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Dr. Radhika Chopra

Dr.
  Associate Professor
     Dept of Sociology,
University of Delhi,
Delhi 110007
 
     
27667858
     radhika.chopra@gmail.com

Educational Qualifications

Sociology

University of Delhi

1993

Organization of Agricultural Labour: A Case Study in Punjab

Career Profile

Department of Sociology

Associate Professor

April 1986 to date

Subjects Taught

M.Phil

Theorising Masculinities; Women in Indian Society; Theory and Method

MA

Urban Sociology; Sociology of India; Gender and Society; Sociology of Kinship

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION/PRESENTATIONS

Transacting Asylum: Transnational Communities and Political Asylum
Workshop “Social In- and Exclusion in contemporary India and beyond
”Contemporary India Study Centre Aarhus (CISCA), Department of History and Area Studies, Aarhus University, 16-17 June, 2010

Visualising Masculinities
National Workshop on 'Gender and Masculinities'.
Pondicherry University, March 25-26, 2010

Descent to illegality: Transnational migrations of labouring men
VIII International Conference on Labour History
National Labour Institute March 18 – 20 2010

Transitions to illegality: Transnational migrations and labouring men
International workshop “Gendering Neoliberal Lifeworlds” Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, American University in Cairo, 19-22 May, 2009

Commemorating Hurt: Memorializing Operation Bluestar,
Center for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, 11 February, 2009
Department of History, University of Delhi, 21 January 2009
Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, 24 October, 2008

Transacting Asylum: Transnational Communities, Hospitality and Political Asylum
Università degli Studi di Milano, Sezione Di Studi Culturali, 31 October, 2008
Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, 4 November, 2008
International Centre for Ethnic Studies International Conference
"In Pursuit of Peace: Looking Back at 25 Years of ICES", 8th August, 2008

Visual Mnemonics: The Museum and Memorials to Operation Bluestar,
International Association of Historians of Asia, 20th Conference, JNU, New Delhi, 15th November, 2008

Sent Away Boys
Women’s Studies Program, JNU, 15th April 2008

Masculinity and Gender in the 21st Century
Institute of Social Studies Trust, Gender Policy Forums February 25, 2008

Volatile Sanctuary: Narratives of Political Asylum Seekers in Southall.
Le strade della partecipazione politica: Esclusione e attivismo nel nuovo millennio
Università degli Studi - Bicocca di Milano
Universita Bicocca,  Milan, 19 October 2007.

Commemorating Hurt ,
Conflitto, Religione, Diaspora, Seminario di Studi sull’Asia Meridionale,
Università di Perugia, 23 October, 2007

Masculinities and Gender, Vidvatva, Fulbright Lecture Series, January 17, 2007

The Male Veil? Interrogating a Discourse
University of Hyderabad, 30 March 2007

“Sent Away Boys”
Traveling Seminar “Exploring Masculinities” AAKAR
Department of Sociology, University of Delhi, 14 February, 2007
Department of Sociology, University of Pune, 16 February, 2007
Post Graduate Department of English, St. Aloysius College, Trichur, 20 February, 2007

“Is This My City?” Panel Discussion on Jagori (Women’s Collective) Report
India International Center, 1 March, 2007

“Projecting Panjabi Masculinity: The other text of Rang de Basanti”
Film Club, University of Delhi South Campus, 4 August, 2006

“Death and the Nation”
Visceral Nations: Daily practices of citizenship, belonging and emotions in South Asia. Conference South Asia Council, Yale University, 17 & 18 May 2006

“Sent away men: Masculinity, Militancy and Migration”
Department of Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway, March 28 2006
South Asia Center, University of Washington, Seattle, March 31 2006.

“Narrating the Supportive Practices of Men” Panel on Gendered Violence and Positive Masculinities in South Asia, SDPI Eighth Sustainable Development Conference, 7—9 December 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan

“Women, Safety and Urban Public Space in Delhi” Panel Discussion ‘Safety in Public Spaces’, Indian International Center, New Delhi, 5 December, 2005 (Organized jointly by Women’s Feature Service and Women Unlimited)

“Sent away men”
Traveling Seminar Series, University of Colombo and International Center for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October, 2005

“Hybrid Hijab”, Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, 'Sensuality of Anthropology' Seminar Series, September, 2005.

“Producing the Non-Resident: Risky Strategies and Family Plans”
Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, September 2005
South Asia Anthropologists Group, University of Sussex, September, 2005.
Department of Development Studies, DIIS, Copenhagen, September, 2005.

“Veiled Men”
Conference “Self and Subject: African and Asian Perspectives” Ferguson Center and Open University, Heriot Watt University, Scotland, September 2005.

“Masculinity and Veiling”,
National Conference on Women and Empowerment, Center for Women’s Studies and Department of History,  Alighar Muslim University, March, 2005

“New Directions in Research on Masculinity”,
Center for the Development of Higher Education and Women’s Studies Development Center, University of Delhi, December 2004.

“Supportive practices of men: A report from fieldwork in India”
Government of Sri Lanka and UNICEF ROSA, Yokohama Commitment, South Asia Mid-Term Review, Colombo, October, 2004.

“South Asian Masculinities: Teaching, Research and other Initiatives”
Indo-British Partnerships in Gender Equality, Women’s Studies Network, British Council, New Delhi, July, 2004

“Invisible Men: Masculinity and Veiling in South Asia”
New York University and The American University in Cairo, Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Conference, Cairo, December, 2003.

“Re-thinking Pro-Feminism”
Expert Group Meeting on ‘The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality’ DAW, ILO, UNAIDS, Brasilia, Brazil October 2003

Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Principal Investigator, UNIFEM, Regional Office for South Asia and University of Delhi, Project on “Curriculum Development: Men and Masculinities”. 2003.

Principal Investigator, UNIFEM, Regional Office for South Asia and University of Delhi, Project on “From Violence to Supportive Practice: Family, Gender and Masculinity in India”. 2000-2001.

Awards and distinctions

Post Doctoral Fulbright Fellowship, 1995-96

Junior Research Fellowship, Center of Advanced Studies in Sociology, University Grants Commission, 1980-1984

Charles Wallace (India) Trust, Grantee, 1996; 1998; 2000;2006

Association with Professional Bodies

Memberships

Editorial Board, Culture Society and Masculinities, Men’s Studies Press

Life Member, Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi

Other Activities

Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity

Member, Faculty of Social Sciences;

Member, Board of Research Studies in Humanities,

Advisor, Task Force on Public Spaces, Safety and Design, Delhi Urban Arts Commission Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

Consultant, Project Second Seminar Series “Exploring Masculinities”, Ford Foundation and AKAAR 2005-2007

Consultant, Project: Profiles of Change, UNIFEM Regional Office for South Asia, 2004

Coordinator, Workshop on “How to work with Boys and Young Men” UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Division for the Advancement of Women, Commission on the Status of Women, New York, March, 2004

Co-chair, U.N. Expert Group on the Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality, Brasilia, October, 2003