Dr. Ornit Shani
Department of Asian Studies

E-mail:shanio@research.haifa.ac.il
Tel: 972 4 8249382
Office hours: Monday, 12:00-13:00


Current Academic Position

Lecturer
Director, Modern India Programme

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Indian Civilization
  • Introduction to Modern India
  • Politics, Society and State in India
  • Hindu Nationalism
  • The Largest Democracy in the World: The First 60 Years

Research Area

  • Hindu Nationalism
  • Ethnicity and Identity Politics in India
  • Corruption and Integrity in Governance
  • Citizenship and Democratic Practices in India
  • Urban Violence and Riots in India

Education

 

Ph.D Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
BA Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University (Magna cum Laude)

Fellowships and Visiting Appointments

  • Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Cambridge (Jan. 2002-2008)
  • Visiting Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, New Delhi (Sept.-Oct. 2007)
  • Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University (Sept. 2005-Feb. 2006)
  • Research Fellowship, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge (1999-2002)

Selected Publications

 

Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press by Foundation Books, 2008).

'The Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India: The Case Study of Ahmedabad in the 1980s', Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 39, No. 4 (October 2005), 861-896.

'Conceptions of Citizenship in India and the 'Muslim Question'', Modern Asian Studies, 44(1), 2010, pp. 145-173

'Bootlegging, Politics and Corruption: State Violence and the Routine Practices of Public Power in Gujarat (1985-2002)', South Asian History and Culture, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2010, pp. 494-508

'Indian Muslims and the War on Terror: Reflections on Their Citizenship Status'', in Yoav Peled, Noah Lewin-Epstein, Guy Mundlak (eds.), Democratic Citizenship and War, London: Routledge, 2010, pp. 147-163

'The Politics of Communalism and Caste', in Isabelle Clark-Dec?s (ed.), A Companion to the Anthropology of India, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp. 297-312.