Associate director

Priya Singh

Priya Singh is Associate Director at Asia in Global Affairs (AGA). Priya is a political scientist with a linguistic understanding of some of the regions she covers. Her research encompasses issues pertaining to nationalism and post-nationalism, colonialism and post colonialism, modernism and post modernism, identity, state formation, ethnicity, gender, migration, marginalization, indigenous and minority communities in West Asia in particular and a broader Asian context, in general. Her research work has also been published in peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Indo-Judaic Studies. She has been a reviewer for the Routledge Series on Middle Eastern Studies.  Her most recent publications include: Conceptualizing Mass Violence: Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations (co-edited volume, London and New York: Routledge, 2021) “Cartographies of Connectivity in Asia and the Indian Response,” in Ranabir Samaddar and Anita Sengupta (Eds) Global Governance and India's Northeast: Logistics, Infrastructure and Society, ISBN: 978-1-138-34270-5 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-28614-8 (ebk) (London and New York: Routledge, 2019“Contesting the Arab Revolts: The “New’ Egypt,” in Sujata Ashwarya Cheema and Mujib Alam (Eds) Contemporary West Asia: Perspectives on Change and Continuity. ISBN: 9780367343378 (hbk) & 9780429325083 (ebk) (London and New York, New Delhi, Routledge, 2019) “Transcending Post-Colonial Frontiers: Re-envisaging the Grand Trunk Road,” in Swaran Singh, Anita Sengupta and Priya Singh (Eds) Corridors of Engagement, ISBN: 978-93-87324-97-8 (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2019) & Transcending Postcolonial Frontiers: Re-envisaging the Grand Trunk Road"(Russian) Ideas and Ideals, Vol 47, issue 1, part 2, 2021. (http://ideaidealy.nsuem.ru/.../preodolevaya) “India and Israel: From an Interloper to an Insider,” Journal UNISCI/Revista UNISCI nº49 (Enero/January 2019), Madrid: University of Madrid, Special Issue on Indian Strategic and Foreign Policy Making. ISSN: 2386-9453. Her forthcoming publication includes “Reframing the Refugee Crisis: Resistances and Solidarities,” in Paula Banerjee (Ed) On the Margins of Protection, (Orient Black Swan Private Limited, 2021). Click here to download CV