The workshop will be conducted on 4th September 2021 at 4:00 PM IST on zoom. Register

About the speaker

Dr. Javed Iqbal Wani is a renowned academician and scholar who currently occupy the position of Assistant Professor at School of Law, Governance & Citizenship, Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Delhi, India. He completed his P.G. Diploma from Jamia Millia Islamia, NMCPCR on Conflict Analysis and Peace Building.  This was followed by a MA and M.Phil. from Center for Political Studies (CPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; and PhD from Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom. He has held two positions as Guest Faculty at the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia from 2011-2012 and at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (NMCPCR) Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 2016-2017. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom from 2014-2016.

Dr. Wani has authored several papers, news reports, book chapters, and review articles on various political issues. His research interests surround History, Culture & Politics of South Asia, particularly India. This can be narrowed down to issues pertaining to characteristics of the State, Ideology, Violence and Resistance. Contemporary focus of his work has been the issues related to ‘Law’, ‘Governmentality’, ‘Surveillance’, and ‘State of Exception’.