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Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay Professor, Political Science
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
Tel. 250 853 3582
Professor, Political Science, University of Victoria, January 2011
Professor, Political Science, Memorial University, 2006 - December 2010
Professor, Political Science, Concordia, 2002- 2006 August
Associate Professor, Political Science, Concordia, 1995 – 2002
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Concordia, 1989 – 1995
Lecturer, Political Science, Concordia, 1981 –1989
Lecturer, Humanities, Vanier College, 1989
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Victoria, January 2011 – July 2014
Vice President (Academic) Pro Tempore, Memorial University July 2009 –October 2010
Dean, Faculty of Arts, Memorial University, 2006- June 2009
Chair, Political Science Department, Concordia, 1998-2005
Graduate Program Director, Political Science Department, Concordia, 1993-1995, 1996-1998
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Ph.D. Political Science, University of Chicago, 1990
M.A. Political Science, University of Chicago, 1975
M. Phil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1972
MA, University of Kashmir, (First Class First), 1971
BA (Hons.) University of Kashmir (First Class First),1968
Graduate Diploma in Management, McGill University, 1989
APPOINTMENTS TO EDITORIAL BOARDS
Member, Editorial Board, Politics and Governance Open Access, Cogitatio Press, Lisbon,
Portugal
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice,
Taylor and Francis Publishers, 2004-
Member, Editorial Board, Malviya Peace Institute, Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, India,
2002-
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Member, Editorial Board, PS Political Science, American Political Science Association, USA,
2003-2006.
Member, Editorial Board, Pacific Affairs, UBC, Canada, 2004- 2009
Member, Editorial Consultative Board International Encyclopedia of Political Science, Editors:
Bob Jarvis, George Kurian, 2005- 2009
Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Law and Society, UQAM, Montreal, 1998-2000.
Professional Appointments
Honorary Research Associate position at the Centre for India and South Asia Research, UBC,
2017-18.
Visiting Scholar, SOAS, University of London, Summer 2017.
Visiting Scholar, SOAS, University of London, Summer 2016.
International Associate, Society for Policy Studies, New Delhi, India, 2015-
Visiting Fellow, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies at Wassenaar, Netherland,
Winter 2015
Member, Centre for Studies and Research of India, South Asia and its Diaspora (CERIAS),
UQAM, Montreal, 2013-
CAPI Associate at the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, 2014-
Member, Canadian Political Science Association Board, 2010-2013.
President, Canadian Political Science Association, 2011-2012.
President Elect, Canadian Political Science Association, 2010-2011.
SSHRC Leader (Memorial University), The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada, 2008-2011.
Chair and Member, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships and CGS Scholarships Selection Committee
on Public and Private Policy Studies, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2009-
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2011
Member, Board of Directors, Atlantic Metropolis Centre, Halifax, 2007–2010
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Council of Area Studies of Learned Societies (including
Canadian Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies and the Middle Eastern
Studies), 2007 -09.
President, Canadian Association for Asian Studies. 2005 -2007.
Member, Board of Directors, and past President, Canadian Council of Area Studies of Learned
Societies (including Canadian Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies and the
Middle Eastern Studies), 2005-2007.
President, Canadian Council of Area Studies of Learned Societies (including Canadian Asian
Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies and the Middle Eastern Studies), 2002-2005.
Member, Canadian Political Science Association Jill Vickers Prize Committee, 2004-2006.
Executive Committee Member, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, 2001-2002.
Member, Canadian Political Science Association, Nominating Committee, 2001-2002.
Member, Executive Committee, Canadian Area Studies Association, 2000-2005.
Chair, India Studies Committee, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary. 1998-2001.
Concordia Director on the Board of Directors of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Calgary,
1997-99.
Member, Executive Committee, Canadian Association for Asian Studies, 1997-2005.
Member, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Network, 1997-present.
AWARDS
Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award, Concordia University, 2002.
RESEARCH PROFILE
Publications:
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Books, Refereed Articles, Chapters in Books and Encyclopedia Entries
2018 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Displacement and Refugees with Respect to Human Rights
Regimes”, Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, edited by Deborah C. Poff and
Alex C. Michalos.
2017 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Ashok Kapur, Modi’s Foreign Policy, Sage Publications,
Delhi, London.
Ken Carter and Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay Governance for the Rural Knowledge Economy in
Alex Marland Lisa Moore edited, Improving Democratic Governance in Newfoundland and
Labrador, ISER,
2017 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms, and
Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond Intractability? Chitralekhas Zutshi edited Kashmir:
History, Politics, and Representation, Cambridge University Press.
2016 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Protracted Displacement in Conflict Zones: Refugees and
Internally Displaced People in Jammu and Kashmir”, Migration, Mobility, & Displacement, vol.
2 (2): 91-109.
2016 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Russell Williams, Academic Editors, Special Issue,
“Supranational Institutions and Governance in an Era of Uncertain Norms”, Politics and
Governance, Vol 4, No 3 (2016)
2016,Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Russell Williams, “Norms, Institutions and Governance in
an Era of Uncertainty: Connecting the Disparate Scholarship”, Politics and Governance, Vol 4,
No 3: 1-4.
2015 Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, "Kashmir’s Contentious Politics: The More Things Change,
the More They Stay the Same", in Paul Wallace (ed) India’s 2014 Elections: Modi-led BJP
Sweep, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 231-257.
2014. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “The Diasporic Identity and Globalization: New Cultural
Politics in Hindi Cinema” in Neelam Trivedi etc edited Perspectives on governance and society :
essays in honour of Professor O.P. Dwivedi, Rawat Publications< Jaipur, India, pp. 91-107.
2013. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay with Josephine Smart and Mostaem Billah, “Labor Migration,
Citizenship, and Social Welfare in China and India”, in Douglas Besharov and Karen Baehler
edited, Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition, Oxford University Press, pp.
2012, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Beyond Parochialism and Domestic Preoccupation: the
current state of comparative politics in Canada”, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Volume
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45 / Issue 04; pp. 741-756
2011. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Amanda Bittner “Newfoundland and Labrador: Creating
Change in the Twenty-First Century”, in John Biles, Meyer Burstein, James Frideres, Erin
Tolley, and Robert Vineberg edited , Integration and Inclusion of Newcomers and Minorities
across Canada, Queens’s Policy Studies Series, McGill- Queen’s University Press, Montreal &
Kingston, Chapter 11, pp. 325 – 354.
2009. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Kashmir's Secessionist Movement Resurfaces: Ethnic
Identity, Community Competition, and the State”, Asian Survey, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp.924-950.
2008. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, edited, Asia: Local and Global Perspectives: Selected
Articles from the Conference of the Canadian Asian Studies Association 2006, Montreal:
Canadian Asian Studies Association (Conference Proceedings).
2008. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, James Kelly, Jean Mayer and Michael Lipson, Human Rights:
Global and Canadian Perspectives, Thompson Nelson Canada,
2008. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Julian Schofield “Why Pakistan Failed: Tribal Focoism in
Kashmir”, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp.22-38.
2008. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Csaba Nikoleyni, “Global Conflict and Conflict
Resolution: Alternative Strategies of Governance” in Dhirender Vajpeyi and Renu Khator
edited, Globalization, Governance, and Technology: Challenges and Alternative” Deep and
Deep Publishers, New Delhi, Chapter 12.
2007, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Csaba Nikolenyi , Andre Lecours, Bassel Saloukh and
Francesca Scala, Mapping the Political Landscape: An Introduction to Political Science,
Thompson Nelson Canada Second Edition.
2007. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Identity and Nationalism: Where are Women in Kashmiri
Politics?” in Speaking Across Borders: Women and Peacebuilding in India and Pakistan”
editors Shree Mulay and Jackie Kirk edited, Antham Press: A Publishing Unit of Wimbledon
Publishing Company, Delhi, pp. 111 -132.
