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Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2006)
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No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr Paul Fletcher 01.08.2006 30.09.2006 UK Dept of Religious Studies,

Lancaster University
p.fletcher.ac.uk
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2007)
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No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Ms Carolyn Penfold 07.06.2007 30.06.2007 Australia Faculty of Law,

The University of New South Wales,Sydney
c.penfold[at]unsw[dot]edu[dot]au
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2008)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Prof. Govindjee 03.01.2008 24.02.2008 USA University of illinois, Urbaba

Illinois, USA
 
2
Dr Johannes Dillinger 07.01.2008 26.01.2008 Germany Dept of Modern History

University of Trier, Trier 
dillinger[at]uni-trier[dot]de
3
Prof. Gail. Olivia Pearson 09.01.2008 18.04.2008 Australia Faculty of Economics and Business,

University of Sydney , Sydney
g.pearson[at]econ[dot]usyd[dot]edu[dot]au
4
Dr. Daud Robert Ali 11.01.2008 19.03.2008 London, UK Dept. of History,

School of Oriental and African Studies 
da7[at]soas[dot]ac[dot]uk 
5
Prof. Christine Ann Gledhill 12.01.2008 24.05.2008 UK Professor of Cinema Studies,

University of Sunderland,  London
c.gledhill[at]zen[dot]co[dot]uk
6
Prof. Alexandra Safronova 15.01.2008 13.02.2008 Russia Dept. of South Asian History

Institue of Asian and African Studies

Moscow State University,Moscow
alsavlor[at]cnt[dot]ru
7
Dr. Norbert Schurer 19.01.2008 01.06.2008 UK Foundation for International Education, London nschurer[at]csulb[dot]edu 
8
Dr. David Lockwood 02.02.2008 23.02.2008 Australia Head, Dept. of History, 

Flinders University, Adelaide
david.lockwood[at]flinders[dot]edu[dot]au
9
Dr. J. Edgar Bauer 06.02.2008 05.08.2008 Germany Heidelberg j.edgarbauer[at]t-online[dot]de.
10
Prof. Dafydd Gibbon 02.03.2008 12.04.2008 Germany Dept. of English Studies & Linguistics, 

University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld
gibbon[at]uni-bielefeld[dot]de 
11
Dr. Laurent Pordie 10.04.2008 04.05.2008 India Head, Dept. of Social Sciences, 

French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry
laurent.pordie[at]ifpindia[dot]org
12
Dr. Vasileios Syros 21.06.2008 02.09.2008 Finland  Dept of History, 

University of Helsinki,Helsinki
vasileios.syros[at]helsinki[dot]fi
13
Dr. Philip K. Oldenburg 01.07.2008 30.08.2008 USA Dept. Of Political Science,

Southern Asian Institute, 

Columbia University,USA
 
14
Dr. Veena Talwar Oldenburg 01.07.2008 30.08.2008 USA Dept of History,

Baruch College, 

City University of New York
 
15
Prof. Richard William Allen 04.07.2008 23.08.2008 USA Professor and Chair of Cinema Studies, 

New York University
richard.allen[at]nyu[dot]edu
16
Dr. Verena Widorn 01.10.2008 02.11.2008 Austria University of Vienna, Vienna  
17
Mr. Sean McAllister 01.10.2008 01.11.2008 Austria University of Vienna, Vienna  
18
Dr. Klaus Vondrove 04.10.2008 19.10.2008 Austria University of Vienna, Vienna  
19
Dr. Nikolaus Schindel  04.10.2008 19.10.2008 Austria University of Vienna, Vienna  
20
Dr. Michael Alram 06.10.2008 11.10.2008 Austria University of Vienna, Vienna  
21
Prof. Deborah K. Salter  01.10.2008 02.11.2008 Austria Professor of Asian Art History,

University of Vienna, Vienna
 
22
Prof. Ari Sitas 02.11.2008,

23.03.2009,

04.03.2010
31.12.2008,

25.04.2009,

06.04.2010
South Africa  Professor of  Sociology, Industrial, 

Organisational and Labour Studies Department, 

University of  KwaZulu -Natal, Durban
sitas[at]ukzn[dot]ac[dot]za,

rawatlalj[at]ukzn[dot]ac[dot]za
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2009)
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No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Prof. Christine Chojnacki 11.07.2008 23.02.2009 France Professor of Sanskrit and Prakrit, 

University of Lyon, Lyon
 
2
Prof. Brinsley Samaroo 10.11.2008 19.01.2009 West Indies Faculty of Humanities and Education, 

The University of West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago
eunie1234[at]hotmail[dot]com,

samar[at]tstl[dot]net[dot]tt
3
Prof. Christopher J. De. Wet 04.01.2009 17.01.2009 South Africa Professor of Anthropology,

Rhodes University,SA.

*Former holder of  the Nelson Mandela Chair of African Studies, JNU
c.dewet[at]ru[dot]ac[dot]za
4
Prof. Macro Zannetti 08.01.2009 18.02.2009 Italy Professor of Statistical Mechanics(Plasma Physics),

Dept. of Science, The University of Salerno
zannetti[at]sa[dot]infn[dot]it
5
Dr. Pritam Singh 09.01.2009 31.08.2009 UK Sr Lecturer, in Economics,

Oxford Brookes University Business School, 

Oxford
psingh[at]brookes[dot]ac[dot]uk
6
Dr. Meera Nanda 16.01.2009 23.12.2009 USA Research Associate,

Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture,Trinity College, Hartford,USA.

