Himadeep Muppidi is Associate Professor of Political Science and serves on the steering committees of the programs in International Studies and Asian Studies.

His research and teaching interests are in the areas of globalization, critical international relations, South Asian politics and postcolonial theory. He is the author of The Politics of the Global (University of Minnesota Press, 2004) and is currently completing his second book titled, The Colonial Signs of International Relations.

Recent publications include:

“Shame and Rage: International Relations and the World School of Colonialism,” in Robin Riley and Naeem Inayatullah (eds.), Interrogating Imperialism: Conversations on Gender, Race and War, Palgrave (expected 2006).

"Colonial and Postcolonial Global Governance," in Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall (eds.), Power in Global Governance, Cambridge University Press (2005).

"Diasporas Before and After the Nation: Displacing the Modern," Interventions: An International Journal of Postcolonial Studies Vol. 5(1), 45-57, 2003. Co-authored with Christopher Chekuri.

“State Identity and Interstate Practices: The Limits to Democratic Peace in South Asia,” in Tarak Barkawi and Mark Laffey (eds.) Democracy, Liberalism and War: Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debate, Lynne Rienner, 2001.

“Postcoloniality and the Production of International Insecurity: The Persistent Puzzle of U.S.-Indian Relations,” in Jutta Weldes, Mark Laffey, Hugh Gusterson and Raymond Duvall (eds.) Cultures of Insecurity: States, Communities and the Production of Danger, University of Minnesota Press, 1999.