Dr. Radhika Gupta, 2011-2013
Curriculum Vitae
Radhika Gupta is now at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at Goettingen University.
Radhika Gupta finished a PhD in Social
Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Titled ,Piety, Politics, and
Patriotism in Kargil, India', her doctoral dissertation discusses the
rise of regional and sectarian consciousness among the Shia Muslims of
Kargil - a region located on India's north-western border with Pakistan.
She is interested in exploring how ideas, ideologies, and cultural
flows from a transnational Islamic sphere might relate to urban
religiosity among Muslims in Mumbai for her post-doctoral project. More
broadly, Radhika's research interests include post-colonial politics and
public spheres in South Asia, anthropology of religion, and Himalayan
studies.