Dr Rahul Rao
BA, LLB (India); DPhil (Oxon)
Overview
Department of Politics and International Studies
Senior Lecturer in Politics
SOAS South Asia Institute
Academic Staff, SOAS South Asia Institute
Centre for Gender Studies
Member
Centre for the International Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice (CCRJ)
Member
- Name:
- Dr Rahul Rao
- Email address:
- rr18@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0)20 7898 4534
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 4405
- On Sabbatical:
- 2015/16
Biography
Rahul Rao has research interests in international relations theory, the international relations of South Asia, comparative political thought, and gender and sexuality. He is currently working on a book on queer postcolonial temporality. His first book Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (Oxford University Press, 2010) explored the relationship between cosmopolitanism and nationalism in postcolonial protest. He was previously a Term Fellow in Politics at University College, Oxford. He has a law degree from the National Law School of India University, and read for a doctorate in international relations at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Teaching
PhD Students supervised
- Art Mitchells-Urwin, Pornography Consumption of Diasporic Thais: Shifting and Static Responses to Power and the Erotic
- Daniel Luther, Working title - Queering Normativity: Recovering the Small Voices of Sex in Literature and Film in India.
- Hinni Aarainsalo,
- Jacquelyn P. Strey, Queer Moments, Queer Imaginings: The everyday activism of queer women in India
- Lewis Turner, The Production of Masculinities in Syrian Refugee Camps in Jordan
- Priya Kumar, “Wireless Platforms and Borderless Grievance: An Analysis of Transnational Diaspora Linkages and Mobilization Outcomes” (Preliminary title)
- Sena Galazzi,
- Sruthi Muraleedharan , Symbolic Encounters: Identity, Performativity and Democratic Subjectivity in India (Preliminary Title)
Research
International relations theory, critical theory (especially postcolonial and queer
theory), comparative political thought, gender and sexuality, South Asia.
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Briefings
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Global
- South Asia
Country Expertise
Languages
Publications
Authored Books
Rao, Rahul (2010) Third World Protest: Between Home and the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Echoes of Imperialism in LGBT Activism.' In: Nicolaïdis, Kalypso and Sèbe, Berny and Maas, Gabrielle, (eds.), Echoes of Empire: Memory, Identity and Colonial Legacies. London: I. B. Tauris, pp. 355-372.
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Hijra.' In: Dharampal-Frick, Gita and Kirloskar-Steinbach, Monika and Dwyer, Rachel and Phalkey, Jahnavi, (eds.), Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 99-101.
Rao, Rahul (2014) 'The Elusiveness of 'Non-Western Cosmopolitanism'.' In: Gupta, Sonika and Padmanabhan, Sudarsan, (eds.), Politics and Cosmopolitanism in a Global Age. New Delhi: Routledge.
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'Postcolonialism.' In: Freeden, Michael and Sargent, Lyman Tower and Stears, Marc, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 271-289.
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Cosmopolitanism.' In: Chimni, Bhupinder S. and Mallavarapu, Siddharth, (eds.), International Relations: Perspectives for the Global South. Delhi: Pearson, pp. 195-209.
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism: Making Place for Nationalism.' In: Tripathy, Jyotirmaya and Padmanabhan, Sudarsan, (eds.), The Democratic Predicament: Cultural Diversity in Europe and India. New Delhi: Routledge, pp. 165-187.
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'Queer in the Time of Terror.' In: Narrain, Arvind and Gupta, Alok, (eds.), Law Like Love: Queer Perspectives on Law. New Delhi: Yoda Press, pp. 43-66.
Articles
Rao, Rahul (2016) 'Recovering Reparative Readings of Postcolonialism and Marxism.' Critical Sociology . pp. 1-12.
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Re-membering Mwanga: same-sex intimacy, memory and belonging in postcolonial Uganda.' Journal of Eastern African Studies, 9 (1). pp. 1-19.
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Global Homocapitalism.' Radical Philosophy, 194 . pp. 38-49.
Rao, Rahul (2014) 'Queer Questions.' International Feminist Journal of Politics, 16 (2). pp. 199-217.
Rao, Rahul (2014) 'The locations of homophobia.' London Review of International Law, 2 (2). pp. 169-199.
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Review Essay: Revisiting Cartographic Anxiety.' Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 49 (3). pp. 575-592.
Rao, Rahul (2010) 'Disciplining Cosmopolitanism.' Transnational Legal Theory, 1 (3). pp. 393-420.
Rao, Rahul (2004) 'The Empire Writes Back (to Michael Ignatieff).' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 33 (1). pp. 145-166.
Rao, Rahul (2000) 'The UN and NATO in the New World Order: Legal Issues.' International Studies, 37 (3). pp. 157-181.
Monographs
Rao, Rahul and Weber-Venghaus, Svenja and Sasser, Brandie (2001) Implementation of Operational Directive 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples: An Independent Desk Review, Background Paper 1: A Review of Selected Issues Related to Indigenous Peoples.
Book Reviews
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Review: 'The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neoliberalism' by Paul Amar.' philoSOPHIA, 5 (2). pp. 336-340.
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'Listening to the avant-garde.' Ethics & Global Politics, 6 (2). pp. 101-107.
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'Review: 'Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics' by Naisargi N. Dave.' ID: International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs, 3 . pp. 191-197.
Rao, Rahul (2008) 'Review: 'The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future' by Martha Nussbaum.' Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 37 (1). pp. 245-247.
Rao, Rahul (2005) 'Review of 'Sarai Reader 05: Bare Acts'.' Oxonian Review of Books, 4 (3).
Other
Rao, Rahul (2016) 'On Statues.' The Disorder of Things [Online] .
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'Love in the Time of El Período Especial.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2015) 'A Debate Around John Hobson's 'The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics'.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2014) 'Cavity Searches in Intern(ation)al Relations.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2014) 'Staying positivist in the fight against homophobia.' Sexuality Policy Watch Newsletter, 14 .
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'Sour Lips: A Review.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2013) 'The Queer Art of Whistle Blowing.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'On 'gay conditionality', imperial power and queer liberation.' Kafila .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'Researching Sexuality in ‘Difficult’ Contexts.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2012) 'How Many Buddhists Are There in Northern Ireland?' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'War theatre: Black Watch.' openDemocracy .
Rao, Rahul (2011) 'Dalston: a worm's eye view.' The Disorder of Things .
Rao, Rahul (2010) 'In defence of Sex and the City 2.' openDemocracy .
Rao, Rahul (2008) 'Mumbai: Why?' Global Policy Forum .
Rao, Rahul (2005) 'Blenheim and Bangalore.' New Internationalist (382).
Rao, Rahul (2004) 'World Social Forum Mumbai: Included Out?' Mute: culture and politics after the Net (27).
Rao, Rahul (1999) 'Social Clauses: Here to Stay.' Global Policy Forum .
