Akademic Staff and Student Council Dr. Seyed Hossein Zarhani
Seyed Hossein Zarhani is a research associate and lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University. He is currently working on his habilitation on comparative political economy in Iran and India. Dr. Zarhani defended his dissertation titled “Dynamics of Governance and Development in India: a Comparative Study on Andhra Pradesh and Bihar after 1990” at the Institute of Political Science (IPW), Heidelberg University. The dissertation was supervised by Professor Subrata K. Mitra and Professor Dietmar Rothermund.
Dr. Zarhani is on the editorial board of the Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics (HPSACP) and part of the editorial board of the Journal Indian Politics and Policy. He has also completed several internships at various research institutes in Iran.
Academic Interests
- Governance
- Indian Politics
- Political Economy: Development and Democracy in South Asia
- Islam in South Asia
- Islamic political history of ideas
- Iranian politics and history
Academic Career
- Research Associate at the Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University (since 2016)
- Lecturer at the Chair of Political Science, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg (since 2013)
Lectures
- Seminar on „Governance and Development in South Asia“ (SS 2021) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Party Politics in South Asia“ (WS 2020/2021) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Islam, Politics, and Society in South Asia“ (SS 2020) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Governance and Development in South Asia“ (WS 2019/2020) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Comparative Politics of Regulating Infrastructure and Development in Asia“ (SS 2019) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Comparative Politics of South Asian States“ (WS 2018/19 ) Heidelberg University
- Block-Seminar on „An Introduction to India's Foreign Policy since Independence“ (WS 2018-19 ) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Islam, Politics, and Society in South Asia“ ( SS 2018 ) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on „Governance and Development in South Asia“ (WS 2017/18) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on "Religion and Politics in Contemporary South Asia" (SS 2017) Heidelberg University
- Seminar on "Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science " (SS 2017) Heidelberg University (with Dr. Jha)
- Seminar on „Comparative Politics of South Asian States“ (WS 2016/17) Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on „Islamic Political Parties in South Asia,“ (SS 2016) Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on " Governance and Development in India, State Level, and Beyond " (WS 2015/16) Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on " Islam, Politics, and Society in South Asia " (SS 2015) Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on " Governance and Development in South Asia " (WS2014/15) Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on " Interests, Identities, and Politics: Statehood Movements in India " (SS 2014), Heidelberg University.
- Seminar on the " Islamic Political Thought in South Asia " (WS 2013/14), Heidelberg University.