* Research fellow, Religion & Science, 

John Templeton Foundation, Hartford,USA
meerananda[at]comcast[dot]net
7
Prof. Elvira Carvajal 18.01.2009 11.02.2009 Brazil Dept. of Cellular Biology and Genetics,

State University of Rio de  Janeiro,Brazil
 
8
Dr. Mathew  McCartney 18.01.2009 08.06.2009 England Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, 

School of Oriental and African Studies,

University of London,England
mm80[at]soas[dot]ac[dot]uk
9
Prof. Adrienne  L. Kaeppler 27.01.2009 03.03.2009 USA Social/Cultural Anthropologist.

Curator at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
kaepplea[at]si[dot]edu
10
Prof. Robert  Douglas Jessop 25.02.2009 06.04.2009 UK Director. Institute of Advanced Studies, 

Professor of Sociology, Lancaster University , England
b.jessop[at]lancaster[dot]ac[dot]uk
11
Dr. Ngai-Ling Sum 25.02.2009 06.04.2009 UK Program Director on Globalization & Information Age.

Dept. of Politics and International Relations, 

County South College, 

Lancaster University ,England
n.sum[at]lancaster[dot]ac[dot]uk
12
Prof. David Weberman 02.03.2009 30.04.2009 Hungary Dept. of Philosophy, 

The Central European University, Budapest
webermand[at]ceu[dot]hu
13
Dr. Allain Cerwonka 02.03.2009 30.04.2009 Hungary Associate Professor & Head,

Dept. of Gender Studies,

Central European University,Budapest
cerwonkaa[at]ceu[dot]hu
14
Dr. Charles Merewether 16.03.2009 23.04.2009 Australia Art History, University of Sydney,Sydney.

 
charles.merewether[at]gmail[dot]com
15
Prof. Olutayo C. Adesina 01.06.2009 31.07.2009 Nigeria Dept.of History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan olutayo27[at]gmail[dot]com

olutayo27[at]yahoo[dot]com
16
Prof. Stefan Borbely 02.07.2009 31.08.2009 Romania Dept. of Universal and Comparative Literature,

Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca
stefanborbely[at]yahoo[dot]com

stefan.borbely[at]gmail[dot]com
17
Dr. Antti Ruotsala 03.07.2009 28.12.2009 Finland Dept. of History, University of Helsinki,Finland aruotsal[at]mappi[dot]helsinki[dot]fi
18
Prof. Jean Boutier 05.07.2009 31.08.2009 France Professor (Directeur d' Etudes)

at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales,

 Marseille
boutier[at]ehess[dot]univmed[dot]fr
19
Prof. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo 01.11.2009 29.11.2009 Italy Dipartimento de Study Sociali

Economici, Attuariali e demografici,

Universita di Roma
cristina.marcuzzo[at]uniroma1[dot]it
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2010)
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No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Michael Dusche 26.07.2009 21.07.2010 Germany Research Scholar,University of Erfurt,Berlin mdusche[at]gmx[dot]de
2
Dr. Jozsef Borocz 13.08.2009 27.07.2010 USA Dept. of Sociology, Rutgers University, NJ jborocz[at]rutgers[dot]edu

jborocz[at]colbud[dot]hu
3
Dr. Helen Susanna Lambert 24.08.2009 09.07.2010 UK Sr.Lecturer in Medical Anthropology,

Dept. of Social Medicine,

University of Bristol,Bristol
h.lambert[at]bristol[dot]ac[dot]uk
4
Dr. Dare Clubb 31.08.2009 02.01.2010 USA Dept. of Theatre Arts, 

University of Iowa, Iowa City
dare-clubb[at]uiowa[dot]edu
5
Prof. Marta Dvorak 01.09.2009 31.08.2010 France Professor or World Literatures,

Institut du Monde Anglophone,

Universite Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle,Paris
dvorakmarta[at]aol[dot]com
6
Prof. Veneeta Dayal 03.09.2009 31.07.2010 USA Acting Dean of Humanities,

School of Arts and Sciences, 

Professor of Linguistics,Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey,NJ
dayal[at]rci[dot]rutgers[dot]edu
7
Prof. William S. Sax 04.09.2009 30.03.2010 Germany Professor and Head,Dept. of Ethnology, 

South Asia Institute, Heidelberg
william.sax[at]urz[dot]uniheidelberg[dot]de
8
Prof. Brian Roger Tomlinson 25.09.2009 24.03.2010 UK  Dean. School of Oriental and African Studies

University of London,London
tomilsen1[at]aol[dot]com,

tt2[at]soas[dot]ac[dot]uk
9
Dr. Tadd  Graham Fernee 14.12.2009 23.10.2010 France Research Scholar, Paris, tfernee[at]hotmail[dot]com
10
Dr. Sunil Sharma 04.01.2010 20.04.2010 USA Research Scholar, History indopersian[at]rediffmail[dot]com
11
Prof. Jayati Lal 01.02.2010 31.10.2010 USA Dept. of Sociology and Women's Studies,