2005. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Julian Schofield, “Institutional Causes of Indo-Pakistani
Rivalry” In T.V. Paul edited, The Indian Pakistan Conflict: An Enduring Rivalry, Cambridge
University Press, pp. 225-250.
2005. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Afghanistan: Multicultural Federalism as a Means to
Achieve Democracy, Representation and Stability” in Sid Noel Edited, Power Sharing in
Ethnically Divided Societies, Studies in Nationalism and Conflict Series, McGill Queen Press,
pp. 190-214.
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2005. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Kashmir” Encyclopaedia of India, (editor Stanley Wolpert)
Scribner and Thompson Gale, 4000 words.
2005. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Jammu and Ladakh” Encyclopaedia of India, (editor Stanley
Wolpert) Scribner and Thompson Gale, 2000 words.
2004. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Csaba Nikolenyi , Andre Lecours, Bassel Saloukh and
Francesca Scala, Mapping the Political Landscape: An Introduction to Political Science,
Thompson Nelson Canada
2004. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Dogris” Encyclopaedia of Minorities, Routledge.
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Recent Developments and Debates in Local government in
India” in Dhirender Vajpeyi edited, Local Democracy and Politics in South Asia: Towards
internal decolonization? Leske+ Budrich, Opladen, Germany, pp. 47 -66.
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Canada and India: Broadening and Deepening Relationship”
in Canada in Asia: Foreign Policy Dialogue Series, 2003-2004, Asia Pacific Foundation of
Canada, Vancouver.
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Globalization and Indian Federalism” in B.D. Dua and M.P.
Singh edited, Indian Federalism in the New Millennium” Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, pp.
335 -350.
2003, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Csaba Nikolenyi and Louise Otmar, “Peace and Conflict:
Alternative Strategies of Governance and Conflict Resolution” Journal of Comparative Policy
Analysis: Research and Practice, vol. 5, pp. 123 -146.
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Pakistan” Encyclopaedia on World Terrorism, M.E. Sharpe,
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Pervez Musharraf” Encyclopaedia on World Terrorism,
M.E. Sharpe.
2003. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Responses to the Parliamentary & Assembly Elections in
Kashmir Valley, Ladakh and the Jammu Region and the State-societal Relations” in Ramashray
Roy and Paul Wallace edited, 1999 Elections and Politics in India, Sage Publications, pp. 391-
424.
2002. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Kashmir Conflict: Secessionist Movement, Mobilization and
Political Institutions”, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 74, No. 4, Winter, pp. 569 -577.
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2002. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Shared Sovereignty: Lesson from Indian Experience”, in
Guiesppe Casale, Europe: Toward What Kind of Integration? University of Genoa, Italy, 2002,
pp. 480 - 489.
2002. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “After Bonn Accord: Is Federalism Relevant to
Afghanistan’s Future” Federations: What’s New in Federalism Worldwide, Forum for
Federation, Ottawa, Vol. 2, No. 2. February.
2002. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Julian Schofied, “The Future Face of Security in South
Asia” in David Mutimer edited, Canadian International Security Policy: Reflections For A New
Era Centre for International Security Studies, York University, Toronto, pp. 61 -78.
2001. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “A Federal Arrangement for Afghanistan” Federations:
What’s New in Federalism Worldwide, Special Issue on Afghanistan Forum for Federation,
Ottawa, November.
2001. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, “Diasporic Indian Identity and Bollywood”, Kala, Special
Issue, Fall.
2001. Reeta Chowdahri Tremblay “Globalization and Indian Federalism” in Indian Journal of
Public Administration, Vol. XLVII, No. 2 April- June, pp. 208 -221.
2001. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Julian Schofield, “Hybrid Governments and Pakistan:
Nuclear Weapons and the Conflict over Kashmir” Aakrosh, Asian Journal on International
Terrorism and Conflicts, Volume 4, # 11, April, pp. 13 –41.
2001. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Kashmir and Indo-US Relations” in Kapoor, Malik and
Gould edited, India and the United States in a Changing World, Sage Publishers, New Delhi,
2001, pp 499-532.
2000. Hugh Johnston, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and John R. Wood, edited. South Asia:
Between Turmoil and Hope, South Asia Council of Canadian Asian Studies and Shastri Indo
Canadian Institue, Burnaby, B.C. Simon Fraser University (Conference Proceedings).
2000. Arthur G. Rubinoff and Reeta C. Tremblay, "Different Responses to Ethnicity: Goa and
Kashmir", in Johnston, Tremblay and Wood edited, South Asia: Between Turmoil and Hope, pp.
163-182. Council of Canadian Asian Studies and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Burnaby,
B.C. Simon Fraser University.
1999. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Inclusive Administration: Feminist Critiques of
Bureaucracy” in Keith Henderson and O.P. Dwivedi ed. Bureaucracy and Alternatives in World
Perspectives, MacMillan Press, pp. 69 -94.
1999. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Elections in Kashmir: An Exercise in Pragmatism” in
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Wallace and Roy, 1998 Elections and Politics of India, Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 309-339.
1999. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Julian Schofield, “Crisis in Kashmir: Role of the
UNMOGIP”, Peacekeeping and International Relations, Pearson Institute of Peace Studies,
January, pp. 14 -16.
1999. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay and Anne Marie Field, Citizenship, Identity, Multiculturalism
and State Policy: A Bibliography, Center for Research and Social Transformation, Montreal.
1998. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Representation and Governance: Women and Self-
Government in India”, Indian Journal of Public Administration, Special Issue on Good
Governance, Vol. XL1V; 3, July-September: 454-467.
1998. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Shared Sovereignty and Federalism: Some Conceptual
Arguments” in Interfacing Nations, B. R. Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 195-204.
1998. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Beyond Society-Centred and State-Centred Models: A
Retrospective Public Policy Analysis" Indian Journal of Public Administration, Jan-March,
pp.874-890.
1998. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay with O.P. Dwivedi, Carole Farbers edited, Interfacing
Nations: Indo/Pakistani/Canadian Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence,
B.R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi
1997. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Nagpur Resolution: Re-distributive Agenda and Limits on
the Autonomy of a Democratic State" in Perspectives on South Asia at the Threshold of the 21st
Century, Canadian Association for Asian Studies, University of Montreal, pp. 487-505
1997. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Growth with Justice: Understanding Poverty", in C. Steven
La Rue ed. Regional Handbook of Economic Development, Vol. 1; India: Prospects into the 21st
Century, Fitzroy Dearborn Publisher, Chicago, pp. 87-102.
1997. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Living Multiculturally in a Federal India" in C. Steven La rue
ed. Regional Handbook of Economic Development; Vol. 1; India: Prospects into the 21st
Century, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp.158-169.
1997. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Nation, Identity and the Intervening Role of the State: A
Study of the Secessionist Movement in Kashmir", Pacific Affairs, Vol. 69, No.4, winter 1996-97,
pp. 471-498.
1997. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay edited, Perspectives on South Asia at the Threshold of the 21st
Century, Canadienne Des Etudes Asiatiques, University De Montreal, (Conference Proceedings).
1996. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Representation of Self and Society in Bombay Cinema"
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Contemporary South Asia, Vol 5 No.3 October, pp.295-308.
1995. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Kashmir: The Valley's Political Dynamics" Contemporary
South Asia, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Kashmir Special Issue), March, pp. 79-101.
1994. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Responses to Samir Amin's Analyses of Eurocentrism Meet
Western Cultural Theory: Global Polarization and Cultural Materialism by Sandra Langley" in
Undiscipilined: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Graduate Students Association, Concordia
University, pp l7l-172.
1994. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay "Crisis of Indian Federalism" in South Asia Horizons, edited
by Elliot Tepper and John Wood, South Asia Council, Canadian Asian Studies Association,
Ottawa, pp. 323-336.
