Yale University Political Science

Karuna Mantena

Karuna Mantena is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. She received a PhD from Harvard University in 2003 and has previously taught at Cornell University. Her research interests include the history of modern political thought, modern social theory, the intellectual history of empire, the theory and history of imperialism, South Asian politics and history, and theories of race and culture. This year, she will be teaching courses on Indian politics, empire and political thought, and History and Politics in the Directed Studies Program. She is currently completing her first book entitled Alibis of Empire: Social Theory and the Ideologies of Late Imperialism (Princeton, forthcoming).

Campus address: 8 Prospect Place, Room 145
Phone: 432-6102
Email:
karuna.mantena@yale.edu

 

 

 

Last updated 07-25-05