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  SHANI, Giorgiandrea

   Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
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Degree Acquisition
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, PhD
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Degree Acquisition
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, MSc (Econ)
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Degree Acquisition
London School of Economics and Political Science, BSc(Econ)
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■ Professional Background
1. 2025/04~ Chair, Politics and International Studies, International Christian University
2. 2025/04~ Director, International Christian University Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)Link
3. 2016/04~ Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
4. 2017/04~2021/03 Chair, Politics and International Studies, International Christian University
5. 2015/04~2021/03 Director, Rotary Peace Center, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
International relations, Politics (Key Word:Religion and International Relations,Critical Human Security,Sikhism,South Asia,Postwestern International Political Theory) 
■ Profile
Professor Giorgio Shani (PhD, London) is Chair of the Department of Politics and International Studies and Director of the Social Science Research Institute at International Christian University, Japan. He is author of Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age (Routledge, 2008) and Religion, Identity and Human Security (Routledge, 2014); co-author of Sikh Nationalism(with Gurharpal Singh, Cambridge University Press, 2021) and co-editor of Protecting Human Security in a Post- 9/11 World (with Makoto Sato and Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Palgrave 2007) Rethinking Peace(with Alexander Laban Hinton and Jeremiah Alberg, Rowman and Littlefield International, 2019) and Religion and Nationalism in Asia (with Takashi Kibe, Routledge 2019). From 2014 to 2018, he served as President of the Asia-Pacific region of the International Studies Association and currently chairs the Religion and Politics Research Committee at the International Political Science Association (IPSA), His research profile and major articles can be found here: https://icu.academia.edu/GiorgioShaniLink
■ Books and Articles
1. Book Sikh Nationalism: From a Dominant Minority to an Ethno-Religious Diaspora   (Collaboration) 2021/11Link
2. Article The Sikh Diaspora: In the Shadow of Khalistan E-International Relations  (Single) 2023/09Link
3. Article Rethinking Religion and Nationalism: The Case of the Sikhs   (Single) 2023/01Link
4. Article RETHINKING HUMAN SECURITY IN A POST-COVID WORLD   (Single) 2023/01Link
5. Article From “Critical”Nationalism to “Asia as Method”: Tagore’s Quest for a Moral Imaginary’ and Its Implications for Post-Western International Relations. Global Studies Quarterly  (Single) 2022/12Link
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2025/07/13 From Civilizations to Cosmologies? Theorizing Postwestern International Relations in a Pluriversal World (International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress)Link
2. 2025/01/14 From a Global to a Pluriversal International Relations? (British International Studies Association (BISA) Virtual Conference)Link
3. 2024/11/07 Deterritorializing Les Lieux de Memoire? Trauma, Nation and Diaspora (Millennium Symposium)Link
4. 2024/08/30 Beyond ‘belief’ and ‘identity’: Sikhi as an Embodied Relational Cosmology (European International Studies Association (EISA))Link
5. 2024/08/30 Revisiting Religiosities in Global IR (European International Studies Association (EISA))Link
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■ Lectures
1. 2025/07/17 From Civilizations to Cosmologies? Theorizing Postwestern International Relations in a Pluriversal World (Kangwon National University)
2. 2025/03/10 Frrom Global IR to Cosmologies? Theorizing IR in a Pluriversal World
3. 2025/03/07 Decentering the Nation-State: IR as Inter-Cosmological Relations?
4. 2024/12/18 Beyond Nationalism? Embodied Cosmologies in South Asia (University of Erfurt)
5. 2023/05/11 ISA Religion and International Relations Section: Sikh Nationalism Book TalkLink
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2002/03~ International Studies AssociationLink
2. 2010/03~2011/03 ∟ Section Chair
3. 2014/03~2018/04 ∟ Region President
4. 2019/01~ International Political Science AssociationLink
5. 2021/07~ ∟ Chair, Religion and Politics (RC 43)
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1. 2024/04~  Towards a Pluriversal Theory of Security: Insights from Indian Cosmologies in Comparative Perspective  (Key Word : )Link
2. 2019/04~2023/03  Rethinking the role of religion in peace, conflict and development: A post-western approach  (Key Word : )Link
3. 2016/04~2019/03  Religion and Human Security After the Global Migration Crisis- Toward a Post-Secular Perspective  (Key Word : Human Security, Religion, Migration)Link
4. 2013/04~2016/03  From Human Security to Resilience? Political Subjectivity After the Global Financial Crisis.  (Key Word : )Link
5. 2010/04~2012/03  Human Security in South Asia after the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for International Relations  (Key Word : Human Security, International Relations Theory, South Asia, International Development)Link
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■ Exhibitions, Concerts and Athletic Meets
1. 2025/07/12~2025/07/16 Convenor-International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress, RC 43 Religion and PoliticsLink
2. 2023/05/31~2023/06/02 The Nation as a Sacred Communion? Religion, Legacies and Conflict (Queen's University Belfast (UK))Link
3. 2022/02/17~2022/02/17 Sikh Nationalism (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), LSE, UK)Link
4. 2021/12/16~2021/12/16 Doing International Relations Differently: Relational Cosmologies from around the World (SSRI (ICU) Tokyo International University)Link
5. 2016/06/24~2016/06/27 Program Chair of The International Studies Association Asia-Pacific Region Conference (City University of Hong Kong)Link
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■ Websites
   https://icu.academia.edu/GiorgioShani
   https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-relations/people/visiting-fellows/shani-giorgio
   http://www.routledge.com/authors/i7881-giorgio-shani
   http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415509060/
■ E-Mail Addresses
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
40569993
■ External Researcher ID
orcID 0000-0003-1221-9950