1992. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay “Jammu: Autonomy within an Autonomous Kashmir” in Raju
G.C. Thomas edited Perspectives on Kashmir: the Roots of Conflict in South Asia, Boulder,
Colorado: Westview Press, pp.153-167.
1991. Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, State Autonomy and Public Policy in India, National Book
Publications, New Delhi, India
Policy Analysis on South Asia (on-line publications)
April 30, 2018. “Kathua case offers BJP a chance to salvage image in Kashmir” South Asia
Monitor, Spotlight https://southasiamonitor.org/news/kathua-case-offers-bjp-a-chance-to-
salvage-image-in-kashmir/sl/27121
September 14, 2016. “Kashmir unrest: Indian state needs to understand reality of everyday
resistance”, South Asia Monitor, Spotlight.
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=19318
July 25, 2016. “Restive Kashmir Needs More Than Just Good Governance – Analysis”
South Asia Monitor, Spotlight http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=18436
April 13, 2016. "Delivering in Jammu and Kashmir: Uneasy lies ahead that wears the crown",
South Asia Monitor, Spotlight http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=16358
April 4, 2016 "Mehbooba’s difficult challenges" KashmirConnected.
http://www.kashmirconnected.com/articles--reports/mehboobas-difficult-challenges-by-reeta-c-
tremblay
Jul 6, 2015. Reeta Tremblay “Time to throw out draconian AFSPA from J & K”, South Asia
Monitor, Spotlight
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php%3Ftype%3Dsl%26nid%3D12543
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June 3, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “Modi's one year: Walking tightrope between economic and
social agendas”, South Asia Monitor, Spotlight
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=12123
April 19, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “Modi’s Canada visit: A page-turner in ties”, Modi’s Three
Nation Tour, South Asia Monitor
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=in&nid=11406
April 18, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “Modi's visit brought Indo-Canadians into national spotlight”.
The Indian Diaspora
http://theindiandiaspora.com/news-details/my-voice/primary_news/modis-visit-brought-
indo-canadians-into-national-spotlight.htm
March 31, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “Modi’s visit to Canada: Building on Optimism”, South Asia
Monitor, Spotlight
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=11222March 11, 2015. Reeta Tremblay.
“India-China ties: Time for positive-sum outcome?”, South Asia Monitor, Spotlight
http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=10959
March 3, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “Jammu and Kashmir: A vote for inclusive development”,
South Asia Monitor, Spotlight http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=sl&nid=10906
Jan 4, 2015. Reeta Tremblay. “A new chapter in Indo-US relations”, The Indian Diaspora
http://theindiandiaspora.com/news-details/my-voice/subprimary_news/a-new-chapter-in-
indo-us-relations.htm
Book Reviews
2018. Suvir Kaul’s Of Gardens And Graves: Kashmir, Poetry, Politics. Pacific Affairs, July
2018.
2015. T.V. Paul’s The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World, International Journal,
vo. 70, no. 2, pp. 363-365.
2008. Martha Nussbaum's The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future
(Harvard, 2007), Canadian Institute of International Affairs' International Journal, Summer, pp.
792 -794.
2008. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Bushra Asif, Cyrus Samii, Ediors KASHMIR: New Voices,
New Approaches. (Boulder (Colorado), London (England): Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006),
Pacific Affairs, Volume 81, No.3, Fall.
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2006. Rajesh Tandon and Ranjita Mohanty, Does Civil Society Matter? Governance in
Contemporary India (Sage 2003), Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 39, #2.
2005. Robert Wirsing, Kashmir in the Shadow of Nuclear War and Santhram etc. Jihadis in
Jammu and Kashmir, Pacific Affairs, vol. 77, No. 4, 2004-2005.
2004. Barbara Harriss-White, India Working: essays on society and economy. (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2003), Political Studies Review, Vol. 2, No. 1.
1996. Tahir Amin, Mass Resistance in Kashmir: Origins, Evolution, Options. (Islamabad:
Institute of Policy Studies, 1995) in Pacific Affairs, Fall, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 438-439.
1996. David Waller, The Pundits: The British Exploration of Tibet and Central Asia (Lexington:
University press of Kentucky, 1990) in Pacific Affairs, Fall, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp, 443-444.
1995. D. Savoie, Thatcher, Regan, Mulroney: In Search of A New Bureaucracy (Toronto;
University of Toronto Press, 1994) in Canadian Journal of Political Science, xxviii:4, December,
pp.767-768.
1993. Akbar S. Ahmad, Resistance and Control of Pakistan (London: Routledge, 1991) in The
Journal of Commonwealth and Contemporary Politics November, pp. 395-396.
1992. D.A. Low, The Political Inheritance of Pakistan (Cambridge University Press, 1991) in
the Journal of Comparative and Commonwealth Studies November, pp. 407-408.
1992. Yogendra K. Malik ed. India: Culture and Society: Boeings and Bullock-Carts: Studies in
Change and Continuity in Indian Civilization Vol. 1, and Vol. 3 (New Delhi: Chanakya
Publications, 1990) in Pacific Affairs, Summer, pp. 281-282.
1991. Hans J. Michelmann and Panayotis Soldatas eds., Federalism and International Relations
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1990) in Canadian Journal of Political Science,
December, pp.865-866.
1991. Baldev Raj Nayar, The Political Economy of India’s Public Sector in The Journal of
Comparative and Commonwealth Studies, November, pp. 395-396.
Conference Papers and Invited Lectures
Canadian Armed Forces College on South Asian Security, and South Asian Regional Security
Imperative, October and November 2018.
Canadian Armed Forces College on South Asian Security, and India-Pakistan Rivalry, December
2017
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Contested Governance, Competing Nationalisms, and Disenchanted Publics: Kashmir beyond
Intractability, UBC. Centre for Asian Studies, March 2017.
“India’s Foreign Policy”, CERIAS workshops to Global Affairs, Government of Canada on
‘India, an Emerging Global Power: Economic, Political and Sociological Perspectives’ January
2017.
Canadian Armed Forces College on South Asian Security, and India-Pakistan Rivalry, October
2016
Canadian Armed Forces College on South Asian Security, September 2015.
Discussant, CPSA panel on Afghanistan, Calgary, May-June 2015.
“India’s Foreign Policy”, CERIAS workshops to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development, Canada on ‘India, an Emerging Global Power: Economic, Political and
Sociological Perspectives’ February 2015.
“Borders, Territoriality and Displacement in Conflict Zones: A Case Study of Citizenship and
Property Rights of the Internally Displaced in Jammu and Kashmir”, Migration and Late
Capitalism CAPI Conference, University of Victoria, June 2015.
Guest Lecturer, Royal Roads University, Victoria, SOSC 720 (The Epistemology of Applied
Social Science) Socio-Historical Methodology, May 28, 2015.
“Modi’-fying India’s Foreign Policy in Its Neighborhood: Cooperative Federalism in the
Making?” Asia Network Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, April 10 – 12, 2015,
“Transforming India”, Public Lecture, DePaw University, Indiana, April 2015.
“Democracy in Decline? India and the BJP”, Department of Political Science, DePaw
University, Indiana, April 2015.
“India’s Foreign Policy”, CERIAS workshops to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and
Development, Canada on ‘India, an Emerging Global Power: Economic, Political and
Sociological Perspectives’ , December 2013, June 2014.
“Modi’s Foreign Policy”, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, January
2015
“India Election 2014” Panel Discussion and Moderator, The Centre for Global Studies and
Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, May 22, 2014.
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‘University and Communities: Public Engagement- Issues and Challenges”, Engage Conference,
National Coordinating Centre Bristol, UK, November 2013.
