Christophe Jaffrelot is a French political scientist specialising in South Asia, particularly India and Pakistan. He is a professor of South Asian politics and history the Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po (Paris), a professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at the King’s India Institute (London), and a Research Director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
He is author of several well respected books and the latest is ‘India’s first Dictatorship – The Emergency, 1975-77’, co-authored with Pratinav Anil.
EDUCATION
– Diploma of Sciences Po (1985), – M.A. in history of the University of Paris I-Sorbonne (1986), – Advanced Study Degree of the EHESS (1986), – DULCO of “Langues O”, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (1990) – Ph.D. in political science from Sciences Po (1991).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS – Past and present
– Senior research fellow: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1991; Senior research fellow of second class in 2002 and Senior research fellow of first class in 2008.
– Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at King’s College (London). – Deputy director of CERI from 1997 to 2000 and director from 2000 to 2008. – Since 1998, Senior editor of the book series “Comparative Politics and International Studies”, Hurst/Oxford University Press (New York). – Editor-in-chief (1998-2003) and director (2003-2008) of the quarterly journal Critique internationale. – Member of the editorial boards of Asian Survey, Nations and nationalism, International Political Sociology, Third Frame, Studies in Indian Politics and India Review.
– Chairs the Scientific council of the six research centers of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CNRS in Asia since 2007. – President of the Political Science section of the French National Committee for Scientific Research (CoNRS) from 2012 to 2016. – Member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques since 2019.
– President of the French Political Science Association since 2020.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
– The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to the 1990s
– Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability. Analysing and Fighting Caste
– India’s Silent Revolution – The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India
– The Pakistan Paradox. Instability and Resilience
– India’s first Dictatorship – The Emergency, 1975-77 with Pratinav Anil
NON ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
– Permanent Consultant at the Centre for Policy Planning Staff of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2008.
– Columnist in The Indian Express since 2013 (two op eds a month).
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A big thank you to Manthan. It is a great lecture I have heard in recent times. He is a great scholar. Salute to him.