Prof. Subrata Kumar Mitra, Ph.D.
(Rochester, USA)
| Email: | mitra@uni-heidelberg.de |
Fields of Teaching, Research and Doctoral Supervision
- Citizenship: theory and measurement
- Comparative Politics, methodology, South Asian area studies
- Federalism
- Governance
- International Relations
- Negotiation
- Political Parties
- Rational Choice
- State formation in South Asia
Curriculum vitae
Education
- Ph.D. (Political Science)
University of Rochester (New York): 'Ideological Structure, Strategy and Cabinet Instability: a theoretical and empirical exploration.' - M.A. (Political Science)
University of Rochester (New York) - M.Phil. (Political Development)
Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) - M.A. (Political Science)
Delhi University (Delhi) - B.A. (Political Science)
Utkal University (Orissa)
Professional carrier
- 1971-1972: Lecturer in Political Science, Delhi University
- 1974-1976: Assistant Lecturer, University of Rochester (Department of Political Science)
- 1976-1977: Associate Director, Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi
- 1977-1979: Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi
- 1979-1980: Exchange Scholar, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme/EHESS,
- 1980-1982: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung, Ruhr- Universität Bochum Paris
- 1982-1985: Head, Department of Research and Development + Data Analysis, Institut Français d’Opinion Public, Paris
- 1985-1988: Lecturer in Politics, University of Hull, Hull/UK
- 1988-1993: Direktor, Centre for Indian Studies, University of Hull, Hull/UK
- 1994: Reader in Politics, University of Hull, Hull/UK
- 1994: Visiting Professor of Political Science, University of California/Berkeley
- 1994-2000: Professor for Political Science of South Asia, Heidelberg University
- 2000-2001: Professor of Politics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham
- Since 2001: C4-Professor for Political Science of South Asia, Heidelberg University
- 2004: Radhakrishnan Visiting Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad/India
- 2002 - 2006: President, Research Committee on Political Sociology, International Political Science Association
- 2002 - 2004: Geschäftsführender Direktor, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
- 2008-2010: Coordinator, Area A (Governance and Administration) of Excellence Cluster: Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows, supported by the German Research Council (DFG)
- 2011: Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of India and South Asia (CEIAS), Paris
Membership of outside bodies
- Editor, Advances in South Asian Studies, (Routledge, London)
- Editor, Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics (Heidelberg)
- Editor, Heidelberg Series in South Asian Studies (Delhi)
- Member of editorial board of the following journals:
- Contemporary South Asia, Oxford
- India Review, London
- International Journal of Hindu Studies, Illinois
- International Political Science Review, London (2004-2008)
- Journal of South Asian Development (Sage, Los Angeles)
- The Journal of Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Islamabad
- The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, London
- Visiting Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, 29 Rajpur Road Delhi 110054, India (from 1994)
- Member, German Association for Political Science (1994-2000)
- Member of the Advisory Council, International Institute of Federalism, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Political Studies Association, Convener, Specialist Group on South Asian Politics, PSA, UK, (1987-1994)
- British Association for South Asian Studies Member of National Executive, (1987-1989)
- Indian Political Science Association (Life Member)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London
- Chevalier des palmes académiques (2004)
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