Dr Rahul Rao
BA, LLB (India); DPhil (Oxon)
Overview
Department of Politics and International Studies
Lecturer in Politics
Centre of South Asian Studies
Member, Centre of South Asian Studies
Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice
Member
Centre for Gender Studies
Member
Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD)
Lecturer in International Security
- Name:
- Dr Rahul Rao
- Email address:
- rr18@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4534
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 4424
- Office Hours:
- Mondays 1100-1300
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Approaches to Comparative Political Thought
- Comparative International Political Thought
- International Security
- Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
PhD Students supervised
- Art Mitchells-Urwin, Representations of the Thai body and locality within Western-produced pornography: Interactions and responses from those within and outside of the pornographic screen
- Hila Amit, “The New Hebrew Diaspora” - ’check-out’ migration: Queer Israelis and the Undoing of Zionism
- Jessica Kitsell, Queer Cambodia: using queer theory to question the heteronormativity of sex, gender and sexuality in post-conflict Cambodia
- Priya Kumar, “Wireless Platforms and Borderless Grievance: An Analysis of Transnational Diaspora Linkages and Mobilization Outcomes” (Preliminary title)
- Sruthi Muraleedharan , Symbolic Encounters: Identarian Performativity and Political Subjectivity [Tentative]
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
- Global
Country Expertise
- India
Languages
Publications
Authored Books
Rao, Rahul (2010) Third World Protest: Between Home and the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Cosmopolitanism.' In: Chimni, Bhupinder S. and Mallavarapu, Siddharth, (eds.), International Relations: Perspectives for the Global South. Delhi: Pearson, pp. 195-209.
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: Making Place for Nationalism.' In: Tripathy, Jyotirmaya and Padmanabhan, Sudarsan, (eds.), The Democratic Predicament: Cultural Diversity in Europe and India. New Delhi: Routledge, pp. 165-187.
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'Queer in the Time of Terror.' In: Narrain, Arvind and Gupta, Alok, (eds.), Law Like Love: Queer Perspectives on Law. New Delhi: Yoda Press, pp. 43-66.
Articles
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Review Essay: Revisiting Cartographic Anxiety.' Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 49 (3). pp. 575-592.
Rao, Rahul (2010) 'Disciplining Cosmopolitanism.' Transnational Legal Theory, 1 (3). pp. 393-420.
Rao, Rahul (2004) 'The Empire Writes Back (to Michael Ignatieff).' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 33 (1). pp. 145-166.
Rao, Rahul (2000) 'The UN and NATO in the New World Order: Legal Issues.' International Studies, 37 (3). pp. 157-181.
Monographs
Rao, Rahul and Weber-Venghaus, Svenja and Sasser, Brandie (2001) Implementation of Operational Directive 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples: An Independent Desk Review, Background Paper 1: A Review of Selected Issues Related to Indigenous Peoples.
Book Reviews
Rao, Rahul (2008) 'Review of Martha Nussbaum, The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future.' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 37 (1). pp. 245-247.
Rao, Rahul (2005) 'Review of 'Sarai Reader 05: Bare Acts'.' Oxonian Review of Books, 4 (3).
Other
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'Sour Lips: A Review.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'On 'gay conditionality', imperial power and queer liberation.' Kafila .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Researching Sexuality in ‘Difficult’ Contexts.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'How Many Buddhists Are There in Northern Ireland?' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'War theatre: Black Watch.' openDemocracy .
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'Dalston: a worm's eye view.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2010) 'In defence of Sex and the City 2.' openDemocracy .
Rao, Rahul (2008) 'Mumbai: Why?' Global Policy Forum .
Rao, Rahul (2005) 'Blenheim and Bangalore.' New Internationalist (382).
Rao, Rahul (2004) 'World Social Forum Mumbai: Included Out?' Mute: culture and politics after the Net (27).
Rao, Rahul (1999) 'Social Clauses: Here to Stay.' Global Policy Forum .
