Kavita Khory

Professor of Politics

Specialization
South Asian politics and nationalism

A Mount Holyoke alumna (class of 1984), Kavita Khory focuses her work on international relations and comparative politics, especially in South Asia. She has completed a book manuscript and several articles on nationalism and security issues in South Asia. Recent articles have included "Nationalism and the Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan," Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (winter 1995); "Ethnic Conflict and Security in South Asia," Alternatives; and "The Ideology of the Nation-State and Nationalism in Pakistan," State, Society, and Democratic Change in Pakistan (Karachi: Oxford University Press 1995–1996).

Khory is currently developing a comprehensive approach to what security means in South Asia and elsewhere. While traditional state-centric approaches focus strictly on military and strategic threats, Khory's approach seeks to broaden this conception of security and to incorporate such factors as ethnic conflict, environmental issues, and global economy. She is especially interested in exploring the links between security, resource allocation, and political identity.

In 1996, Khory introduced a new seminar in international security that examines emerging security issues since the end of the cold war. In addition, Khory teaches courses on world politics, South Asia, and ethnic conflict and nationalism. Khory values having international students in her classes, believing they enrich both the curriculum and campus life. Khory herself was an international student from Karachi, Pakistan.

Khory serves on the International Relations Program and the Five College Peace and World Security Studies Program.

News Links:

"Khory Talks about Her Academic Journey," Office of Communications, February 12, 2007

"Khory's Work Focuses on South Asia, Nationalism," College Street Journal, May 3, 1996