Centre for South Asian Studies, 

University of Michigan
jlal[at]umich[dot]edu
12
Prof. Hans Henrich Hock 01.02.2010 31.03.2010 USA Professor of Lingustics and Sanskrit, 

University of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign, Urbana
hhhock[at]illinois[dot]edu

hhhock[at]uiuc[dot]edu
13
Dr. Silke Schicktanz 28.02.2010 06.04.2010 Germany University Medical Centre Goettingen

Dept. for Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
silke.schicktanz[at]medizin[dot]uni-goe
14
Dr. Tess Onwueme 11.08.2010 24.08.2010 USA Distinguished Professor,

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire ,Wisconsin
onwuemto[at]uwec[dot]edu
15
Dr. Motti Lerner 13.08.2010 31.10.2010 Israel Playwright & Screenwriter, Tel Aviv University motti[at]macam[dot]ac[dot]in

motti_lerner[at]hotmail[dot]com
16
Dr. Margarita Olivera 19.09.2010 18.12.2010 Italy Dept. of Economics and Quantitative Methods,

University of Pavia
margarita.olivera[at]unipv[dot]it

marga.oli[at]gmail[dot]com
17
Dr. Andres  Lazzarini 19.09.2010 18.12.2010 Italy Dept. of Economics and Quantitative Methods,

University of Pavia
alazzarini[at]gmail[dot]com

andres.lazzarini[at]eco[dot]unipv[dot]it
18
Dr. Gunnel Cedeerlof 22.10.2010 14.11.2010 Sweden Dept. of History

Uppsala University
gunnel.cederlof[at]hist[dot]uu[dot]se
19
Prof. James  Gilmore Manor 06.11.2010 10.12.2010 UK Institute of Commonwealth Studies,

University of London,London
james.manor[at]sas[dot]ac[dot]uk
20
Dr. Gyanesh Kudaisya 01.12.2010 for 4 months Singapore Associate Professor in South Asian Studies,

Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences,

National University of Singapore
sasgk[at]nus[dot]edu[dot]sg
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2011)
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No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Yuko Nikaido 28.03.2010 15.03.2011 Japan Faculty of Economics, Musashi University, Tokyo nikaido[at]cc[dot]musashi[dot]ac[dot]jp
2
Dr. Sudipto Chatterjee 15.07.2010 15.01.2011 UK Dept. of English and Drama,

Loughborough University
s.chatterjee[at]Iboro[dot]ac[dot]uk

sc.abroad[at]gmail[dot]com 
3
Dr. Proshot Kalami 15.07.2010 15.01.2011 UK Dept. of English and Drama, 

Loughborough University, Loughborough
p.kalami[at]Iboro[dot]ac[dot]uk
4
Prof. Peter Alexander 08.10.2010 22.01.2011 South Africa Professor of Sociology,

Director, Centre for Sociological Research,

University of Johannesburg
palexander[at]uj[dot]ac[dot]za
5
Dr. Christian Comeliau 01.11.2010 02.01.2011 France Senior Economist,

Foundation Maison des Sciences de I'Homme (FMSH), Paris
 
6
Dr. Silvia D’Intino 15.11.2010 14.01.2011

04.02.2011
France National Centre for Scientific Research,

Centre ANHIMA for Comparative Studies in 

Anthropology and History of Ancient Sciences
dintino[at]ehess[dot]fr
7
Dr. Mark Betz 07.01.2011 06.03.2011 UK Film Studies Dept.

School of Arts and Humanities

King's College, University of London
mark.betz[at]kcl[dot]ac[dot]uk
8
Dr. Natasa Miskov ic 01.03.2011 22.04.2011 Switzerland  Dept. of History, Zurich University, Zurich miskovic[at]access[dot]uzh[dot]ch
9
Prof. Anne Marie Thiesse 03.08.2011 28.09.2011 France Professor and Director

National Centre of Scientific Research
athiesse[at]ens[dot]fr
10
Prof. Pushpa Raj Adhikari 17.08.2011 13.12.2011 Nepal Associate Professor, Central Department of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal  
11
Dr. Tinu Ruparrel 23.08.2011 02.11.2011 USA Associate Professor. Dept. of Religious Studies,

University of Calgary
ruparell[at]ucalgary[dot]ca
12
Prof. Astrid Zei 24.08.2011 13.09.2011 Italy Adjunct Professor for Comparative Public Law,

University of Rome
astrid.zei[at]uniroma1[dot]it
13
Prof. Tito Marci 24.08.2011 13.09.2011 Italy Professor. Dept. of Politicial Studies,

University of Rome
tito.marci[at]uniroma1[dot]it
14
Dr. Stephan Legg 11.09.2011 18.12.2011 UK Associate Professor

School of Geography,

University of Nottingham, University Park Nottingham
stephen.legg[at]nottingham[dot]ac[dot]uk
15
Dr. Briesen Detlef 04.10.11 20.12.2011 Germany Dept. of History

University of Giessen
briesen[at]fb1[dot]uni-siegen[dot]de
16
Dr. Clarisse Herrenschmidt 07.10.2011 13.12.2011 France Researcher,

National Centre of  Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris
 
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2012)
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Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Richa Nagar 12.08.2011 11.04.2012 USA Professor of Gender,Woman & Sexuality Studies.

