Radhika Jagtap
PhD, International Law
Assistant Professor, School of Law, UPES, Dehradun
- linkedin.com/in/radhika-jagtap-ph-d-international-law-b7543127/
- Scopus ID: 58510978500
- Vadodara, Gujarat
Academic positions
Assistant Professor
School of Law, UPES · Dehradun
Teaching public international law, gender justice, and humanitarian law. Faculty lead for International Law and Politics in Review; coordinator of the Gender Champions cell.
Assistant Professor of Law
Symbiosis Law School · Pune
Faculty coordinator for the Faculty Development Programme and the Gender Champions cell. Moderated Symbiosis' International Annual Research Conferences in 2022 and 2023.
Assistant Professor of Law
Parul Institute of Law, Parul University · Vadodara
Faculty coordinator for the Centre for International Humanitarian Law.
Education
PhD, International Legal Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) · New Delhi
LLM, International Law
Parul University
M.Phil, International Law
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) · New Delhi
B.A.LL.B (Hons.)
Institute of Law, Nirma University · Ahmedabad
Publications
Journal article
“Artistry of Resistance: An Allegorical Reading of Life, Art, and Freedom in Contemporary India” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 60, Issue 6 (8 February 2025)
“Can the Subaltern Rest in Peace with Dignity?” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 60, Issue 15 (12 April 2025)
“Combat Sports and Recipes made from Scratch: Notes of Women's Emancipation in 2024” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 59, Issue 40 (5 October 2024)
“Should Prenatal Gender Determination Be Legalised?” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 59, Issue 49 (7 December 2024)
“Wrestlers' Protest at Jantar Mantar” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 21 (27 May 2023)
“Portrayal of Resistance in Post-truth Populist Cinema” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 28 (15 July 2023)
“Writers' Guild Strike and their Indian Counterparts” Link ↗
EPW Vol. 58, Issue 30 (29 July 2023)
“Legal Framework concerning Artificial Intelligence and Border Security” Link ↗
NLUJ Law Review, Vol. X, Issue 1
“International Solidarity and India: Mapping the Origins” Link ↗
Vol. 5, Issue 3 (G20 Special Issue), UGC CARE Group-1
“Is Market-driven Education Reproducing Alienation? Re-reading Marx on Human Nature” Link ↗
Yearbook
“Resistance through Utopia: Reflections on the Niyamgiri Anti-Mining Movement and International Law” Link ↗
German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 60: 394 (Duncker & Humblot)
Magazine
“Is Market Driven Education Causing Alienation: Re-reading Marx's Conception on Human Nature”
Online / web
“Redacted Realities” Link ↗
“The Tinted Lens of Civilizational Conflict Narrative” Link ↗
“Instituting menstrual leave is a step towards equal workplaces” Link ↗
“Pursuing a PhD in International Law: Some Epistemological and Existential Challenges in the Indian Context” Link ↗
“A Contemporary Understanding of Studentship as 'Critical Thinking' in New India” Link ↗
Selected talks
Menstrual Justice, the Law and Social Movements in India: A Feminist Critique of Politics within Constitutionalism
Lecture · Faculty of Law, Savitribai Phule Pune University · Pune
Save the Order, Save the Day! Understanding the Politics of Men's Rights Activism and the Backlashing of Feminism Movements and Rights Discourse
Conference paper · Academic Voices — Annual Scholars Meet, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia University · New Delhi
Unpaid Care Labour and International Law: A Reading of Capitalism, Social Reproduction and the Law
Conference paper · Law & Marxism Spring School 2025, SOAS · London
International Institutions and Addressal of Feminist Concerns in International Law: A Critical Analysis
Conference paper · Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University · Varanasi
Fissured Past and Present: Gender and Conflict
Panel · Fifth International Gender Conference, DePaul University × Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts · Pune
Gender Equitable and Anti-Capitalist International Law: Nancy Fraser and the inadequate feminist inquiry under international legal studies
Conference paper · University of Westminster (with Kent Law School) — The Forgotten Foundations of Feminist Legal Scholarship, Part II: 1985–1995 · London
Scientific Temperament and Utopias of Resistance: Reading International Law in Post Truth Times
Conference paper · Melbourne Law School — 14th Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory · Melbourne
Covid Pandemic and International Solidarity (with Prof. Obiora Okafor)
Moderated · International Distinguished Lecture, organised and moderated · Online
Critical Approaches to International Law
Lecture · Anand Law College · Anand, Gujarat
Developing an Anti-colonial Historiography of International Law from a Social Movements' Perspective
Conference paper · Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law · Heidelberg, Germany
Social Movements and Rethinking Utopia in International Law
Conference paper · Walther Schücking Institute for International Law · University of Kiel, Germany
Academic engagements
Resource person — Advancing Legal Research (Faculty Development Programme)
Faculty development · School of Law, Christ College Lavasa
Talk — Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace (SIDBI officer training)
Invited speaker · Small Industries Development Bank of India, Shivajinagar branch, Pune
Moderated session — International Law, Policy, and Governance
Moderator · 11th Symbiosis Annual Research Conference (SYMROLIC 2023)
Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition — Challengers' Tournament
Judge · West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition (National Rounds)
Judge · Amity Law School, Noida
Organised 7-day Faculty Development Programme on Contemporary Developments in International Law
Organised · Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Judge, Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition (National Rounds)
Judge · Amity Law School, Noida