Arudra Burra | Humanities & Social Sciences

Arudra Burra

Arudra Burra
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
CV Summary: 

Arudra Burra is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITD. He joined the department in December 2012, after post-doctoral fellowships at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), and the Program in Law and Philosophy at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA).

Arudra's primary research interests are in moral and political philosophy, as well as the philosophy of law. He also works in the area of legal history, studying the ways in which laws and legal institutions are able to survive drastic changes in the political regimes that support them.

Contact Information

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas,New Delhi-110016
Tel:+91-11-2659 1371 (O)
burra[at]hss.iitd.ac.in

Research Areas

Moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law, legal history

Academic Background

2000 BA, Brandeis University (Philosophy, Mathematics, and Computer Science)
2007 JD, Yale Law School
2011 PhD, Princeton University (Philosophy)

Employment History

2010-12 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Program in Law and Philosophy at UCLA
Jul-Dec 2012 Visiting Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)

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