Holds degrees from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP), the University of Paris I-Sorbonne, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and a Ph.D. in political science. Joined the CNRS in 1991; was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal in 1993; became a senior research fellow in 2002. Has served as director of CERI of 2000-2008.
Directs four book series published by Fayard, Autrement, Hurst and Palgrave; former editor-in-chief (1998-2003) and current director of Critique internationale. Member of the steering committee of Aspen France and of the scientific councils of Südasien Institut, Heidelberg and IUED, Geneva. Chairs the Asia Group at the DGCID of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Co-directs the CERI research project “The End of Violence” and participates in the center’s Transversal Project “Economic Reform and Regulation”.
Teaching
- Sciences Po: “Colonial India” (undergraduate level, with Jacques Pouchepadass); “Democracy and nationalism in South Asia” (Research Master’s program)
Research interests
- Theories of nationalism and democracy
- Mobilization of the lower castes and untouchables in India
- Hindu nationalist movement
- Ethnic conflicts in Pakistan