Shireen Manocha

Shireen Manocha

PhD candidate

Department of International Relations

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Languages
English, Hindi
Key Expertise
Gender, Hindu Nationalism, Media

About me

Shireen is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations and recipient of the LSE PhD Studentship. Her research interests revolve around India’s gendered self-representations in the international arena within the Hindu nationalist context. She is interested in the role of different forms of media in the curation of this gendered image.

Shireen completed a Dual-Master’s from Sciences Po, Paris (Master’s in International Security) and LSE (MSc International Relations). She received the Charpak AME Scholarship by Campus France for her Master’s at Sciences Po. She holds a BA (Honours) Political Science from Miranda House, Delhi University.

Shireen previously gained research experience as Research Assistant to Professor Christophe Jaffrelot on a project on China in the Indo-Pacific, and to Professor Federica Bicchi and Professor Karen Smith on post-Brexit British foreign policy. Her other relevant research experience was while interning at the French Embassy in India where she formulated a report on using social media to connect with the masses.

Research topic

Hindu Nationalism and India’s Gendered Self-Representations in Media Discourse

Academic supervisor

Jennifer Jackson-Preece

Research Cluster affiliation

Theory/Area/History Research Cluster

 

Expertise Details

Gender; Hindu Nationalism; Media; Post-colonialism