Clough Center Scholars Publish New Articles

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Clough Center Scholars Publish New Articles in Philosophy & Social Criticism

Dr. Chandra Mallampalli and Dr. Nicholas Hayes-Mota have published new articles in Philosophy & Social Criticism related to conflicts and agonism. Their work stems from the Dublin 2024 Seminars on peace and war, co-organized by the Clough Center. The essays appear in a special issue titled “Dublin Seminars 2025.”

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We are delighted to share that Dr Chandra Mallampalli and Dr Nicholas Hayes-Mota have published new articles in Philosophy & Social Criticism:

Enemies of the right kind: Chantal Mouffe and Saul Alinsky on the theory and practice of agonism (Hayes-Mota, 2025)
The confusion about conversion: Competing narratives and nationalist violence in India (Mallampalli, 2025)

Nicholas Hayes Mota
Chandra Mallampalli

Chandra Mallampalli is a Senior Research Fellow at the Clough Center. Nicholas Hayes-Mota, formerly the Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Clough Center, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara University.

These publications came out of Dublin 2024 Seminars: Dreams of Peace and Realities of War, co-organized by the Clough Center at Boston College’s Dublin campus on May 27-29, 2024. The seminars were followed by the Dublin 2024 Conference (May 30- June 1, 2024), in which the participants presented their research through panel discussions examining questions of peace from the perspective of diverse religious traditions.

You can find these essays in the special issue of Philosophy & Social Criticism: “Dublin Seminars 2025 Dreams of Peace and Realities of War: The Friend-Enemy Polarization”