“From Exclusion to Political Integration: The Chinese-Canadian Community in Victoria, BC,”
Canadian Historical Association Annual Conference, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
2013, June 3-5:
“Postwar Chinese Immigration Experiences” and "Breaking out of the ‘Chicken Coop’:
Educational Opportunities for Chinese-Canadians in Victoria" BC Studies Conference,
New Westminster, British Columbia. 2013, May 2-4: “Beyond Parochialism and Domestic Preoccupation: The Current State of Comparative Politics in Canada”, Presidential Address to the Canadian Political Science Association, Edmonton, June 14, 2012 “Race, Class, Gender, and Attitudes About Immigration: Evidence from a Survey Experiment,” with Amanda Bittner, Paper presented at the Joint Sessions Workshop on “Voting Experiments”, European Consortium for Political Research. St. Gallen, Switzerland. April 12-17, 2011.
On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, the Association for New Canadians hosted its second annual
Diversity Symposium the aim of which was to promote the importance of diversity training
while highlighting the benefits of diverse communities and workplaces. The keynote address was
presented by Dr. Reeta Tremblay, vice-president (academic) pro tempore
“Afghanistan: Canada’s Vietnam?” Big Idea Series, Breakfast at Parliament, Canadian
Federation of Humanities and Social Science, November 2009.
“Changing Landscape: Immigration and Citizenship, Newfoundland and Labrador” 11th
National Metropolis Conference, Calgary, Alberta, March 2009.
“Afghanistan: Is there a Viable Political Solution?” The Rooms, St. John’s, Newfoundland and
Labrador, January 28, 2009.
“Secessionist Movement Resurfaces in Kashmir” 40th Anniversary of the Shastri Indo-Canadian
Institute Member Institution Celebrations Lecture Series, Memorial University, December 2008.
“Does a Commitment to Citizenship, Inclusion and Integration Prevent Extremism and
Radicalization?” National Metropolis Conference, Halifax, NS, April 2008
“Pakistan Election: Democracy at last?” Dept. of Political Science, Memorial University,
February 2008.
“Reflection of Self and Society through Bollywood” Women Studies Speaker Series, Memorial
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University, March 2007.
“India Emerging: Domestic Issues – Politics and Society”, Canadian Institute of International
Affairs, DFAIT, Ottawa, December 1, 2006
“Qualitative Research, Field Work and the Issues of Ethics” Canadian Asian Studies
Association, Montreal, September 2006.
With Julian Schofield, “Why Pakistan Failed: Tribal Focoism in Kashmir”, American Political
Science Association, Philadelphia, September 1, 2006.
“India and the Geopolitics of South Asia”, Canadian Institute of International Affairs National
Arts Center, Ottawa. December 2005
With Julian Schofield, “The Deobandi and Terror: Reconstructing Local and Pan Islamic
Identity”, the 13th Annual CANCAPS conference on Asia in Search of Identity and Security,
December 2005.
Canadian Pension Investment Association, “China Yes, What About India”, Quebec City,
September 2005
With Josephine Smart, “Global Production, Local Development: A Comparative Analysis of
Rural-Urban Worker Migration in India and China”, 4th China-India Roundtable: Population
Policies and Development, Centre of Asian Studies, the University of Hong Kong, September
2005.
With Csaba Nikoleyni IPSA Research Committee 4, “Global Conflict and Conflict Resolution:
Alternative Strategies of Governance”, University of Florida, Tempa, September 2005
“Diapsoric Identity and Bollywood”, Canadian Council of Area Studies, Montreal, May 2005.
“Indo-Pakistani Regimes Types and Rivalry,” CANCAPS Conference, Quebec
City, December 5, 2004
“Workshops on Sri Lankan Federalism” Forum for Federation and South Asia Partnership,
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, October and November 2004.
“India-Pakistan: Enduring Rivalries”, Public Lecture, Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
Dalhousie University, Halifax, October 2004.
Guest Lecturer in India Studies Class on “Indian constitution: continuities and discontinuities
with the past”, International Development Studies Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
October 2004.
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“The Kashmir Issue” India-Pakistan Conference, McGill University, March 2004.
“India-Pakistan Relations: The Kashmir Issue” Gleneden College, York University conference
on The Challenges of An Emerging Power, February 2004.
“Institutional Causes of Indo-Pakistani Rivalry” Enduring Rivalries Conference, McGill
University, November 2003.
“Kashmir: Towards a Possible Solution?” Canadian Association for Asian Studies, Halifax, June
2003.
“Kashmir and Federalism” The Rudolph Conference, the University of Chicago, April 12 -14th
2003.
“Canada-India Relations; the Need to Re-Engage” Asia Pacific Foundation Foreign Policy
Dialogue, Ottawa, March 26 -27th, 2003.
Seminar Presentation, Dalhousie University, the Center for Foreign Policy Studies, “Nation,
State and Identity and the Issue of Kashmir” March 5th, 2003.
Public Lecture, Dalhousie University - the International Development Studies, “India-Pakistan
Relations”, March 4th, 2003.
Guest Lecture on “India and the Constitution” to the India Studies Class in the International
Development Studies Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, March 2003.
“Afghanistan: Multicultural Federalism as a Means to Achieve Democracy, Representation and
Stability” Conference on “From Power Sharing to Democracy”, University of Western Ontario,
November 8- 10, 2002.
“Roundtable on Governance in Afghanistan” Center for Foreign Policy and Department of
foreign Affairs and International Trade, October, 2002.
“Kashmir Militancy and Politics: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”, 30th Annual Conference
on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 18-21st, 2001.
“Crisis in Afghanistan”, Munk Center, University of Toronto, September, 2002.
“Differing Responses to Ethnicity: Goa and Kashmir” Canadian Political Science Association,
Quebec City, May 2001.
“The Future Face of Security in South Asia” York University, ISOP Conference on Security,
May 14 and 15, 2001.
“Forum for Federalism, Shared Sovereignty: Lessons from the India Experience”, Europe:
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Toward What Kind of Integration? , Genoa, Italy, July 2000.
“Differing Responses of Jammu and Kashmir to the 1999 Parliamentary Elections”, American
Association for Asian Studies, San Diego, March 2000.
Kashmir and the Indo-US Relations”, Mid-West Asian Studies Association, East Lansing
Michigan, September 1999.
“State as a Gendered Institution” Center for Developing Area Studies, McGill University,
November 1999.
“Differing Responses to Identity: the case of Goa and Kashmir”, Canadian Asian Studies
Conference, June 1999, UQAM, Montreal.
Invited guest speaker, South Asian Studies Center, University of British Columbia, “Elections in
Kashmir; Issues of Identity and Economic Well-Being”, April, 1999.
“Diasporic Indian Identity, Bollywood, and the Discourse on Indianness”, the Centre for Asia-
Pacific Initiatives and Faculty of Fine Arts 1999 conference on South Asian popular culture,
University of Victoria, April 1999.
Invited participant for the Outreach visit of Canadian high commissioner to India, Peter Walker,
in the roundtable discussion on Peace and Security in south Asia, organized by DFAIT, January
1999.
“Kashmir Region” South Asia outreach programme, the University of Chicago, South Asian
Studies, 1998.
“Authenticating Identity in the Indian Diaspora: Bombay Cinema in the Nineties”, International
Convention of Asia Scholars, International Institute for Asian Studies, American Association of
Asian Studies and the Asia Committee of the European Science Foundation, Leiden, June 1998.
“Identity and State Formation, Lessons from Kashmir”, International Conference on Sri Lanka -
Nationalisms in Conflict and the Prospects for Peace in Sri Lanka, Concordia, Montreal,
February 1998.
Guest Lecturer, Dept. of Cinema, Concordia University on “Sociological and Political Changes
in Bombay Cinema,” February, 1998.
“Growth with Justice: Understanding Poverty, South Asia Council of Canadian Asian Studies,
Carleton University, August 1997.
“Multiculturalism and the Discourse on Citizenship”, Canadian Asian Studies Association, St.
John Memorial University, June 1997.
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Gave a three hour Seminar on “Kashmir and Regional Stability”, CIDA and Department of
Foreign Affairs in the CIDA-South Asia Council Seminar Series, April 1997.
