Guro Warhuus Samuelsen
Postdoctoral Fellow
- South Asian Studies
- Guro.W.Samuelsen@mf.no
- Office: 368
- Phone number: 22590691
Professional competence areas:
- South Asia
- Indian democracy
- Indian political history
- Hindu nationalism
- Caste and caste politics
- Postcolonial theory
- Ethnographic methods
- Political anthropology
My research focuses on Indian politics and society, particularly the linkages between politics, caste, and religion.
In my doctoral research (UiO, 2018) I studied the local mobilisation, organisation and performances of political activists in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a Dalit party, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. I showed how in the face of limitations of gender, caste and class, BSP activists build networks and establish their credentials through creatively drawing upon a rich reservoir of performative practices.
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow on the project MYTHOPOLITICS (The Lifetimes of Powerful Stories: Mythopolitics in South Asia, NRC) where I study the use and production of myth in contemporary Indian politics, with an emphasis on Hindu nationalist mobilization and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Selected publications
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2020). Volden i New Delhi: Derfor angripes indiske muslimer
- Flåten, L. T. & Ruud, A. E. & Nielsen, K. B. & Samuelsen, G. W. & Jensenius, F. R. (2019). Indisk spenning, Dagsavisen, ISSN: 1503-2892
- Flåten, L. T. & Ruud, A. E. & Nielsen, K. B. & Samuelsen, G. W. & Jensenius, F. R. (2019). Er valget i India slutten på dynastiet?, Avisa Vårt land
- Flåten, L. T. & Ruud, A. E. & Nielsen, K. B. & Jensenius, F. R. & Samuelsen, G. W. (2019). Modi er kommet for å bli, Klassekampen, ISSN: 0805-3839
- Nielsen, K. B. & Samuelsen, G. W. & Jensenius, F. & Flåten, L. T. (2019). Demokrati eller autokrati i India?, Morgenbladet, ISSN: 0805-3847
- Flåten, L. T. & Samuelsen, G. W. & Ruud, A. E. & Nielsen, K. B. & Jensenius, F. R. (2019). Hindunasjonalistisk parti går mot valgseier, Avisa Vårt land
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2018). Performing Politics: The making of leaders and followers in the Bahujan Samaj Party, Uttar Pradesh
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2017). Ytterliggående hinduprest til topps
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2017). India for dummies
- Ruud, A. E. & Nielsen, K. B. & Heierstad, G. & Flåten, L. T. & Samuelsen, G. W. (2017). Demokratisk jubileum med bismak, Avisa Vårt land
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2017). What happens in UP, happens in all of India, Dhaka Tribune
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2017). Performing politics: Women political leaders in a male dominated political sphere
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2016). Caste as political qualifier: The organising principles of the Bahujan Samaj Party
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2016). Performance, spectacle and the politics of the visual in contemporary North India
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2014). Ethical guidelines and participatory observation: Challenges in the field and beyond
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2014). Myth-making and fear in the politics of Uttar Pradesh: The case of 'Raja Bhaiya'
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2013). Exclusion as Common Denominator: Investigating ‘Dalit-hood’, Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond: Structures, Agents, Practices,, s. 97 - 117. Anthem Press, ISBN: 9780857283221
Latest academic publications
- Samuelsen, G. W. (2013). Exclusion as Common Denominator: Investigating ‘Dalit-hood’, Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond: Structures, Agents, Practices,, s. 97 - 117. Anthem Press, ISBN: 9780857283221