Arild Engelsen Ruud
Professor
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South Asia studies
Norwegian version of this page
Email
a.e.ruud@ikos.uio.no
Phone
+47 22856712
Mobile phone
+4799533823
Room
381 PAM
Available hours
By appointment
Username
Visiting address
Niels Henrik Abels vei 36
Postal address
Postboks 1010 Blindern
0315 OSLO
Academic Interests
- Political culture in South Asia (in particular India and Bangladesh)
- Political leadership, populism, authoritarianism, strongman leaders
- Democracy and popular perceptions of democracy
- Criminal leaders, mafia, authority
- Recently published on blasphemy, Islamist radical right, increases in authoritarianism in democracies, notions of sovereignty
Teaching
- Modern South Asian history
- Political culture in South Asia
- Foundational issues for the study of Asian and African societies
Ongoing research
Currently engaged in two broad research topics: South Asian Political Culture and Religion and Politics.
Higher education
- PhD London School of Economics
Assignments
- Head of Research, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages 2015--2020
- Head of Board, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo 2013--2021
- Member editorial board, Studies in Indian Politics
Publications
- Demokrati på indisk. Arild Engelsen Ruud og Geir Heierstad, red. Unipub Oslo 2010.
- Power and Influence in India: Bosses, Lords and Captains. Eds. Pamela Price and Arild Engelsen Ruud. Routledge, New Delhi 2010.
- Langtvekkistan: Grunnlagsproblemer for studiet av asiatiske og afrikanske samfunn. (Foundational Issues for the Study of Asian and African Societies; in Norwegian) Unipub, Oslo 2009.
- Fatik og sjongløren fra Calcutta. In Norwegian. Translation from Bengali of Satyajit Ray's children's book Phatik Chand). Solum Forlag, Oslo 2007.
- Indias historie, med Pakistan og Bangladesh. (in Norwegian; India's History, with Pakistan and Bangladesh) Cappelen akademisk forlag, Oslo 2004. Co-authors Eldrid Mageli and Pamela Price.
- Poetics of Village Politics: the Making of West Bengal's Rural Communism. Oxford University Press, Delhi 2003.
- Norsk utviklingshjelps historie, bind 2. (in Norwegian; The History of Norwegian Development Aid, volume 2) Fagbokforlaget, Bergen 2003. Co-author Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland.
- Nærbilder av India. (in Norwegian; Close-ups of India) Cappelen akademisk forlag, Oslo 2000. Edited, with Kathinka Frøystad and Eldrid Mageli
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). The state and the construction of the ‘blasphemer’ in Bangladesh. In Stensvold, Anne (Eds.), Blasphemies compared : Transgressive speech in a globalised world. Routledge. ISSN 9780367254223.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Radical right Islamists in Bangladesh: A counter-intuitive argument. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. ISSN 0085-6401. p. 1–18.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Hasan, Mubashar (2021). Masks of authoritarianism: hegemony, power and public life in Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9789811643132. 250 p.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Hasan, Mubashar; Georgeou, Nichole & Hawksley, Charles (2021). What Myanmar’s coup d’état means for the Rohingya refugees and their future. ABC.
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Chatterjee, Niladri; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Mahmood, Zaad (2021). Making Sense of the West Bengal Elections. [Internet]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
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Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Chatterjee, Niladri (2021). Modi - The Sage King? [Internet]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Chatterjee, Niladri & Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus (2021). Den vise kongen - eller et politisk mesterstykke? Asiapunkt.
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Chatterjee, Niladri; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). Modi: The Sage King? Dhaka Tribune.
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Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). Understanding the ‘Enigma’ in Indian Politics: West Bengal Assembly Election 2021. Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
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Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). West Bengal Election 2021: Why it is monumental? Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
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Chatterjee, Niladri; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Mahmood, Zaad (2021). Authoritarian Populism in South Asia: Mamata Banerjee as a Strong(wo)man Leader.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Spedbarn blir solgt til prostitusjon. [Newspaper]. VG.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Tobarnsfaren skulle ut og hente mat. Så ble han skutt av hindunasjonalister. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Jager muslimer, ønsker en hindunasjon. [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Gatekamper i Delhi. Asiapunkt.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Kashmir-konflikten, en historisk bakgrunn.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Trump i India. [Radio]. NRK Dagens.
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Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2020). Ute etter muslimer. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
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Berg, Dag-Erik; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Frøystad, Kathinka & Løkeland-Stai, Espen (2020). India-forsker om rektor-nei til India-tur: «Lite interesse for demokrati?». [Newspaper]. Khrono.no.
Published Sep. 29, 2008 1:07 PM
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