“Punjabi Wedding Songs and Construction of Gendered Identities”, Canadian Asian Studies
Association, Brook University, St. Catherine, June 1996.
Guest Lecture “Kashmir: Nation and the State” South Asian Studies and Graduate Studies,
University of Toronto, April 4, 1996.
“Cyberspace and Cross Cultural Political Identities”, Centre for Cultures, Technologies and the
Environment, Mysore, India, February 1996.
Guest Lecture “the Secessionist Movement in Kashmir” York University, Dept. of Political
Science, January 23, 1996.
“Nation, Identity and Kashmir: How Does Economic Fit In?” Canadian Political Science
Association, UQAM, June 1995.
“Kashmir Problem: Problems and Prospects” Kashmiri Pundit Association, San Francisco,
1994.
“Informal Nationalism & State Strategies” University of Pittsburgh, October 1994.
“Nationalism and the Intervening Role of the State” Conference on Democracy and
Consolidation, McGill University, Department of Political Science, September 1994.
“Nation, Identity and the State”, Canadian Asian Studies, Calgary, June 1994.
Two guest lectures given to undergraduate students in the Department of English, McGill
University and Dept. of Cinema, Concordia University, on Indian Cinema and Modernity, 1993.
“Kashmir: Crisis of Indian Federalism” Canadian Asian Studies, Carleton, June 1993.
“Kashmir’s Secessionist Movement” Canadian Political Science Association, Carleton, January
1993.
“Constitutional Crisis & the Immigrant Community”, Le Cercle des Femmes, Montreal, August
1992.
“Federalism & the Canadian Referendum”, Royal Bank of Canada, Economics & Public Affairs
Department, July 1992.
“Vigilante in India Cinema: Socio-Political Change Understood Through Popular Culture,”
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University of Chicago, Workshop on Culture & Consciousness, May 1992.
“Immigration and Culture”, Le Cercle des Femmes, Montreal, November 1991.
“Agrarian Transformative Strategy and Limits on the Autonomy of the Indian State”. 20th South
Asia Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 199l.
“Gandhi and his Contributions”, Indo Canada Association, Montreal, October 1991.
“Popular Media and Family Violence”, National Conference on Violence against South Asian
Women, South Asian Women Center, Montreal, August 1991.
“Federalism and Shared Sovereignty; Some Conceptual Arguments”, Canadian Political Science
Association, Queen’s University, June 1991.
Faculty seminar on South Asia and the Middle East, “Representation and Reflection of Self and
Society in the Bombay Cinema”, University of Chicago, April 1991.
“Indian Women of the First Generation”, Le Cercle des Femmes, Montreal, March 1991.
“Social and Political Change Reflected in the Bombay Cinema”. Far West Popular Culture
Association, University of Nevada, January 1991.
“Hindi Films: Mirror and Blue Print of North India Society”, American Association for Asian
Studies, Chicago, April 1990.
“Redistributive Politics and Limits on the Economy of a Democratic State”. Canadian Political
Science Association, University of Laval, June 1989.
“State Societal Relations: A Retrospective Public Policy Analysis”. Canadian Political Science
Association, University of Windsor, June 1988.
“Changing Nature of India State”. Canadian Political Science Association, University of
McMaster, June 1987.
“State Power, Representation and Dilemma of Equity and Growth” American Association for
Asian Studies, Boston, April 1987.
“Agrarian Issues, Ideology and the Congress”. Canadian Conference n the Centenary of the
India National Congress, Montreal, May 1986.
Center for Research-Action on Race Relation’s Conference on Art.27 & the Canadian Charter of
Rights & Freedoms, participated in the workshop on “Art.27 and Aboriginal Rights” Montreal,
January 1986.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Manuscript Review- Book on Kashmir, Oxford University Press April 2017.
Manuscript Reviewer – Books: On Kashmir – Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Manuscript Reviewer, Book Proposal on Human Rights – Routledge, 2016
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of South Asian Studies (2016); Journal of Punjab Studies (2016)
Critique of Anthropology (2015, 2014); Diplomacy and State Craft (2015);
Indian Political Science Review (2015, 2014) Asian Survey, Critique of Anthropology, 2012,
2013, 2014.
Guest Reviewer, Special Issue, Journal of Borderland Studies, September 2011.
Moderator, “Effective Narrative Strategies in Politics and Government”, the Institute of Public
Administration of Canada, IPAC Annual Conference, Victoria, BC, August 30, 2011
Chair, SSHRC Granting Committee for Public Policy – 2008-11.
Keynote speaker, Diversity Symposium, Association for New Canadians, St. John’s, NL, 2009
Discussant, Atlantic Province Political Science Association meeting, on “Internationalization, the
State and Trade in the Global Era”, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, September 2007,
Participated in the Foreign and Security Policy Roundtable for Policy, organized by CANCAPS,
August 2004.
Participated in the Foreign Policy Dialogue, organized by the Asia Pacific Foundation and the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, March 2003.
Briefed Canadian Minster Stephen Dion on his India visit and assisted with the preparation of his
speech for the Pearson lecture in India, 2002.
Participant in the Special Roundtable on Afghanistan, the Munk Center, University of Toronto,
November 2001.
Organized Canadian Asian Studies Conference on “Interpreting the Past and Designing the
future in South Asia”, Laval University, Quebec city, May 2001.
Participant in a workshop on “The Impact of Global Integration on Developing Federations”,
International Conference on the Impact of Global and Regional Integration on Federal Political
Systems, Ottawa, December 8-9, 2000.
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Organizer and contract holder on behalf of the SAC of the Canadian Association Studies for
organizing a conference for CIDA on ‘Mahbub Ul Haq Legacy and Human Development in
South Asia”, to be held in October 1999, Total contract value, $255,000.
Programme committee chair of the SAC/Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute conference on “South
Asia: Between Turmoil and Hope”, UQAM, June 1999.
On December 4, 1997 briefed Governor-General of Canada, His Excellency Romeo LeBlanc and
his wife Mrs. Diane Fowlers LeBlanc, on their forthcoming trip to India in March 1998. The
Governor-General was briefed by two academics at his residence and this luncheon meeting was
organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs, South Asia Branch.
Included in a list of “Notable Canadians” compiled by the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade, South Asia Branch, to accompany the Governor-General to India.
Invited as a participant to the workshop on “Migration, Minorities and Social Integration:
Looking to the Future”, Council of Europe and the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association,
February, 1998.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Govt. of Canada invited to participate in
a roundtable on the South Asian Security, March 26, 1996, A Follow-up discussion for Team
Canada to India.
Programme Coordinator, Interactive Project of CIDA and the South Asia Council of Canadian
Asian Studies Association ($10,000 budget), 1996-present.
Organized the International Conference on the 50th Anniversary of Independence of India and
Pakistan, Canadian Association for Asian Studies and Shastri Indo Canadian Institute, August
1997, Carleton University.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, invited by Govt. of Canada to participate
in a roundtable on the South Asian Security, March 26, 1996, a follow-up discussion for Team
Canada to India.
Member of the Board of Directors of Centre for Cultures, Technologies and the Environment
Mysore, India, 1995-present.
Member of the India Studies Development and Fellowship Committee, Shastri Indo-Canada
Institute, Calgary, 1995-present.
Organized Conference and Program Chair, South Asia Council for Canadian Asian Studies
Association, at the Learned Societies, University of Quebec at Montreal, June 1995.
Organized the section on Comparative Politics, Developing and Section Head of Comparative
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Politics, Political Science Association Conference at the Learned Society, University of Quebec
at Montreal, June 1995.
Secretary-Treasurer of the South Asia Council of Canadian Asian Studies Association, 1994-99.
Member of the Board of Directors for Center for Research-Action on Race Relations, 1987-88.
