Chair
Dr. Laurence Cooley, University of Birmingham
l.p.cooley@bham.ac.uk
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Muirhead Tower
Edgbaston
Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Vice-Chairs
Dr. Timofey Agarin, Queen’s University Belfast
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
Queen’s University Belfast
25 University Sq,
Belfast BT71NN
Northern Ireland, UK
Prof Ryo Nakai, University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
Division of Global Security and Energy Transition (Comparative Political Dynamics)
4-6-1 Komaba
Meguro-ku
Tokyo 153-8904
Japan
Board members
Dr Mithila Bagai, University of Delhi, India
Dr Natália Nahas Carneiro Maia Calfat, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Dr Damir Kapidžić, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr Rex Llonora, Far Eastern University, Philippines
Prof Bheki Mngomezulu, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Dr Cera Murtagh, Villanova University, United States
Prof Madhushree Sekher, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Dr Swadesh Singh, Satyawati College, University of Delhi, India
Ms Sheetal Sheena Sookrajowa, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
Background
Recognized as research committee in 1976.
Objectives
Focuses on the politics of ethnicity construed very broadly both in terms of methodology and orientation, ranging from broadly historical and deeply descriptive to more theoretical and empirically rigorous approaches. It touches upon such related themes as nationalism and nation-building; the formation and mobilisation of collective identities; cultural pluralism; irredentism; separatism; and the search for autonomy.
It also touches upon questions of race, religion, language, immigration and citizenship, concerns that are reflected in the titles of committee colloquia which deal with specific topics but may include both country-specific case studies as well as comparative analyses.
