to the effort to understand the roots of today's terrorism' - Vesna Bolka, Journal of International Relations & Development, vol. 8, no.2: 95.

? Identity and Religion: Foundations of anti-Islamism in India, Thousand Oaks, CA / New Delhi: Sage, 2004. 262 pp. ISBN 0-7619-3226-7 http://www.sagepub.com/authorDetails.nav?contribId=531761

'....' interesting, controversial and useful discussion of the two rival nationalisms in South Asia that created two, and eventually three nation-states from the British Indian empire.'- Ainslie T. Embree, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol 14, no. 1: 151.

'....refreshingly forthright' - Radhakrishnan Nayar, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 June 2005.

'....very insightful and sharp' - Shelly Walia, The Book Review, December 2005.

? Politics of Civil Wars: Conflict, Intervention & Resolution, London / New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 13: 978-0-415-40345-0 http://www.routledgepolitics.com/books/Politics-of-Civil-Wars-isbn9780415403467

'....compared to its appetizing size, the book is extremely rich. It is spiced up with fresh research literature, rendering a heavy smell of informed scholarship.' - Kristoffer Lidén, Journal of Peace Research, vol. 46, no. 4: 604.

'...delivers an excellent introduction to the study of civil wars.' - Nina Wilen, Politikon, vol. 15, no. 2: 76.

'...innovative in its approach and helps to move the debate out of its stagnant recent history.' - Ady Gray, Political Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1: 109.

Edited:

? Conflict Resolution (ed.)

Oxford: Oxford University Press (Forthcoming 2009).

? Small and Micro States of South Asia,

Contemporary South Asia, vol. 13, no. 2, 2004. ISSN 0958-4945

Occasional / Working Paper:

'Squaring the Circle: Engaging Radical Islam', Working Paper No. 74, Madrid: Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), 2007.

Journal Articles:

? 'Theorising 'small' and 'micro' state behaviour', Contemporary South Asia, vol. 13, no. 2, 2004, pp. 133-148. ISSN 0958-4945

? 'Rain on a Parched Land: Reconstructing a Post-Conflict Sri Lanka', International Peacekeeping, vol. 11, no. 2, 2004, pp. 271-288. ISSN 1353-3312

? 'A nation in exile: Tibetan diaspora and the dynamics of long-distance nationalism', Asian Ethnicity, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 191-208, 2003, ISSN 1463-1369

? 'Buscando El Centro: Una Explicacion Contemporanea del Conflcto Etnico', Con-Ciencia Politica, vol. 1, no. 5, 2003, pp. 51-64. ISSN 1665-7713

? 'Subaltern and the civil war: An assessment of left-wing insurgency in South Asia', Civil Wars, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 56-76, 2002, ISSN 1369-8249

? 'Afghanistan: The politics of post-war reconstruction', Conflict, Security & Development, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 5-27, 2002, ISSN 1467-8802

? 'The Taliban, radical Islam and Afghanistan', Third World Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 577-589, 2002, ISSN 0143-6597

? 'Shanghai 5 and the emerging alliance in Central Asia: The closed society and its enemies, Central Asian Survey, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 305-321, 2001, ISSN 0263-4937

? 'The politics of secessionist conflict management in India', Journal of Contemporary Security Policy, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 49-68, 2001, ISSN 1352-3260

? 'The centrality of Kashmir in India-Pakistan security dynamics', International Politics, vol. 38, no.1, pp. 103-120, 2001, ISSN 1384-5748

? 'Tibet: in search of a resolution', Central Asian Survey, vol. 19, no.1, pp. 79-93, 2000, ISSN 0263-4937

? 'Hindu nationalism and Muslim minority rights in India', International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-18, 2000, ISSN 1385-4879

? 'Emergence and the growth of Bharatiya Janata Party', Politics Administration & Change, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 36-55, 1999, ISSN 1010-9137

? 'India at 50: Democracy, Nationalism and Foreign Policy Choices', Asian Affairs, vol. 30, no. 1, pp.45-58, 1999, ISSN 0306-8374

? 'Savarkar and the discourse on Islam in pre-Independent India', Journal of Asian History, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 142-184, 1999, ISSN 0021-910 X

? 'On South Asian states and state of the nations in South Asia', Third World Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 963-969, 1998, ISSN 0143-6597

Book Chapters:

'Género y Liderazgo Político en Asia del Sur', in Jesus Tovar (ed.) Liderazgo Político y Calidad democracia, Mexico City: El Colegio de Mexiquense, 2009.

'Religion, Politics, & Violence in India', in Ali Riaz (ed.) Religion and Politics in South Asia, New York: Routledge, 2009.

'Somalia and the liberal theory of post-conflict reconstruction', in Rohee Dasgupta (ed.) Cultural Practices, Political Possibilities, Cambridge: CSP, 2008.

'The loneliness of a long distance runner: U.S. "war against terrorism" in Afghanistan', James Putzel & Conrad Schetter (eds.) in International Intervention and Political Reconstruction of Afghanistan, Basingstoke / New York: Palgrave, 2006.

'Democracia y consolidación: Qué tan consolidada está la democracia de la India?' en Francisco Berlín Valenzuela (ed.) Ciencia Política, Desarrollo Regional y Derecho, México City: Editorial Porrúa, 2003, pp. 241-256, ISBN 970-07-4368-3

On-line Writings:

'The Neo-Taliban: The Shape of Things to Come...' e. International Relations, March 2009.

http://www.e-ir.info/?author=575

'Hamid Karzai: The Making of a President', ERPIC, Perihelion Working Papers, May 2003. http://www.erpic.org/old/perihelion/wps/afghanistan.htm

Editorships:

I am the Book Review Editor of Politics & Policy (Wiley-Blackwell).

http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1555-5623

I also serve in the editorial board of these journals:

Contemporary South Asia (Routledge); South Asian Diaspora (Routledge); and Conciencia Politica (Colver).

Funded Research 2008 -

2009 - 'Between Pogrom and Peace: Examining Christian-Hindu Communal Conflict in Eastern India',

Nuffield Foundation, £6,350/-

2008 - 'Politics of Gangland Violence in Central America',

British Academy, £6,500/-

2008 - 'Sexual Violence against Men in Armed Conflicts',

Lancaster University, Small Research Grants, £6,800/-

2008 - 'Mara Salvatrucha & the Narration of Violence', Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, £1,950/-

Office Hours

My office hours are Thursday 2-4.

• European Union Consultancy

  24/09/2010
  During 2010-11 Amalendu Misra will be acting as a consultant for the European Union on Security Sector Reform in Afghanistan as well as the Government of Quintana Roo in Mexico on transmigration and h ... Read more»