Associate Dean for Faculty,

College of Liberal Arts,

University of Minnesota
nagar[at]umn[dot]edu
2
Dr. Utpal Lahiri 27.09.2010 19.01.2012 India p-14, Sahitya Parisad Street, Kolkata ulahiri[at]alum[dot]mit[dot]edu
3
Dr. Takahiro Sato 10.06.2011 08.04.2012 Japan Assiciate Professor,

Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration,

Kobe University,Kobe
takahiro[at]rieb[dot]kobe-u[dot]ac[dot]jp
4
Dr. Annu Jalais 11.08.2011 31.03.2012 USA Post-doctoral Fellow,

Agrarian Studies Programme

Yale University
annujalais[at]gmail[dot]com
5
Prof. Richa Nagar 12.08.2011 11.04.2012  USA Professor of Gender,Woman & Sexuality Studies.

Associate Dean for Faculty,

College of Liberal Arts,

University of Minnesota
 
6
Dr. Deborah Sutton 29.09.2011 10.02.2012 UK Dept. of History

Lancaster University,Lancaster
d.sutton[at]lancaster[dot]ac[dot]uk
7
Dr.  Claire Joubert 06.11.2011 23.01.2012 France Professor of English Literature

Dept. of English Literary Studies,

University of  Paris, Paris
claire.joubert[at]univ-paris8[dot]fr
8
Prof. Shen Han 23.12.2011 05.02.2012 China Professor , Dept. of History,

Nanjing University, Nanjing
shenhan.nju[at]gmail[dot]com

shenhan[at]hotmail[dot]com
9
Prof. Bobby Bannerjee 04.01.2012 31.03.2012 Australia Professor of Management and Associate Dean of Research,

College of Business and Law

University of Western Sydney, Sydney
b.banerjee[at]uws[dot]edu[dot]au
10
Prof. John Perry 09.01.2012 15.03.2012 USA Professor of Persian (Emeritus)

Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,

The University of Chicago,Chicago
j-perry[at]uchicago[dot]edu
11
Dr. Tabish Khair 13.01.2012 05.05.2012 Denmark Associate Professor

English Section,

Dept. of Aesthetics and Communication,

Aarthus University, Denmark
tabish_khair[at]hotmail[dot]com

engtk[at]hum[dot]au[dot]dk
12
Dr. Saikat Majumdar 18.01.2012 05.05.2012 USA Assistant Professor

Dept. of English,

Stanford University
majumdar[at]stanford[dot]edu
13
Dr. Subhasree Chakravarty 18.01.2012 05.05.2012 USA Lecturer,

Program in Writing and Rhetoric,

Stanford University
subhochak[at]yahoo[dot]com
14
Dr.  Vibha Srivastava 27.01.2012 06.03.2012 USA Associate Professor of Plant Biotechnology,

Dept. of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences,

Division of Agriculture,

University of Arkansas, Arkansas
vibhas[at]uark[dot]edu
15
Dr. Janelle Reinelt 01.02.2012 29.02.2012 UK Professor of Theatre and Performance,

University of Warwick
j.reinelt[at]warwick[dot]ac[dot]uk
16
Dr. Valdimir Boyko 11.02.2012 11.04.2012 Russia Professor, Asian Studies and 

Director, Centre for Regional Studies

Altai State Pedagogical Academy,Bernaul
vboyko2001[at]yahoo[dot]com
17
Dr. Karin M. Polit 13.02.2012  31.03.2012 Germany Senior Lecturer and Researcher,

Institute of Ethnology, 

Heidelberg University
 
18
Dr. Salma K Sonntag 01.03.2012 05.04.2012 USA Professor. Dept. of Politics,

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA95521
Selma.Sonntag[at]humboldt[dot]edu
19
Dr. Peter Arnds 08.03.2012 02.06.2012 Ireland Director of Comparative Literature and Literary Translation,

Trinity College, Dublin
 
20
Prof. SinhaRaja  Tammita-Delgoda 10.04.2012 16.05.2012 Sri Lanka Associate Professor

Bandarnaike Centre of International Studies, Nawala, Rajagiriya
srtd[at]eol[dot]lk
21
Prof. Rajani K. Kanth 16.04.2012 14.05.2012 USA Professor of History,

Harvard University,Salt Lake City
rkanth[at]fas[dot]harvard[dot]edu
22
Prof. Ali Kucukler 01.07.2012 31.08.2012 Turkey Vice-Dean

Faculty of Arts,

Erciyes University, Kayseri
akucukler[at]erciyes[dot]edu[dot]tr
23
Dr. Daniel S. Roberts 19.08.2012 18.09.2012 UK Reader

School of English

Queen's University,Northern Ireland
d.s.roberts[at]qub[dot]ac[dot]uk
24
Dr. Amit Das Gupta 03.09.2012.

