Richa Nagar

Publications

• Nagar, Richa. Religion, Race and the Debate over Mut'a in Dar es Salaam. Feminist Studies 26:3:661-690, 2000.
• Nagar, Richa. Communal Discourses, Marriage, and the Politics of Gendered Social Boundaries among South Asian Immigrants in Tanzania. Gender, Place and Culture 5:2:117-139., 1998.
• Nagar, Richa. The South Asian Diaspora in Tanzania: A History Retold. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East: A Journal of Politics, Culture and Economy 16:2:62-80, 1996.
• Nagar, Richa. "Mujhe Jawab Do [Answer Me]: Feminist grassroots activism and social spaces in Chitrakoot (India)." (2000).
• English Medium Education, Social Fracturing, and the Politics of Development in Postcolonial India. David Faust, Economic and Political Weekly July 28-August 3:2878-2883, Nagar, Richa, 2001.
• Locating Globalization: Feminist (re)readings of the subjects and spaces of globalization. Victoria Lawson, Linda McDowell and Susan Hanson, Economic Geography 78:3:257-284, Nagar, Richa, 2002.
• [in Hindi] Sangtin Yatra: Saat Zindagiyon Mein Lipta Nari Vimarsh [A Journey of Sangtin: Feminist Thought Wrapped in Seven Lives]. Anupamlata, Ramsheela, Reshma Ansari, Vibha Bajpayee, Shashibala, Shashi Vaish, Surbala, Richa Singh, Sitapur: Sangtin, Nagar, Richa, 2004.
• Dismantling Assumptions: Interrogating "lesbian" struggles for identity and survival in India and South Africa. Amanda Swarr, SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 29:2:491-516, Nagar, Richa, 2004.
• Organizing from the Margins: Grappling with "empowerment" in India and South Africa. Amanda Swarr, In eds. Lise Nelson and Joni Seagar, A Companion to Feminist Geography, Nagar, Richa, 2004.
• Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism Through Seven Lives in India. Sangtin Writers, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press and New Delhi: Zubaan., Nagar, Richa, 2006.
• Communal Places and the Politics of Multiple Identities: The case of Tanzanian Asians. : Nagar, Richa, Ecumene (now 'Cultural Geographies'), 4:1:, 3-26, 1997.
• Contesting Social Relations in Communal Places: Identity Politics Among Asians in Dar es Salaam. : Helga Leitner. In eds, Ruth Fincher and Jane Jacobs, Guilford Press, Nagar, Richa, Cities of Difference, 226-251, 1998.
• The Making of Hindu Communal Organizations, Places and Identities in Postcolonial Dar es Salaam: Nagar, Richa, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space , 15, 707-730, 1997.
• Women’s Theater and the Redefinitions of Public, Private and Politics in North India: Nagar, Richa, ACME An International E-Journal for Critical Geographers , 1:1:, 55-72, 2002.
• "I'd Rather be Rude than Ruled": Gender, Place, and Communal Politics among South Asian Communities in Dar es Salaam. : Nagar, Richa, Women's Studies International Forum, 23:5:, 571-585.
• Retelling Stories, Resisting Dichotomies: Staging Identity, Marginalization and Activism in Minneapolis and Sitapur: Sofia Shank, Nagar, Richa, In eds. Linda Peake and Martina Reiker, Rethinking Feminist Interventions into the Urban, 90-107, 2013.
• Storytelling and Co-authorship in Feminist Alliance Work: Reflections from a Journey: Nagar, Richa, Gender, Place, and Culture, 20: 1. Also in DOI:10.1080/0966369X.2012.731383, 1-18, 2013.
• Critical Transntional Feminist Praxis. Amanda Swarr, SUNY Press, Nagar, Richa, 2010.
• A World of Difference. Eric Sheppard, Philip Porter, David Faust, Guilford Press, Nagar, Richa, 2009.
• Hungry Translations: Relearning the World with Radical Vulnerability. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, Nagar, Richa, 2019.
• Muddying the Waters: Coauthoring Feminisms Through Schlolarship and Activism. University of Illinois Press, Nagar, Richa, 2014.
• [in Hindi] Ek Aur Neemsaar: Sangtin Atmamanthan aur Andolan [On the making of Sangtin Kisaan Mazdoor Sangathan]. Richa Singh, New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, Nagar, Richa, 2012.
• Immobility, Intimacy, Movement: Translating Death, Life and Bordercrossings. In eds. Naeem Inayatullah and Elizabeth Dauphinee, London and New York Routledge, Nagar, Richa, 2016.

Activities

Awards

• MacArthur Fellow, University of Minnesota, 1989 - 1995
• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant, 1992 - 1993
• McKnight Land Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota, 2000 - 2002
• McKnight Presidential Fellow, University of Minnesota, 2001 - 2004
• UMN Grant-in-aid of Research, Artistry and Scholarship, 2003 - 2004
• Resident Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), Stanford, 2005 - 2006
• Rama Watumull Lecturer, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2016
• Resident Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study (JNIAS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2011 - 2012
• UMN Scholar of the College Award, 2008 - 2011
• Clark University, Wallace W. Atwood Lecturer, Department of Geography, 2007
• Jan Monk Gender, Place, and Culture Lecturer, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, New York, 2012
• Playing with Fire selected for President’s annual book event at the Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2012 - 2013
• Peg Zeglin Brand Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2013
• Beverly and Richard Fink Professor in Liberal Arts, 2015 - 2021
• Annual Feminist Faculty Scholar, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, September 2014
• American Association of Geographers James Blaut Award for Socialist and Critical Geography, 2019
• University of Minnesota Grand Challenges Research Scholar Collaborative, 2018 - 2019
• University of Minnesota Grand Challenges Global Research Scholar Award, 2018 - 2019
• Washington University in Saint Louis, Distinguished Visiting Professor, 2019
• Resident Fellow, UMN Institute for Advanced Study, 2020
• Mellon Visiting Professor, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, August - October 2013
• Professor of the College, Since 2015
• Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence, 2015 - 2020
• Honored by Hindi Sabha, Sitapur, for unique contributions to Hindi literature, critical pedagogy, & women's empowerment, 2016

Courses

• WoSt 5400 - Feminist Approaches to Ethnography
• WoSt 4107 - Research Methods
• GWSS 4103 & 5104 - Transnational Feminist Theories
• GWSS 8109 - Feminist Knowledge Production
• WoSt 3406 - Gender, Labor and Politics
• DSSC 8010 - Doctoral Research Workshop (for ICGC scholars)
• GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics
• WoSt 8401 & Geog 8980 - Gender, Space and Resistance
• CLA 1904 - Stories, Bodies, Border-crossings (Freshman Seminar offered as part of the Humanistic Commons)
• GWSS 1904 - Stories and Struggles: Narratives and Social Change
• GWSS 8190 - Feminisms and Praxis
• GLOS 3900 & 5993 - Stories, Bodies, Movements
• DSSC 8111: Ways of Knowing: A Collective Journey for Social, Ecological, and Epistemic Justice
• GWSS 8240 & GEOG 8980 - Caste, Race, and Indigeneity