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* Basu, Amrita, co-ed, ''Beyond Exceptionalism:'' ''Violence, Religion and Democracy in India''. Seagull Press: New Delhi and London, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/author/B/A/au8561439.html|title=Amrita Basu|website=www.press.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> |
* Basu, Amrita, co-ed, ''Beyond Exceptionalism:'' ''Violence, Religion and Democracy in India''. Seagull Press: New Delhi and London, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/author/B/A/au8561439.html|title=Amrita Basu|website=www.press.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> |
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* Basu, Amrita, ed, ''Women's Movements in the Global Era: The Power of Local Feminisms.'' Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 2010 |
* Basu, Amrita, ed, ''Women's Movements in the Global Era: The Power of Local Feminisms.'' Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 2010 |
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Basu has written several articles and contributions to edited books and journals including the ''Oxford Companion to Politics in India'', the ''Introduction to Comparative Politics'', the ''Journal of Women’s History'', and many others. |
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==Selected Awards, Honors, and Fellowships<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asianamerican.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/642/2017/01/Amrita-Basu-CV-dec-2016.pdf|title=Amrita Basu|last=|first=|date=|website=asianamerican.uconn.edu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://asianamerican.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/642/2017/01/Amrita-Basu-CV-dec-2016.pdf|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>== |
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* Commencement Speaker, Senior Assembly, Amherst College (2010) |
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* Distinguished Teaching Award (2008) |
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*Peace and World Security Studies Program Curriculum Development Grant (1994) |
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*Travel and Conference Grant, Rockefeller Foundation (1993) |
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*Five College Asian-American Studies Curriculum Development Grant (1992) |
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*Social Science Research Council, Senior Fellowship (1991-1992) |
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*Commencement Speaker, Senior Assembly, Amherst College (2010) |
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* [[Ford Foundation]] Curriculum Development Grant (1998) |
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* Amherst College Research Award (1997–1998) |
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* The United States Institute for Peace, grant to convene a conference on Political Violence in India (1995) |
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* John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant (1993–1995) |
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* Amherst College Research Award (1993–1994) |
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* Karl Loewenstein Fellowship, Amherst College (1984–1985) |
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== See also == |
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Amrita Basu is an American academic and political science professor.[1]
Education and Career
Basu obtained her Bachelors in Government with a minor in Asian studies from Cornell University in 1975. In 1977, Basu obtained her Masters in Political Science. Basu graduated from Columbia University with a Ph.D. in Political Science in 1984.[1]
From 1981 to 1987, Basu taught in the Political Science department at Amherst College. After serving as a visiting scholar at Columbia University for one year, she returned to Amherst College, and joined the Women and Gender Studies department. She is the Dominic J. Paino Professor of Political Science and Women and Gender Studies and Associate Dean of Faculty at Amherst College in Massachusetts.[2][3]
Publications
- Basu, Amrita. "Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India" (Cambridge University Press, Contentious Politics
Series, 2015)
- Basu, Amrita. Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women’s Activism in India. University of California Press and Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 1992
- Basu, Amrita, ed, The Challenge of Local Feminisms: Women’s Movements in Global Perspective. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995 and New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998
- Basu, Amrita, co-ed. Community Conflicts and the State in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997
- Basu, Amrita, co-ed. Appropriating Gender: Women’s Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia. New York: Routledge and New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1998
- Basu, Amrita, co-ed. Localizing Knowledge in a Globalizing World. Syracuse University Press, 2002
- Basu, Amrita, co-ed, Beyond Exceptionalism: Violence, Religion and Democracy in India. Seagull Press: New Delhi and London, 2006[4]
- Basu, Amrita, ed, Women's Movements in the Global Era: The Power of Local Feminisms. Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 2010
See also
References
- ^ a b "Amrita Basu: Then and Now". Amherst. 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Faculty & Staff | Basu, Amrita | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ "Committee Nominates 2014–15 Officers and Council Members". PS: Political Science & Politics. 47 (3): 743–750. 19 June 2014. doi:10.1017/S1049096514000985. ISSN 1049-0965.
- ^ "Amrita Basu". www.press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
External links
- Home page International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
- Home page Feminist Economics journal
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