Member of the Board of Directors and of the executive and the finance committees of the
YMCA, downtown Montreal, 1983-85.
Refereed grant applications for SSHRC, FCAR and FQRSC and the Shastri Institute India
Studies Fellowships.
Refereed Journal Articles for prominent Asian and Political Science Journals – Pacific Affairs,
Journal of Asian Studies, Contemporary South Asia, Canadian Journal of Political Science (both
English and French), Comparative Politics, International Journal, Canadian Foreign Policy,
Journal for Comparative Public Policy, International Political Science Journal; Manuscript
reviewer for Routledge, McGill-Queen, Broadview Press.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Appearances on television and radio as an expert on the Indian Political Scene and the Kashmir
secessionist movement: on several CBC programs – National (with Brian Stewart), Sunday
Morning (Michael Enright), Morning Side (Shelagh Rogers), Cross Country Check Up (Rex
Murphy), The Current (Anna Maria Tremonti), CBC International, Newsworld, CTV, CBC
(Montreal) Noon Call in Show (Nancy Wood), CBC Radio (St. John’s), CJFM Radio (Montreal),
CHOM(Montreal), CJAD(Montreal), 940 (Montreal), New York Public Radio (Brian Lehrer),
Chicago Public Radio, Out of the Fog (Rogers TV, Newfoundland). Also interviewed by the
Print media - La Presse. Le Devoir, The Globe and Mail and India Abroad on the Kashmir
situation in India and India Pakistan Relations.
Speakers Bureau- University of Victoria:
• Rotary Club of Saanich, Nov, 2016.
• Arbutus Middle School, December 2016.
• Victoria High School, March 2016
• Retired Academics and Professionals, October 2015.
• Campus View Elementary, January 2015.
EXTERNAL PROGRAMME EVALUATOR
External Review and Cahir of the Review Panel, Fraser Valley, Department of Political Science,
March 2017
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External Review University of Calgary Department of Political Science, March 2017
External Reviewer, Social Sciences (Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Sociology
plus interdisciplinary programs), University of Toronto, Scarborough, January 2008
External Reviewer, Political Science Department, Simon Fraser University, March 7 -9th, 2007.
Appraised Ryerson University’s proposed Masters Programme in Public Policy, for the Ontario
Council on Graduate Studies, September 2004.
Reviewed The University of Saskatchewan’s Interdisciplinary Program of International Studies
as a part of the University Standard Program Review, March 24- 26th, 2003.
Appraised Queen’s University’s MA/Ph.D. Program of Political Studies, for the Ontario Council
on Graduate Studies, December 2000.
Reviewed University of Laval’s Masters Programme in Policy Analysis, 1998.
RESEARCH GRANTS
External Grants:
SSHRC 2007-2011, The Ties That Unbind: Kin-State Relations and Insurgency in South Asia,
(With Julian Schofield), $75,500, 3 year period, 2006-2009 (Principal Investigator).
Workshop on Creating and Revitalizing Democratic Institutions in South Asia and Latin
America, $12,000 (with John Wood, Max Cameron of UBC), Canadian Council of Area Studies
and Learned Studies, 2001. Joint Principal Recipient.
Difference: Official Nationalism and the Construction of Political Community in Independence
India, SSHRC with Arthur Rubinoff, , $73,000, 1998-2002. (This amount was equally shared,
half deposited in each university). Co-Investigator (Principal determined alphabetically)
Reconsidering the Nation-State: A Case Study of the Secessionist Movement in Kashmir,
SSHRC grant, total $30,000, 3 year period, 1994-1996 (Principal Investigator).
Contracts:
International Colloquium on Mahbub Ul Haq Legacy and Human Development in South Asia,
for the Canadian Asian Studies Association, Canadian International Development Agency,1999,
Total contract value, $255,000.
Canadian Council of Area Studies, Operating Grant, IDRC, for CCASLS, 2004 -2007, $160,000
(2004-5), $166,000 (2005-2006), $169,000 (2006-2007).
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Office of Multiculturalism, Department of Human Resources, Labour and Empployment,
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, “Religion, Culture and Diversity: Newfoundland
and Labrador” $40,000, 2008-09..
Internal Grants:
The Ties That Unbind: Kin-State Relations and Insurgency in South Asia, Bridge funding for
receiving 4A for SSHRC grant, $6,000, 2005 -2006.
Canada’s Foreign Policy towards South Asia, Bridge funding for receiving 4A for SSHRC
grant, $6,000, 2003 -2004.
Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy and War Causation: A Study of 1999 Indo-Pakistan Kargil
(Kashmir) Dispute. General Research fund with Julian Schofield, $8,000, January 2001.
Canada’s Foreign Policy towards South Asia, General Research fund, $3,000, Jan. 2000.
Citizenship: Its Discourse and the Immigrant Communities in Canada, SSHRC, General
Research Fund, January 1998, $5,000.
Citizenship and Governance: Center for Research on Citizenship and Social Transformation
MIDRI Grant, Principal Coordinator Prof. Marty Allor, 1995-97.
Nationalism and the Intervening Role of the State, General Research Fund, SSHRC Funds,
$2,750, 1995.
Kashmir: A Case Study of Ethno-Nationalism, General Research Fund, $2,500, 1994.
The Political Economy of Poverty in India, General Research Fund, SSHRC funds, $3,000,
1993.
The Political Economy of Poverty in India- Faculty Research and Development Grant, Bridge
funding for receiving 4A in SSHRC competition, $7,000, 1992.
Federalism and Shared Sovereignty: A Comparative Study of Quebec and Kashmir, SSHRC,
General Research Fund, $3500, 1991.
State Structures, Legitimacy, and Problematic of State Autonomy, General Research Fund,
$1800, 1990.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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University of Victoria
Graduate Supervision:
Eyene Okpanachi, Banting Post-Doctoral Fellow, “Natural Resource Fund and Contentious
Politics”, 2017-19.
Husnain Iqbal, “State, Development and the Citizens: Nation Building at the Margins in
Pakistan”, PhD in Political Science University of Victoria, Co- Supervisor, In Progress
Namitha George, “Migration: Redefining Nationalism through Cultural Identity”, PhD in
Political Science University of Victoria, Co- Supervisor, In Progress
Mark Hill, “Diasporic Politics and Modi’s Foreign Policy”. Masters in Political Science,
University of Victoria, Co- Supervisor. Completed.
Moatasim Tungekar “Water Politics” Masters in Political Science, University of Victoria, 2016
September, Principal Supervisor.. In Progress
Honours Supervision:
Samuel Martin, “Russia’s Crisis of Governance and Return to Authoritarianism” , Completion
date May 2019.
Katelin Van Deynze “A comparative Analysis of Institutions and Inequality in Brazil and India”
(Completion Date, May 2017)
Sanajana Ramesh “No Going Back: Challenges to the Advancement of LGBTQ Rights in India”
Honours Thesis, University of Victoria, May 2015 completed
Teaching
2018-19
Poli 433/533 Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Poli 338 Approaches to Political Science
2017-18
Poli 433/533 Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Poli 378 Comparative Federalism
Poli 376 Politics of India
Poli 338 Approaches to Political Science
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2016-17
Poli 433/533 Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Poli 378 Comparative Federalism
Poli 376 Politics of India
Poli 338 Approaches to Political Science
2015-16
Poli 433, Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Poli 378 Comparative Federalism
Poli 319 Politics of India
2014 January
Poli 433, Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Uni 102, Democracy and Change
2013 January
Poli 433, Development and the State: Comparative Politics
Uni 102, Democracy and Change
Memorial University
Thesis Supervision
Stephen Ross, “Nigerian Federalism: Ethnicity and Nationalism” Masters in Political Science,
completed 2010.
