Virinder Singh Kalra (born March 1967[1]) is an Indian-British sociologist and Professor at the University of Warwick whose research interests include Gramscianism, popular culture, South Asian diaspora and racism in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4] He was a senior lecturer and then Professor in Sociology at the University of Manchester.[5][6]

Virinder Singh Kalra
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
ThesisFrom Textile Mills to Taxi-Ranks: Experiences of Labour Amongst Mirpuris/(Azad) Kashmiris in Oldham (1997)
Doctoral advisorRoger Ballard
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick
Doctoral studentsTim Winter

Publications

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  • From Textile Mills to Taxi Ranks (2000)
  • Diaspora and Hybridity (2005)
  • A Postcolonial People (2006)
  • Pakistani Diasporas: Culture, Conflict, and Change (2008)
  • Sacred and Secular Musics: A Postcolonial Approach (2014)
  • State of Subversion: Radical Politics in Punjab in the 20th Century (2016)
  • Beyond Religion in India and Pakistan: Gender and Caste, Borders and Boundaries (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Virinder KALRA personal appointments". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  2. ^ "Virinder S. Kalra". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  3. ^ Rose, David (2022). "Lecturer who cleared colleague of Jew hate linked Zionism with the Nazis". The Jewish Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Dr. Virinder Kalra". Rungh Cultural Society. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  5. ^ "Virinder S Kalra". The Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  6. ^ "Kalra shares research from new book on distinct musical genres, distinct religious identities". York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2023-01-06.