Debojyoti Das, a 2015-16 Transregional Research Junior Scholar Fellowship recipient, uses powerful visuals to tell an ethnographic story of the Sundarban delta region in the Bay of Bengal. His photos tell the…
InterAsia Program
From Our Fellows
Piracy and the Narrative of Recognition: The View from Somaliland
by Jatin Dua
Jatin Dua is a 2010 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient and a graduate student at Duke University. In this Research Snapshot, he examines the high profile incidents of piracy off the coast of East Africa, and his research resituates piracy within histories of the Indian Ocean and longstanding attempts to redefine sovereignty and legality within this oceanic space. The Research Snapshots series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.
From Our Fellows
An Afghan-American Perspective from the Ground Up
by Wazhmah Osman
Written by Wazhmah Osman, an Afghan-American graduate student and a 2009 International Dissertation Research Fellowship recipient, this Research Snapshot examines the international community’s efforts at nation-building in Afghanistan. The Research Snapshots essay series is an initiative aimed at highlighting important and innovative research by SSRC fellows who are currently conducting or who have recently returned from doing international research.