Graduate Courses: Masters in Political Science
2009 January
POLS 6400 Political Development: Issues in Comparative Politics
2008 January
POLS 6400 Political Development: Issues in Comparative Politics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Concordia University
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Courses taught in the Department of Political Science include introductory courses, specialized
courses in the fields of South Asian Politics and Comparative Politics and the core courses in the
Master’s in Public Policy and Public Administration.
Undergraduate Courses
1989-2006
Introduction to Political Science 60-100 students (1989-95, 1995-98)
Introduction to Canadian Govt. 65 students (1990)
Political Systems of Southern Asia 60-80 students (1989-92)
State and Society in South-Asia 25-35 students (1991-94,1998)
Seminar on India: State & Societal Rel. 24 students (Fall 2000)
Human Rights an Overview 100-180 students (2000- 2005)
Seminar on Democracy & Development 27 Students (2001, 2002)
Honours Seminar 17 Students (2003, 2004)
1981-1989
Introduction to Political Science 60-65 students (1981-85)
Seminar in Modern World Society 25 students
Issues and Areas in Canadian Public Policy 45 students
Political System of Southern Asia 60-80 students (1983-89)
Asia and Power Politics 55-65 students (1984-89)
Introduction to Political Science 1 109 students (1986-89)
Introduction to Political Science 11 110 students (1086-89)
Undergraduate Reading Courses
South Asian Politics Reena Massud Singh 3 cr 2004
Development and Democracy Maria Pardes 3 cr 2004
Development and Democracy Annick Le Blanc 3 cr 2004
Topics in Comparative Politics Joanna Valiquette 3 cr 2003
Human Rights and Justice Geneva Guerin 3 cr. 2003
Comparative Public Policy Geneva Guerin 3 cr 2003
Political Participation in Canada Stefan Herman 3 cr 2003
Human Rights & Int’l Justice Nick Anastas 3 cr 2000
Culture & Human Rights Lisa Harris 3 cr 2000
Ethnicity and nationalism Rania Aboud 3 cr. 1999
Political Economy of India Nahid Shahalimi 6 cr. 1998
Advanced International Relations Omar Aboud 6 cr. 1997-1998
Advanced Political Economy of India Aziz Mulay-Shah 6 cr. 1997
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Political Development and Modernization Leanne Bennet 6 cr. 1993-
1994
Political Development and Modernization Rahim Zenoul 6 cr. 1993
Development in Indonesia Mark Nicholson 6 cr. 1992-1993
Political Development and Modernization Stephanie Vandystadt6 cr. 1992-1993
Political Development and Modernization Derek MacCuish 6 cr. 1990-1991
Quebec and Political Modernization Kenneth Johnson 6 cr. 1989
Contemporary Political Economy of India Michael Becker 6 cr. 1988-89
Contemporary Political Economy of India Aleem Lakhani 6 cr. 1988
Graduate Courses: Master’s in Public Policy and Public Administration
Taught every year, from 1991 to 2004, Theories of Public Policy and Public Administration, a
core course in the MPPPA program, average number of students 18
Other graduate courses taught are:
State: A Historical and Conceptual Enquiry (average number of students: 16)
Ethnicity and Nationalism: A Comparative Perspective (average number of students: 20)
Graduate Reading Courses (MA)
Public Administration Pakistan Arif Khan 3 cr. 2004
Chinese Socialism Richard Choi 3 cr. 2003
Gender and Security Althea Rivas 3 cr 2002
Women and Third World Politics Jenifer Henderson 3 cr 2001
Immigration and Citizenship Bob Bikos 3 cr 2000
Citizenship and Identity Agueda Carbonell 3 cr. 1999
Citizenship and Identity Richard Baission 3 cr. 1999
Women and Islam Mona Mohammed 3 cr. 1998
Global Governance and Citizenship Jean-Patrick Villeneuve 3 cr. 1998
Japanese Foreign Policy Aphrodite Sahlas 3 cr. 1997
Immigration Policies, Canada and Quebec Andrew Aryee 3 cr. 1997
Post-Industrialism and Public Joseph Politi 3 cr. 1997
Theories of Development Armen Papazian 3 cr. 1997
Economic Reforms in Indonesia Paseng B. Ries 3 cr. 1995
Nuclear Proliferation and Asia Julian Schofield 3 cr. 1994
Canada-Indonesia Relations Derek MacCuish 3 cr. 1994
Urbanization in Bangladesh Natasha Blanchet-Cohen 3 cr. 1994
Nation, State and Identity Paul Downing 3 cr. 1993
Nation, State and Identity James Piecowye 3 cr. 1993
Ph.D. Reading Courses (Humanities)
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Bangladesh: Development Iqbal Shailo 3 cr F/04
Theories of Development 2 Moses Geepu-Nah Tiepoh 3 cr W/03
Theories of Development 1 Moses Geepu-Nah Tiepoh 3 cr W/02
Discourses on Political Violence Tasneem Kirji 3 cr W/02
Inter.Rel., Globalization & Dev. Theory Diane Cousineau 3 cr. F/01
Feminist Theory Leila Atrachi 3 cr. W/00
Comparative Political Analysis Abdullah Mojaddedi 3 cr. F/1999
State and Society in Afghanistan Abdullah Mojaddedi 6 cr. W/S/1998
Conflict Resolution Theory and Process
In Public Policy Design Geoffrey Reid 6 cr F/W/1997-98
Theoretical Approaches to Post-
Colonialism Adrian Archer 3 cr. S/1997
State and Society in Tanzania Mary D. Mulugu 6 cr. F/W/1993
Ph.D. Theses
Moses Geepu-Nah Tiepoh, "Implications of Non-agricultural Diversification for Economic and
Social Change in Rural Africa, Co-supervisor, Completed 2006. (Ph.D Humanities)
Diane Cousineau, “Europe and the Caribbean: Evolution of the European Community Trade/Aid
Policy and Its Implications for Development in the Caribbean, Principal Supervisor, Completed
Spring 2005. (Ph.D Humanities)
Leila Atrachi, “Feminist Theory, Working Women, Egyptian Educational System”, Co
Supervisor, Completed 2003. (Ph.D Humanities)
Mary Mulugu, “Post Colonialism and Income Generating Projects in Western Africa,” Principal
Supervisor, Completed November 1999. (Ph.D Humanities)
Abdullah Mojaddedi, “Pakistan’s Afghan Policy and the American Influence, 1978-1992,”
Principal Supervisor, In Progress. (Ph.D Humanities)
M.A. Theses
Brian James Lonergan, “Mexico’s Maquiladora Program: A Case for Revising Development
Policy,” Principal Supervisor Completed Spring 1993.
James Piecowye, “The Reconstruction of the Nation-State and Its Implications for Aboriginals In
Canada,” Principal Supervisor Completed Spring 1994.
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Julian Schofield, “Modeling the Motivational Correlates of Nuclear Proliferation,” Principal
Supervisor Spring 1995.
Paul Downing, “Applying a Post-Modern Framework to Native Self-Government in Canada,”
Principal Supervisor Completed Spring 1995.
Donna Moore, “Reproductive Technologies and Public Policy Approaches,” Principal
Supervisor Completed Spring 1997.
Derek MacCuish, “Canada’s Foreign policy Towards Human Rights in Indonesia,” Principal
Supervisor Completed 1999.
Mona Mohammed, “Women and Islam: Reform Politics”, Principal Supervisor Completed
November 1999
Rick Bissaillon, “Liberal democracy as a Kuhnian Paradigm: Applying a Model Confronted by
Irreconcilable Accumulated Anomaly as a Normative Prescription for the Organization of Global
Society , Principal Supervisor Completed 2001.
Danielle Lustgarten, “Race and Space: Mapping the Construction of Political Community”
Principal Supervisor Completed 2001.
Richard Choi, “Chinese Socialism and Party Politics” Principal Supervisor Completed 2004.
MPPPA Internship Supervision (Principal Supervisor).
Pedram Pirina, “State Building – Afghanistan”, completed August 2004.
