Teaches Contemporary Civilization at the Core Curriculum @Columbia University; Research: knowledge, progress, self-respect, constitutions & technology in India.
Joined June 2012
- Tweets 2,603
- Following 5,238
- Followers 4,007
- Likes 10,183
36 Photos and videos
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Jun 10
Special issue on John Dewey's Pragmatism and India released! Articles on pragmatism's engagement with Ambedkar, Phule, Vivekananda, Iqbal, feminism, education, caste, democracy, and more. Open access link in next comment, check the whole issue out. #India #Ambedkar #pragmatism
1
14
39
2,356
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Among the wonderful chapters in the "Cambridge Companion to Periyar" edited by @KRManoharan & @ARV_Chalapathy is @DAlagirisamy's chapter on Periyar's transnationalism - how Dravidian self-respect ideas shaped Tamil labor and anticolonial politics in British Malaya and Singapore~
13
49
2,137
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
With Marlène Laruelle I have just co-edited the latest special issue of the Journal of Illiberal Studies, where I analyse the case of Modi’s India
@CERI_SciencesPo @sciencespo @BASASofficial @afspinfos @IPSA @populismstudies @RFSP_revue @APSAtweets
illiberalism.org/jis-spring-…
3
18
63
3,352
My Article on Self-Respect, Civilization, and the Conditions of Fraternity in India, for a special issue on Majority/Minority in South Asia, edited by Natasha Raheja and Mohsin Alam Bhat, now up on Bordelines-CSAAME. The issue has a fantastic collection of essays on the Majority/Minority question in the region.
borderlines-cssaame.org/post…
13
64
2,748
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
May 18
.@StanfordCDDRL is now supporting the production of @jodemocracy's print issues and expanding digital content.
This partnership will allow scholars and our students to participate in the publishing and editorial process of a leading publication on democratic theory and practice. ow.ly/3arF50Z10VI
4
6
17
986
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
May 19
The end of an era. Now in print, an argument that the post-war era is coming to an end. In the LSE Public Policy Review 4, No. 2 (2026), available here: blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/jaf8…
2
8
25
5,097
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Reframing Transitional Justice is now published. It was great to work with Mark Drumbl and the chapter authors on this. Such great work, interesting thoughts challenging the field.
Reframing Transitional Justice: Innovations, Boundaries, and Refractio share.google/8SS0i6Fmxqkjguk…
1
10
41
2,240
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
May 19
Wonderful to have our "Map Room Conversations" Special Section finalised in Area, co-edited with @katieparker18th and Jason Liu, building on sessions held at the 2024 @RGS_IBGhe Conference, exploring map collections & responses to them
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
1
8
435
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
May 19
Got this beauty today, courtesy of Princeton UP.
I stand by my blurb 100%:
“For anyone, like me, who’s ever stared at a shelf of Chinese classics and thought, ‘Where do I even start?’ — start here. Bell makes China’s ancient debates feel alive, witty, and politically urgent.”
5
123
861
26,971
Great piece by Quinn Slobodian on what digital empires mean today, and how we should respond to them.
theideasletter.org/essay/dig…
2
277
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
May 18
The primary editors of the JHI Blog have prepared an extensive bibliography on "Prophecy, Prediction, and the Politics of Futurity," the theme of the upcoming JHI Graduate Symposium (see our open call for proposals).
jhiblog.org/2026/05/18/readi…
31
79
5,930
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Twenty-days until the release of my book.
11
80
577
26,866
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Join us tomorrow (Tue 5 May) when @AnweshaRoy38150 presents her book: Imagining Quit India: War, Politics and the Making of a Mass Movement, Bengal 1940-45
2pm @StAntsCollege all welcome
@CSASPOxford
2
11
703
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Huge congratulations to Alena Drieschova @ADrieschova who recently won dual book awards from ISA @isanet for her remarkable work "Representants and International Orders: The Staging of Political Authority".
Read more about the awards and her book here: polis.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-alen…
8
35
5,809
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Apr 22
Join me and @MilanV @CarnegieEndow for a conversation on delimitation, representation, and the reshaping of Indian democracy.
📅 This Friday, April 24
⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET | 7:30–9:00 PM IST
💻 Live webinar
🔗 Register here: mercatus-org.zoom.us/webinar…
2
7
32
7,100
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Apr 22
Join us on 28th April, 12-1 pm BST for the next @theasainfo climate anthropology book talk with @GustavPeebles speaking on his recent book, 'The First and Last Bank' @mitpress
1
7
21
1,289
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Author copies arrived!
1
19
167
8,068
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
The Collaborative Constitution is ‘one of those rare field-defining works that will stimulate discussion and further scholarship for years’
Blown away by this generous review of my book by @MarkTushnet in the recent issue of @icon_journal. Thanks, Mark!
academic.oup.com/icon/articl…
2
18
57
7,490
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Apr 22
Today on In Theory, @DishaKJani interviews Tejas Parasher about his book, "Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought," and the implications of situating the global history of anticolonial movements within the history of democratic thought.
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/20…
3
14
35
4,154
Shaunna Rodrigues ಶೊನಾ ರೊಡ್ರಿಗಸ್ retweeted
Apr 20
On 27th April, @louisetillin will speak on her new work #MakingIndiaWork in Copenhagen. Look forward to the talk.
4
19
1,455