Giorgio Shani

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Japan
Title	Associate Professor
Affiliation	Ritsumeikan University
Email	gshani@ir.ritsumei.ac.jp
Mailing Address	Faculty of International Relations Ritsumeikan University 56-1 Kitamachi, Toji-in, Kita-ku Kyoto, JAPAN 603-8577
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 81/75-466-3505
Countries of Specialization	India
Research Interests	Giorgio Shani is Associate Professor in the College and Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan where he teaches North-South Relations and South Asian studies at graduate level. He holds a doctorate in Political and International Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and is author of Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age (Routledge 2007) as well as editor (with Makoto Sato and Mustapha Kamal Pasha) of Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World (Palgrave 2007). Dr Shani has also published widely in internationally-refereed journals including South Asia Research, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Sikh Formations, The Cambridge Review of International Affairs and International Studies Review. His current research focuses on globalization, religion and human in/security in South Asia and its diasporas.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	international relations ; nationalism ; identity ; Sikh ; religion ; globalization ; security ; ...