sociology and anthropology

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
205D Asbury Hall
Phone: (765) 658-1025
E-mail: monabhan@depauw.edu 
Vita 
 

I am a political anthropologist who works on the intersections between militarization, development, national-security, and identity politics in the Ladakh province of Jammu & Kashmir, India. In particular, I explore how development agendas and policies of the civil-state and the military shape religious and ethnics identities of local communities living on the line of control between India and Pakistan. I got my PhD from Rutgers University in 2006 and my masters in Anthropology from Delhi University in 1999. My ongoing research project is on the intersections between violence and the politics of conservation in Kashmir.

Fall 2009 (on leave)

Spring 2009

• Anth 151B Human Cultures
• Anth 290B Persp: Asian Studies
• Anth 390A Tps: Development

Fall 2008

• Anth 151B Human Cultures
• Anth 290 Persp: War&Militarism
• Anth 383 History of Anthropology

Spring 2008

• Anth 151A Human Cultures
• Anth 452 Senior Seminar