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Shirin M. Rai (born 1 December 1960), is a political scientist, known for her research on the intersections between globalisation, post-colonial governance, processes of democratisation and gender regimes. She is the Director of the Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament Programme, a four-year interdisciplinary project funded by the Leverhulme Trust that studies the performances of ritual, ceremony, symbolism and affect in the British, Indian and South African parliaments. Rai's research focuses on gendered readings of governance and developmental policies in post-colonial states (particular India) and most recently, the symbolic and performative aspects of (especially) parliamentary processes from a gendered, racialised, sexualised, embodied perspective.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/rai/ )〕 a four-year interdisciplinary project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.〔 Rai is a fellow within the Academy of Social Sciences〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://acss.org.uk/fellows/#R )〕 and serves as part of the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK . She has also collaborated with international organisations related to the United Nations, such as the United Nations Development Programme, Division for Women's Advancement, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and the World Bank〔(World Bank. )〕 for consultancy work, and public speaking engagements. ==Biography== Shirin M. Rai was born in India and attended Modern School in New Delhi. She went on to study political science at Hindu College graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts and then attended Delhi University, where she earned a master's in political science in 1984. She then went to University of Cambridge earning a Ph.D in 1989. Between 1984–85 she was a temporary lecturer at the University of Delhi, then moving onto the University of Warwick (1989) where she currently holds the post of professor of politics and international studies. Shirin M. Rai is also a member of various professional societies such as the Political Studies Association and has served on the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (2009–2011).〔(International Studies Association Governing Council Meeting Archive, 2011. )〕 She has also served on the editorial boards of publications such as: ''International Encyclopedia of Women's Studies'', ''Democratization'', ''Indian Journal of Gender Studies'', ''International Feminist Journal of Politics'', ''Global Ethics''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shirin M. Rai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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