Chiharu Takenaka

Chiharu Takenaka is Professor at the Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University, specialized in International Politics and South Asian Studies. As Assistant Director of the Institute for International Studies (IISM), Meiji Gakuin University, she is one of the organizers of this workshop. She edited and translated earlier works of the Subaltern Studies: Subaltern History: Deconstructing Indian History (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998) Her interest focuses on identity politics and nationalism in democratized India.