School of World Studies

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Rohan Kalyan

Rohan Kalyan, Ph.D.

Pronouns: he/his

Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, International Studies

14 N. Laurel St., room 2006

Office hours: Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Curriculum vitae

Personal website

Lab website

International Studies

Education

  • Ph.D. Political Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2012
  • B.A. Political Science and Economics, Vassar College, 2004

Research Interests

Rohan Kalyan is a political theorist and documentary filmmaker based in Richmond, Virginia. He is currently Associate Professor of International Studies and World Cinema in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of two books, 'Neo Delhi and the Politics of Postcolonial Urbanism' (Routledge, 2017) and 'Post-Western International Relations and the Coloniality of the Indian State: Inclusion without Belonging' (Manchester University Press, 2027). He is also co-director of two award-winning films, the feature-length documentary 'Badiou' (2018) and the short essay film 'Letter to the City Yet to Come' (2015).

Select Publications

  • 'Post-Western International Relations and the coloniality of the Indian state: Inclusion without belonging,' Manchester University Press, 2027.
  • 'Becoming Untimely: Towards a Postcolonial Regime of Aesthetics,' Revista Debates, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2021.
  • 'Eventocracy: Media and Politics in Times of Aspirational Fascism,' Theory & Event, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2020.
  • '"Don't You See What's Going on Here?' Seinfeld and Badiou on Situations and Events,' Television & New Media, Vol. 2, No. 5, 2020.
  • 'Neo Delhi and the Politics of Postcolonial Urbanism,' Routledge, 2017.
  • For more, see: https://vcu.academia.edu/RohanKalyan

Affiliations

Courses

  • INTL 465, Rethinking Globalization
  • INTL 255, China and India in the 21st Century
  • WRLD 230, Introduction to World Cinema
  • WRLD 330, Global Film Studies
  • WRLD 430, Film & the City

Awards

  • Honorable Mention, International Studies Global Development Studies Section Book Award, 2018
  • Faculty Author Distinction, College of Humanities and Sciences, VCU, 2018

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