24.02.2013
26.04.2013 Germany Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Humanities & Social Sciences,

Jacobs University, Bremen
amitrdasgupta[at]gmx[dot]de
25
Dr. Tim Allender 25.08.2012 20.09.2012 Australia Associate Professor,

Department of History

Faculty of Arts,

University of Sydney
tim.allender[at]sydney[dot]edu[dot]au
26
Dr. Sandra M. Leitner 27.09.2012 24.05.2012 Austria Reasearcher, Vienna Institute for International Economics Studies,

Johannes Kepler University Linz
sleitner[at]wiiw[dot]ac[dot]at
27
Dr. Johanna Maria (Hanne) de Bruin 01.10.2012 17.10.2012 Netherland Dept. of Indology/India Centre, 

Wurzburg University

Germany
kattaiku[at]gmail[dot]com
28
Prof. Eunan O’ Halpin  07.10.2012 31.12.2012 Ireland Director of Comparative Irish History,

Dept. of History, Trinity College, Dublin
OHALPINE[at]tcd[dot]ie
29
Dr. Pratik Chakrabarti 08.10.2012 07.12.2012 UK School of History,

University of Kent,

Rutherford College,Canterbury
p.chakrabarti[at]kent[dot]ac[dot]uk

pratikch[at]yahoo[dot]com
30
Dr. A. Aneesh 12.10.2012 9 months USA Associate professor of Sociology and Global Studies,

University of Wiscohnsin -Milwaukee, Milwaukee.
aneesh[at]uwm[dot]edu
31
Prof. Monika Wohlrab-Sahr 15.10.2012 28.12.2012 Germany Professor of Cultural Sociology,

Institute for the Study of Culture,

University of Leipzig, Leipzig
wohlrab[at]uni-leipzig[dot]de

wohlrab[at]rz[dot]uni-leipzig[dot]de
32
Prof. Stephanos Stephanides 25.10.2012 19.12.2012 Cyprus Professor of English and Comparative Literature,

Dept. of English Studies,

University of Cyprus, Cyprus
steve[at]ucy[dot]ac[dot]cy
33
Dr. Sachi G. Dastidar 02.11.2012 23.12.2012  USA Distinguished Service Professor,

State University of New York,

Old Westbury , New York
dastidarS[at]oldwestbury[dot]edu
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2013)
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Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Jean-Numa Gillet 10.05.2012 09.05.2013 Belgium Lecturer,

Member of Materials Research Society
jngillet[at]gmail[dot]com
2
Dr. Erica Bornstein 12.10.2012 01.06.2013 USA Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthroplogy,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
elbornst[at]uwm[dot]edu
3
Dr. Julien Francois Gerber 19.10.2012 17.10.2013 USA Visiting Fellow, Dept. of Economics, Harvard University  
4
Dr.  Syed Badrul Ahsan 11.12.2012 01.12.2013 Bangladesh Executive Editor,

The Daily Star, Dhaka
bahsantareq[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
5
Prof. Indira Chatterji 03.01.2013 19.12.2013 France Professor of Mathematics,

University of Orleans
indira.chatterji[at]univ-orleans[dot]fr
6
Prof. Fracois Labourie 03.01.2013 19.12.2013 France

Dept of Mathematics

University of Paris

francois.labourie[at]math[dot]u-psud[dot]fr
7
Dr. Thierry R H Di Costanzo 07.01.2013 05.04.2013 France

Lecturer in English,

University of Strasbourg

 
8
Prof. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande 12.01.2013 18.04.2013 USA Professor Emerita, Dept. of Linguistics,

Religious Studies, Sanskrit, and Comparative Literature,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
rajpan73[at]gmail[dot]com
9
Dr. Anna V. Bochkovskaya 16.01.2013 15.02.2013 Russia Associate Professor,

Dept. Of South Asian History,Institute of Asian & Arican Studies,

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow
anna.bochkovskaya[at]gmail[dot]com
10
Prof Laura P Izarra    25.02.2013   22.04.2013    Brazil Dept Of Modern Language,

Faculty of Philosophy,Language and Social Science,

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
lizarra[at]usp[dot]br
11
Prof. Subrata K. Mitra 08.03.2013 07.08.2013 Germany Prof. & Head,

Dept. of Political Science, South Asia Institute,

University of Heidelberg
mitra[at]uni-heidelberg[dot]de
12
Dr. Johannes Quack 21.07.2013 05.09.2013 Germany Goethe University, Frankfurt  
13
Dr. Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi 19.08.2013 16.10.2013 Nigeria Dept. of History,

University of Ibadan, Ibadan
rasolaniyi[at]yahoo[dot]com
14
Prof. Paula Richman 02.09.2013 02.12.2013 USA Danforth Professor of South Asian Religions,

Dept. of Religion,

Oberlin College, Ohio
paula.richman[at]oberlin[dot]edu
15
Prof. Michael H. Fisher 02.09.2013 02.12.2013 USA Robert S. Danforth Professor of History, Oberlin College and Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio  
16
Dr. Peter Custers 03.09.2013 16.12.2013 Netherlands Independent Scholar/Writer, Burggravenlaan 105,  2313 HP Leiden,  
17
Prof. Bella Mody 16.09.2013 15.11.2013 USA School of Journalism and Mass Communication,University of Colorado, Colorado bella.Mody[at]colorado[dot]edu
18
Prof. Brij Vikash Lal 04.10.2013 03.12.2013 Australia Professor of Pacific and Asian History, School of Culture, History and Language; College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra brujlal[at]mail[dot]au
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2014)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Birgitte Bruun Nielsen 06.09.2013 30.01.2014 Denmark Consultant Associate Professor,

