Lucy Chester

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	ISP-WPF Research Fellow
Affiliation	Harvard University
Email	lucy_chester@ksg.harvard.edu
Mailing Address	Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Mailing address: Lucy Chester WPF Program 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Countries of Specialization	India, Pakistan
Research Interests	My doctoral dissertation focuses on the 1947 Partition of South Asia, particularly the work of the Radcliffe Boundary Commission in the Punjab. I am examining factors that influenced Radcliffe's decisions and the ways that the new boundary affected the two Indian and Pakistani nation-states, as well as the people living in the divided areas. My interests include cartography, gender studies, and the use of partition as a tool to resolve ethnic conflict.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	nation-state ; Punjab ; cartography ; gender ; partition ; ethnic conflict ; ...