Yash Sharma

Yash Sharma is a third-year Ph.D. student in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. His subfields are International Relations and Comparative Politics. He is also pursuing a doctoral concentration in Feminist Comparative International Politics. 
 
Yash’s research interests are political mobilization, electoral politics, and ethnoreligious nationalism, focusing on South Asia. He is particularly interested in the mobilization activities of the Bhartiya Janata Party in India. He is currently working on a project studying the mobilization of youth in vigilante groups and another project that looks at anti-conversion legislation (so-called 'love jihad' laws) in India. He has also recently worked on another project examining the politics of protest from the lens of prefigurative politics. 

Yash has a background in International Relations and Comparative Politics. For his MPhil, his dissertation examined right-wing political movements in Eastern Europe and their relation to the politics of memory, social communication, and identity politics. As part of his Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, he defended his thesis titled “Islamification of Pakistan under Zia-ul-Haq.” He recently worked on a project studying the constitution-making process in India. He was responsible for archival research on media coverage of the Indian Constituent Assembly debates and helping digitize resources related to the constitution-making process in India. 

MPhil in European Studies: Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India, 2021

MA in International Relations and Area Studies: Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, India, 2019

Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building: University of Delhi New Delhi, India, 2017

BA in Political Science (Hons): University of Delhi New Delhi, India, 2017

Political Mobilization
Nationalism and Identity Politics
Electoral Behavior

Taft Research Center Graduate Student Travel Award $500 Type:Grant

Graduate Student Government Graduate Student Travel Award $500 Type:Grant

Taft Research Center Graduate Student Enhancement Award $2500 Type:Grant

University Research Council Faculty Student Collaboration Award $7500 Type:Grant

Peer Reviewed Publications

Sharma, Yash & Singh, Shatakshi (2023. ) Shaheen Bagh and the Politics of Protest in the Anti-CAA Movement in India.Feminist Encounters, ,

Shaheen Bagh and the Politics of Protest in the Anti-CAA Movement in India

Paper Presentations

Refugee Crisis and the Rise of Ethno-Religious Populism in Europe .New Delhi, India.

Shaheen and the politics of protest in the anti-CAA movement in India .Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bad Faith: The Trajectory of “Love Jihad” from Conspiracy Theory to State Law .Lisbon, Portugal.

Gender, Religion, and Resistance in the Anti-CAA protests in India: A Case Study of Shaheen Bagh .Seoul, South Korea.

Bad Faith: The Trajectory of “Love Jihad” from Conspiracy Theory to State Law .Kings India Institute, London.

Hindutva, Militarism and Everyday Insecurity in India .Syracuse, New York..

Summer School in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Syracuse University, Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research

Academic - sharmaym@mail.uc.edu