Aarhus University, Denmark
birgitte.bruun.neilsen[at]dadlnet[dot]dk
2
Prof. Hilary Silver 18.11.2013 16.01.2014 USA  Department of Sociology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA  
3
Prof. Audrius Beinorius  02.12.2013 31.01.2014 Lithuania Professor of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Director of Center of Oriental Studies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania  
4
Prof. Sandeep Kumar Agrawal 07.12.2013 03.01.2014 Canada School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto sagrawal[at]ryerson[dot]ca
5
Prof. Allen P. Minton 15.01.2014 14.03.2014 USA National Institute of Diabetes and 

Digestive and Kidney Diseases,

National Institutes of Health,

US Dept. of Health and Human Services 
minton[at]helix[dot]nih[dot]gov
6
Dr. Barbara Harriss-White 04.02.2014 16.03.2014 UK Emeritus Professor, School of Area Studies, Oxford University, UK  
7
Dr. Nona Shakhnazaryan 05.02.2014 24.04.2014 Russia Research Fellow, Center for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg, Russia shahnon[at]mail[dot]ru
8
Prof. Manav Ratti 05.02.2014 31.03.2014 USA Asstt. Professor, Department of English, Salisbury University, Maryland m.ratti[at]ymail[dot]com
9
Dr. Edith Foster    24.9.2014  12.11.2014 USA  Associate Professor of Ancient History Departmentof History and Political Science Ashland University, Ashland  
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2015)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Masaya Shishikura    01.02.2015 10.05.2015 Netherlands Affiliated FellowInternational Institute for Asian Studies,Leiden shishikuramasaya[at]gmail[dot]com
2
Prof. Barbiers Sjef   04.03.2015  30.03.2015 Netherlands

Meertens Institute

Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam

sjef.barbiers[at]meertens[dot]unaw[dot]nc
3
Prof. Khojamahmad Umarov   20.03.2015  20.05.2015 Tajikistan

Head of the Department of Macroeconomic Researches, Institute  of Economic Studies,

Ministry of Economy and Trade,Republic of Tajikistan

umarov2000[at]mail[dot]ru
4
Dr. Sanjukta Das Gupta  05.07.2015  31.08.2015 Italy

Dipartimento Instituto Italiano di Studi Orientali,

Sapienza University of Rome

Via P. Amedeo, 182/B,00185 Rome,

Italy

sanjujkta.dasgupta[at]uniroma1[dot]it
5
Dr. Pratik Chakrabarti 18.07.2015 20.08.2015 U.K.

University of Kent

Canterbury, CTIZDJ, UK

P.Chakrabarti[at]kent[dot]ac[dot]uk
6
Dr. Gordon McOuat 24.09.2015 17.12.2015 Canada Director, History of Science and Technology

Programme, University of King's College,

Halifax, N.S. Canada B3H2A1
gordon.mcouat[at]kings[dot]ca
7
Prof. Christian Wagner  01.10.2015  01.12.2015 Germany Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik 

Ludwigkirchplatz3-4, 

D-10719 Baerlin
christian.wagner[at]swp-berlin[dot]org
8
Prof. Tom Roeper 11.10.2015 24.10.2015 USA Professor of Linguistics

University of Massachusetts

Department of Linguistics

Amherst, M.A. 01003
roeper[at]linguist[dot]umass[dot]edu
9
Mr. Azman Ayob 15.10.2015 28.10.2015 Malaysia Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Administrative

Science & Policy Studies,

University Teknologi Mara (UTM)

40450 Shah Alam, Selangor
aanamza[at]gmail[dot]com
10
Prof. Dominic Rainsford  26.10.2015  20.12.2015 Denmark

Department of English

University of Aarhus

Denmark

dominic.rainsford[at]dac[dot]au[dot]dk
11
Prof. Christoph Wulf  16.11.2015  19.12.2015  Germany

Interdisciplinary Centre for istorical Anthropology,

Friee University

Berlin

chrwulf[at]zedat[dot]fu-berlin[dot]de
12
Dr. Svati Shah 05.12.15 30.05.15 U.S.A. Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality 

Studies, 

University of Massachusetts, 

Amherst, USA
svasreally[at]gmail[dot]com
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2016)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Rupal Oza 06.08.2015 01.01.2016 USA Associate Professor & Director,

The Women & Gender Studies Programme

Hunter College,CUNY, 695 Park Ave.
rupal.oza[at]hunter[dot]cuny[dot]edu
2
Prof. Shirin Rai 06.01.16 30.03.16 U.K. Department of Politics and International Studies, 

University of Warwick 

U.K.
shirin.rai[at]warwick[dot]ac[dot]uk
3
Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri 08.01.16 03.07.16 Thailand Faculty of Political Science 

Thammasat University 

Prachan Rd., Pranakorn 

Bangkok
jsombutpoonsiri[at]gmail[dot]com
4
Prof. Anirudh Krishna 11.01.16 15.05.16 USA Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor 

Sanford School of Public Policy 

Duke University 

Durban, USA
ak30[at]duke[dot]edu
5
Prof. Suvir Kaul 14.01.16 03.05.16 USA A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English 

Department of English 

University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia PA
kaul[at]english[dot]upenn[dot]edu
6
Prof. Ania Loomba 14.01.16 03.05.16 USA Catherine Bryson Professor of English 

Department of English 

University of Pennsylvania 

Philadelphia PA
loomba[at]english[dot]upenn[dot]edu
7
Prof. Lina M. Fruzzeti 15.01.16 30.04.16 USA Professor of Anthropology 

