Dr. Sudhir Selvaraj,

Lecturer

Research

My current research interests lie at the intersection of religion and politics, especially in South Asia. In particular, I am interested in the social and political growth of nationalist movements, their impacts on religious, gendered and caste minorities, and the resulting effects on democracy and secularism. My recently completed doctoral dissertation, which engaged with Johan Galtung’s violence triangle, showed the interplay between direct, cultural and structural forms of violence against the relatively understudied Christian community in India. My fieldwork explored these dynamics in the south Indian state of Karnataka. I am currently working towards converting my dissertation into a monograph. Along with Raphael Susewind at the London School of Economics, I have co-edit a special issue on Hindutva and the Rule(s) of Law which will be out with Socio-Legal Studies by the end of the year.