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Bio

Dr. Samuel Jacob Kuruvilla is an Associate Professor at the WPU School of Liberal Arts. He completed his BA, majoring in Indian History (with minors in Economics & Political Science) from CMS College, Kottayam, followed by an MA in Politics & International Relations from the School of International Relations & Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. He pursued his M.Phil in Diplomacy at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and obtained his Ph.D. in Religion & Politics from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Previously, he served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the School of International Relations and Politics of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. Additionally, he received his Doctorate in Politics and Theology from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Kuruvilla's research interests primarily focus on West Asian Politics, the Israel-Palestine Conflict, and Indian Foreign Policy. His teaching experience encompasses Political Thought, Theory & International Relations, as well as various Area studies courses at both the Undergraduate & Postgraduate levels. He held the position of Visiting Fellow at the Manohar Parikkar Centre for Defense Studies and Analyses in New Delhi during the period January-April 2012. His life ambition is to write a history of the world from the perspective of the Global South.

Dr. Kuruvilla has over 10 years of experience as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kerala and over 10 years of separate experience as an M.Phil/Ph.D/Post-Doctoral Researcher in various reputed universities in India & the United Kingdom.

Research Areas

Politics of the Middle EAST, International Relations, Political Theory, Indian Foreign Policy

Publications Monographs (Single Authored)

1. I signed an Agreement with Routledge India (Taylor & Francis) to publish a Monograph (jointly with Dr. Zheer Ahmed, Assistant Professor, SOLA, WPU) titled ‘REVISITING THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE DISPUTE: CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN CRISIS.’ The first draft is to be submitted by 31 December 2024.

2. ‘US DIPLOMACY IN THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT’ NEW DELHI: NEW CENTURY PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD, JANUARY 2015.

3. ‘RADICAL CHRISTIANITY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL: LIBERATION AND THEOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST,’ LONDON: I. B. TAURIS & CO LTD, APRIL 2013. EDITED VOLUMES (WITH DR. NOUFAL N. & DR. VINSHY P. K.)

4. ‘ELECTORAL POLITICS IN INDIA: DYNAMICS AND TRENDS,’ KOLLAM: PRAVDA BOOKS, APRIL 2021, 222 PAGES, ISBN: 9788195146369

5. ‘POLITICS AND GENDER: NEW ISSUES AND TRENDS,’ KOLLAM: PRAVDA BOOKS, MARCH 2019, 101 PAGES, ISBN: 9788194025146.

6. ‘GENDER AND POLITICS: EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES,’ KOLLAM: PRAVDA BOOKS, FEBRUARY 2019, 115 PAGES, ISBN: 9788194025139 BOOK CHAPTERS

7. ‘BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: A ENCLAVE IN SRI LANKA AND AN IMPASSE FOR INDIA,’ book chapter (with Revathy C.), pp. 239-261, in C. Vinodan and Anju Lis Kurien (Eds.) China’s BRI Project: Regional and Global Dimensions, London: Scholars’ Press, 2023, 465 pages, ISBN: 9786205521038.

8. ‘LIBERATION THEOLOGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE: PRACTICAL SIMILARITIES AND CONTEXTUAL DIFFERENCES,’ book chapter in Prof Nur Masalha & Prof Lisa Isherwood (eds.), pp.1- 20, Theologies of Liberation in Palestine: Contextual, Indigenous and Postcolonial Perspectives (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014), 228 pages, ISBN: 9781610977456. Liberation Theology in Latin America and Palestine-Israel: Practical Similarities and Contextual Differences, (pp. 1-20), Samuel J. Kuruvilla, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1cgf044.6, https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1cgf044.6

9. ‘PALESTINIAN THEOLOGICAL PRAXIS IN CONTEXT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPROACHES OF SABEEL, AL-LIQA’ AND DIYAR,’ book chapter in Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb (Ed.), pp. 149-166, The Invention of History: A Century of Interplay between Theology and Politics in Palestine, (Bethlehem, Palestine: Diyar Publisher, 2011), 271 pages, ISBN: 9789950376045. JOURNALS (PEER-REVIEWED & REFEREED JOURNAL), MAGAZINE AND INTERNET ARTICLES

10. ‘THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYTIC STUDY OF THE FARMERS STRUGGLE IN DELHI IN 2020,’ article submitted to The Indian Journal of Politics (AMU-Aligarh), ISSN 0303-9957. (Peer-Reviewed & Refereed Journal).

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Scopus Link

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ORCID Link

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