Brown University 

Box 1921, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Lina_Fruzzetti[at]brown[dot]edu
8
Dr. Renata Czekalska 17.01.16 15.03.16 Poland Associate Professor 

Institute of the Middle and Far East, 

Jagellonian University 

30-387 Karakow 

Poland
r.czekalska[at]uj[dot]edu[dot]pl
9
Prof. Ari Sitas 23.01.16 15.05.16 South Africa Department of Sociology 

University of Cape Town 

Private Bag, Roundebosch 770, 

Cape Town, South Africa
Ari.Sitas[at]uct[dot]ac[dot]za
10
Dr. Milan J.N. Meeterbhan 24.01.16 15.05.16 Mauritius Barrister, 

Morc. Eureka 

Moka, Mauritius
milan.jnm[at]gmail[dot]com
11
Dr. Ayhesha Ray 25.01.16 30.05.16 USA Associate Professor 

Department of Political Science 

King's College 

133 North River Street 

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-18711
ayesharay[at]kings[dot]edu
12
Dr. Peter Arnds 01.02.16 30.04.16 Dublin Director of Postgraduate Programme in 

Literary Translation and Comparative Literature, 

Trinity College Dublin 

5065 Art Building 

Dublin
arndsp[at]tcd[dot]ie
13
Prof. Anna Katharina 04.02.16 30.04.16 Switzerland Professor of Political Economy Michaelowa Institute of Political Science 

Affoltern St 56 

8050 Zurich, Switzerland
katja.michaelowa[at]pw[dot]uzh[dot]ch
14
Dr. Mammo Muchie 12.02.16 28.02.16 Pretoria Professor and NRF/DST Research Professor 

SARCHI lchair holder, 

IERI, TUT, Pretoria and South Africa on 

Innovation Studies, 

159 Skinner Street, 001 Pretoria
 
15
Ms. Zebuniso Malakhova 12.02.16 01.06.16 Tajikistan Research Fellow, 

Academy of Sciences, 

Dushanbe
 
16
Dr. Renaud Colson 22.02.16 05.05.16 France Associate Professor, 

Law & Political Sciences Faculty, 

University of Nantes
 
17
Dr. Christophe Guilmoto 16.03.16 13.04.16 France Sr. Research Fellow, 

Institute de rechereche pour le 

development (IRD), 

Paris
 
18
Prof. Radhika Mohanram 22.03.16 08.04.16 Cardiff School of English, Communication and 

Philosophy, 

Cardiff University, 

Cardiff CF 103EU
 
19
Dr. Sada Niang 01.05.16 22.05.16 Canada Professor 

French 

School of Humanities 

University of Victoria 

Canada
 
20
Dr. Costica Bradatan 24.06.16 23.09.16 USA Associate Professor,

Texas Tech University,

The Honors College,

PO Box 41017,

Lubbock, TX79409
costica.bradatan[at]ttu[dot]edu
21
Dr. Daniel Raveh 01.07.16 31.12.16 Israel Associate Professor,

Department of Philosophy,

Tel Aviv University (TAU),

Tel Aviv 69978
danra[at]post[dot]taau[dot]ac[dot]il
22
Dr. Suraiya N. Faroqhi 21.07.16 31.12.16 Turkey Professor,

Department of History, 

Istanbul Bilgi University, 

Santralitanbul Campus, 

Eyup, Istanbul
suraiya[at]lrz[dot]uninuenchen[dot]de
23
Prof. Babu Lal Tekwani 24.07.16 21.09.16 Mississippi Principal Scientist,

National Center for Natural Products 

Research (NCNPR), and 

Professor, 

Department of Pharmacology, 

School of Pharmacy, 

University of Mississippi
btekwani[at]olemiss[dot]edu
24
Dr. Lynn Meskell 24.07.16 03.08.16 California Professor of Anthropology

Stanford University 

Stanford
lmeskell[at]stanford[dot]edu
25
Dr. Sandra Barnreuther 31.07.16 30.09.16 Switzerland Post Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer,

Department of Social Anthropology 

and Cultural Studies, 

University of Zurich
sandra.baernreuther[at]uzh[dot]ch
26
Dr. Felix Padel 01.08.16 31.10.16 U.K. Pengwndwn, Pontfaen, 

Fishguard, 

Pembrokeshire SA65 9SH
felishmr[at]gmail[dot]com
27
Dr. Tara Prakash Tripathi 01.09.16 15.12.16 USA Associate Faculty,

College of Letters and Sciences, 

Arizona State University, Mesa, 

AZ 85212-2780
tara.tripathi[at]asu[dot]edu
28
Prof. Isabel Karremann 01.10.16 30.11.16 Germany Professor of English

Institute of Modern Philologies, 

Julius-Maximilians- Universitat Wurzburg, 

Am Hubland, 97074 Wurzburg 

Germany
isabel.karremann[at]uni-wuerzburg[dot]de
29
Professor Bandana Purkayastha 12.10.16 12.11.16 USA Professor & Head, Department of Sociology 

University of Connecticut, 

CT 06269-1068 

USA
Bandana.Purkayastha[at]uconn[dot]edu
30
Prof. Moshe Ma'oz 08.11.16 18.11.16 Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem
 
Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2017)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id
1
Dr. Krzysztof J. Pelc 12.12.16 30.04.17 Canada Associate Professor

McGill University 

Department of Political Science 

Montreal, QC Canada
kj.pelc[at]mcgill[dot]ca
2
Prof. Jules Simon 02.01.17 15.05.17 USA Department of Philosophy

University of Texas at EIPaso 

1319 N Florence St., 

El Paso TX 79902 USA
jsimon[at]utep[dot]edu
3
Dr. Benjamin Zachariah 05.01.17 05.05.17 Germany Sr. Research Fellow 

Forschungszentrum Europa 

Universitat Trier 

Universitatsring 15 

54296 Trier, Germany
zachariah[at]uni-trier[dot]de
4
Dr. Mark Betz 07.01.17 05.04.17 U.K. Reader in Film Studies 

Film Studies Department 

King's College London 

Strand, London WCZRZLS
mark.betz[at]kcl[dot]ac[dot]uk
5
Dr. Rajesh Khatiwada 08.01.17 30.06.17 France Lecturer(ATER) 

Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle 

Paris 3
rajesh.khatiwada[at]gmail[dot]com
6
Dr. Sarunas Paunksnis 10.01.17 10.05.17 Lithuania Associate Professor 

Department of Philosophy and Psychology 

Faculty of Social Sciences, 

Humanitgies and Arts, 

Kaunas University of Technology 

Mickeviciaus 37, Kaunas I.T -44244
paunksnis[at]gmail[dot]com
7
Dr. Anurima Banerjee 10.01.17 15.02.17 USA Assistant Professor 

Department of World Arts & Cultures 

University of California 

Los Angeles 

USA
anurima[at]atrts[dot]ucla[dot]edu
8
Dr. Raju Das 10.01.17 09.02.17 Canada Associate Professor 

Department of Geography and Development 

Studies, 

York University 

Toronto, Canada
rajudas[at]yorku[dot]ca
9
Prof. Sonia Amin 15.01.17 12.05.17 Bangladesh Professor & Chairperson 

Department of History 

Dhaka University 

Dhaka
aminsonia[at]gmail[dot]com
10
Prof. Shalva Weil 22.01.17 01.02.17 Israel Senior Researcher 

RIFIE 

Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

Mt. Scopus, Isreal
shalva.weil[at]mail[dot]huji[dot]ac[dot]il
11
Dr. Li Ling 25.01.17 25.05.17 China Researcher

National Museum of China

No.16, East Chang'an Avenue 

Beijing 
lilingart[at]sina[dot]com

1979009712[at]qq[dot]com
12
Dr. Manuela Ciotti 03.02.17 31.03.17 Denmark Associate Professor of Global Studies 

Department of Glob al Studies 

Aarhus University 

Denmark
manuela.ciotti[at]gmail[dot]com
13
Prof. Didier Coste 24.02.17 08.05.17 France Professor Emeritus 

Bordeux Montaigne University 

33607 Pessac Cedex (France)
didier.coste[at]gmail[dot]com
14
Prof. John Clammer

 
01.03.17 30.04.17 Japan Institute of Advanced Studies

U.N.U.

Tokyo, Japan
Clammer[at]unu[dot]edu

johnclammer[at]gmal[dot]com

      15

Prof Yunxia Li

31/7/2017

22/10/2017

China

Normal University, South Shi Jia Zhuang City Hebei

Lyx1971[at]aliyun[dot]com

     16

Dr. Allen Paul Minton

5/10/2017

5/12/2017

USA

National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

allenpminton[at]gmail[dot]com

     17

Prof. Tani Barlow (GIAN)

26/11/2017

11/12/2017

USA

Department of History, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, 77251

Barlow.tani[at]gmail[dot]com

     18

Prof Audrius Beinourius

2/12/2017

18/12/2017

Europe

Vilnius Lithunia Europe

Audrius.bcinorius[at]oc[dot]vu[dot]lt

     19

Prof Fabienne Dumontet (GIAN)

4/12/2017

18/12/2017

France

Renainssance French Literature and French

fabienne.dumontet[at]ens-lyor[dot]fr

Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies, JNU
             
Scholars invited as JNIAS Fellows (2018)
Sl 

No
Name Form To Country University /Organisation Mail Id

     1

Dr. Li Ling

16/11/2017

12/2/2018

China

Department One of Collection National Museum of China

lilingart[at]sina[dot]com

     2

Dr. Jayanathan Perumal Govender

6/12/2017

31/1/2018

South Africa

Industrial Organisation and Labour Studies, Society of Social Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Govenderj1[at]ukzn[dot]ac[dot]in

    3

Prof Peter Fule (GIAN)

10/12/2017

7/1/2018

USA

Northern Arizona University

Pete.fule[at]nau[dot]edu

    4

Dr. Yongkyu Chang

18/12/2017

28/1/2018

Korea

University of Foreign Studies, Korea

ykchang[at]jufs[dot]ac[dot]kr

   5

Ajay Agarwal (GIAN)

14/2/2018

22/2/2018

Canada

Department of Geography and Planning. Queen’s University, Kingston

Ajay.agarwal[at]queensu[dot]ca

    6

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Butz (GIAN)

12/3/2018

23/3/2018

Germany

University of Siegen, Germany

Butz.benjamin[at]t-online[dot]de

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