Rishav Kumar Thakur

Rishav Kumar Thakur

Research Interests

Gender, Sexuality, Genealogy, Ancestrality
Language, Social Theory, Critical Theory
War, Nationalism, Displacement, Trauma
Institutions, Law, Governmentality

Research Concentrations

Ethnicity and nationalism, Media, Queer and Feminist theory 

Regions

India, Northeast India

Biography

Rishav studies articulations of, and claims around, identity and belonging in Assam, India. In doing so, his work aims to understand patterns of violence, dissent and queer imaginations of community in the region. 

Education

Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, BA (Honours) Economics, 2013

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, MA Development Studies, 2016

2020. "Resisting a riot in Bodoland, Northeast India." Issues: A Multilingual journal of short essays. 

2020. "Book Review of ‘A Socialist Peace? Explaining the Absence of War in an African Country by Mike McGovern’." Allegra Labs. 

2020. “India and its Northeast: an interview with Political Scientist Sanjib Baruah.” Borderlines [online platform of Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (CSSAAME)]. 

2019. “Tracing the continuities of Violence in Bodoland.” In Fragrance of Peace series. Zubaan Press.