Visiting Fellow: Professor Kamal Sadiq, University of California (Irvine)
Hosted By: Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas
Date of Visit: 12 June 2023 – 3 July 2023
Purpose of Visit: Kamal and Gerasimos are collaborating on a multi-year project regarding the politics of postcolonial migration states. Together, they have published research on the international politics of migration in leading journals, including comparative work on India and Egypt for European Journal of International Relations. Their most recent piece on the emergence of a transnational social contract in Jordan and Nepal is forthcoming in International. Studies Quarterly. Kamal’s visit will allow for the completion of an ambitious monograph that analyses labour and forced migration across the Global South, with a particular emphasis on postcolonial and post-imperial states in the Middle East and South/Southeast Asia.
Beyond their research collaboration, Kamal will be part of a daylong workshop with leading scholars of transnational politics on May 26th, which will include a number of early-career scholars across the University of Glasgow. As an Advisory Board member in Gerasimos’ ERC Starting Grant project on migration diplomacy (MOBSANCT), Kamal will also spend time discussing his work with members of the MOBSANCT team as well as SSPS faculty and students, particularly those interested in international migration and South Asian politics.
Bio: Kamal Sadiq (PhD, University of Chicago) is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the processes of political inclusion and legal membership of immigrants, refugees, and the urban poor in developing countries, specifically in South Asia (India, Bangladesh) and South-East Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia). He is the author of Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries (Oxford University Press 2009, reprint 2010) and co-editor of Interpreting Politics: Situated Knowledge, India, and the Rudolph Legacy (Oxford University Press, 2020). His articles appear in the European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Quarterly, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Asian Perspectives, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, PS: Political Science & Politics, the Oxford Handbook of Citizenship, and select edited books. He has chaired the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies (ENMISA) section of the International Studies Association and the Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Citizenship Studies and the Advisory Board of the journal Migration Politics.