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Matthew Nelson

A/Prof - Islam And Politics In South Asia
Asia Institute
social sciences
law
pakistan
area studies
arts & humanities
india
islam
political science
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Pandemic Politics in South Asia: Muslims and Democracy

Matthew J Nelson

Journal article  |  2021  |  REVIEW OF FAITH & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

In South Asia, entrenched social and political cleavages involving Muslims or particular groups of Muslims have shaped state effor..

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Regime Types, Regime Transitions, and Religion in Pakistan

Matthew Nelson

Book Chapter  |  2021

How does religion shape regime types, and regime transitions, in Muslim-majority states? Focusing on Pakistan, this chapter examin..

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Constitutional Migration and the Meaning of Religious Freedom: From Ireland and India to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Matthew J Nelson

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Asian Studies

Building on current research regarding constitutional migration, this article shows how constitutional provisions protecting relig..

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The Taliban's (Islamic) Isolation

Matthew Nelson

Journal article  |  2020  |  America's Global Role (Chatham House)

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From Foreign Text to Local Meaning: The Politics of Religious Exclusion in Transnational Constitutional Borrowing

Matthew J Nelson, Aslı Bâli, David Mednicoff, Hanna Lerner

Journal article  |  2020  |  Law & Social Inquiry

Abstract Constitutional drafters often look to foreign constitutional models, ideas, and texts for inspiration; many are explic..

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Pandemic Politics in South Asia: Muslims and Democracy

Matthew Nelson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Melbourne Asia Review

References to regime type figure prominently in analyses of the global COVID-19 pandemic and state responses to it: an ‘authoritar..

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Next Steps in the Study of Islam and Politics: From 'Islam' to 'Muslims'

Matthew Nelson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Melbourne Asia Review

During the past 20 years, scholars and policy makers have shown considerable interest in the politics of Islam. Area studies progr..

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Regulating Religion through Administrative Law: Religious Conversion in Malaysia beyond Fundamental Rights

Matthew Nelson, Dian AH Shah

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Regulating Religion through Administrative Law

Matthew Nelson, Dian AH Shah

Book Chapter  |  2019

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Article 370 in India: Modi's BJP versus India's Constitutional Basic Structure?

Matthew Nelson

Journal article  |  2019  |  SOAS South Asia

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International and Comparative Law
Other Education
Expanding Knowledge
Other Law and Legal Studies
Cultural Studies
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Will Muslim-Majority States recognise the Afghan Taliban’s ‘Islamic’ regime?

Matthew Nelson

The Taliban have taken control in Afghanistan. In doing so, they have achieved two of their three main goals, namely the removal of foreign ..

August 18, 2021
pursuit Article
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From 13 unis to 1: why Australia needs to reverse the loss of South Asian studies

Craig Jeffrey, Matthew Nelson

WikipediaSouth Asia is crucial to the future of Australia. But Australia has just one (small) program focused o..

June 13, 2021
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2014

Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Forschung (Bielefeld, Germany)
2011

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington DC, USA)
2010

American Institute of Pakistan Studies (Madison WI, USA)
2009

Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton NJ, USA)
2009

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Stanford CA, USA) - declined
2004

International Research and Exchanges Board (John D. and Nancy L. Roberts Fellowship) (Washington DC, USA)
2000

Columbia University Center for Historical Social Science Junior Research Fellowship) (New York NY, USA)
1999

National Science Foundation (Law and Social Science Dissertation Fellowship) (Washington DC, USA)

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Positions

A/Prof - Islam And Politics In South Asia

Asia Institute

Board Of Trustees 2006-09 And 2012-15

American Institute of Pakistan Studies

Religion And Politics Executive Committee 2014-16

American Political Science Association

South Asia Council 2009-11

Association for Asian Studies

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Columbia University

Links

International Linkages

Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit

Afghanistan

BRAC University

Bangladesh

SOAS University of London

United Kingdom

The Asia Foundation

United States