Jennifer Toth, “The Disarmament, Demilitarization and Reintegration of Child Combatants”,
completed June 2003.
Anna-Maria Piccioni, “The Impact of Technology on the Power of the State”, completed 2003.
Bob Boikos, “Principal-ship and the Greek School System in Montreal”, completed May 2002.
Leah Olson, “Evaluation Research: Case Study of the Remote Rail Evaluation”, completed
2000.
Sheila Mahant , “Rewards and Recognition Project: Transport Canada Ontario Region”,
completed April 1999.
Christopher Gregory, “A Critical Review of Correctional Service of Canada’s Policy Review
response to Recommendation # 14 of the Commissions Report”, completed April 1999.
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Eimar Quinn, “The Challenges of Federal Versus Provincial Jurisdiction in the Work of the
Office of the Auditor General of Canada”, completed April 1999.
Serge Merhi, “Sentinel Community Surveillance: Planning by Involving the Community”,
completed November 1999.
Andrew Aryee, “Science Products and Services Review under the Review Directorate: The
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa” completed April 1999.
Aphrodite Sahlas, “Post-Secondary Education in Canada”, Spring 1998.
Andrea Lawrie, “A History of Federal/Provincial Exchange of Services Agreements Origins,”
Spring 1998.
Leah Borsa, “Conflict Resolution and ADR: New Decision Making Process in Federal
Government,” Spring 1998.
Elizabeth Daigle, “Spousal Retirement Benefits and the Policy Process in Quebec,” Spring 1998.
Stewart Stinson, “Reaching Agreement: B.C. Treaty Negotiations and Conflict Resolution
Theory” August 1998.
Charmaine Peters, “The Challenge of Youth Education and Training,” October 1998.
Geoffrey Burrows, “Institutional Impediments to Restorative Justice in Canada” December 1998.
Lynn Roy, “Policy making in Canada– An Examination of the Creation and Implementation of
Bill C-86,” 1997.
Laura Wells, “Collective Bargaining and Concordia University’s Staff Union,” 1995.
Teny Dikranian, “From Bureaucracy to Entrepreneurialism: A Comparative analysis of Change
in the Public Sector,” 1994.
Pierre Vachon, “Active Living at Place du Protage – Phase IV,” 1993.
Muriel Librati, “Audit Overview of the Department of National Defense Infrastructure”,
Principal Supervisor, 1993.
Francesca Scala, “Economic Instruments in Environmental Protection: The Case of Emission
Charges and Tradable Permit Systems,” 1993
Ali Abdi, “Evaluating Internal Communications in Transport Canada: The Evaluation Process,
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the Communications Problem and Employee Communications in the Context of Contemporary
Organizations,” 1993.
Jamieson Montgomery, “The Federal Regulatory Process: The Evolution of Regulatory Reform,”
Principal Supervisor, 1992.
External Examiner for MA and Ph.D Theses
Acted as the external examiner for Ph.D theses for Dalhousie University, University of Alberta,
University of North Bengal, India; the History Department Concordia University; examined
Masters Theses for McGill University, the departments of Geography and Communication
Studies at Concordia.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
University of Victoria
- Library Committee, Department of Political Science, 2015-16, 2016-2017.
- Vice-President Academic and Provost, 2011 January - 2014
Memorial University
- Vice President Academic, Pro-temp 2009-10
- Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2006-2009
- Member, Mandatory Retirement Committee, 2006- 2007
- Member, Dean of Science Search Committee, 2006 -2007
- Chair, Review of Dean, Faculty of Education, 2007
- Member, Negotiating Team Collective Agreement LUMUN (Per Course
Instructors), 2007 – 08
- Member, Search Committee for General Legal Counsel for Memorial University
of Newfoundland, 2007
- Member, Search Committee for Director, Life Long Learning Unit, 2008
- Member, Presidential Search Committee, 2007-08
- Member, Administrative Stipend Review Committee, 2008
- Member, Advisory Committee – Senior Leadership Development Program, 2008-
09
- Chair, Mid-Term Review, Dean of Student Affairs and Services, 2008-09.
- Member, Negotiating Team Collective Agreement, Full Time Faculty (MUNFA).
2009-
Concordia University
1) Department of Political Science
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Chair, Department of Political Science, June 1998-May 2001, June 2001- May
2005.
Director, Master’s Programme in Public Policy and Public Administration
1993-June 1998 sabbatical leave: 1995-1996; replaced by Prof. Ronald Coyte)
Departmental Coordinator for Library – 1997-1998
Academic Advisor, Honours Students in Political Science – 1990-1993
Department Grievance Committee – 1989-1992
Department Curriculum Committee 1989-1990, 1997-1998
Department Grievance Committee – 1989-1992
Department trips for undergraduate and graduate students to Ottawa to better
acquaint students with the Government of Canada – 1989-1994
Department Appeals Committee – 1989-1991
Department Workload Committee – 1991-1995, 1997-1998
Department Personnel Committee – 1991-1995, 1997-1998
Department Part-Time Hiring Committee – 1991-1993, 1994-1997
2) Faculty of Arts & Science
Faculty representative for new student orientation at Montreal area CEGEPS –
1989-96
Faculty Committee on the Status of Women – 1992-1993
Faculty Appraisal Committee for Leisure Studies Programme – 1992-1993
Search Committee for the Principal of SCPA – 1993-1994
Faculty Tenure Committee – 1993-1995
Faculty Curriculum Committee – 1993-1995
Search Committee for the Chair, Economics Department – 1994-1995
Faculty Panel, Academic Regulations Regarding Cheating – 1994-1997
Search Committee for the Principal of SCPA – 1996-97
General Research Fund Committee – 1996-1998
Faculty Personnel Committee (Alternate) – 1996-1998
Faculty Personnel and Tenure Committee, 1998-1999.
Faculty of Arts and Science Steering Committee, 1999-2000.
Faculty of Arts & Science External Advisory Board, 1999- present
Search Committee for the Principal of SCPA – 2000
- General Education Committee, 2001
- Faculty of Arts and Science Steering Committee, 2000-2001.
- Search Committee for the Chair of Geography– 2001 -2002
- Search Committee for the Chair of the Religion Department – 2002 -2003.
- International Scholarship Committee- 2001- 2003.
- General Education Committee – 2001 – 2004.
- Professor Emeritus Committee – 2003 -2005.
- Faculty of Arts and Science Steering Committee, 2003-2004.
- Member, Nikko D Scholarship Committee, 2002-2005.
- Honorary Doctorate Degree Committee, 2005.
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3) University Bodies
Associate Fellow, Simone de Beauvoir Institute – 1992-1994
Academic Advisor, Southern Asian Studies Major – 1995 - 2003
Member, Center for Research on Citizenship and Social Transformation – 1995-
present
Graduate Appeals Committee of School of Graduate Studies – 1996-1998
SSHRC Internal Competition Committee – 1997-1999
Senate of Concordia – 1997-2000, 2000-2005
Fellow, Centre for Mature Students – 1998-2005.
Member, University Appeals Board.1998-2000.
Member, Graduation Ceremonies Committee, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2005.
Ph.D. Humanities Committee, 2000-2004..
Senate Steering Committee 1999-2000, 2000-2005.
Member, Graduation Awards Committee 2000-2001, 2001 -2003.
REEAB (Rector’s Employment Equity Advisory Board), 1999-2003.
Member, Committee for Evaluation of the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Science,
2001.
- Member, Board of Governors Task Force to Review Permanent Evaluation
Procedures for Incumbent Senior Administrators, 2001-2002.
- Steering Committee, 2003-2004 Annual Campaign, Faculty Appeal
- Graduation Ceremonies Committee, 2001-2005.
- Co-Chair, Faculty Campaign Committee, 2004-2005
- Member, School of Graduate Studies Council, 2004-2006.
- Peace and Conflict Resolution Adjudication Committee, 2003-2005.