Diogo Bernardo Lemos

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Diogo Bernardo Lemos


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Major — Comparative Politics

Minor — Political Theory

Diogo Lemos is a sixth year doctoral candidate in political science at the George Washington University. His primary research interests are democracy, ethnicity and religious violence. His dissertation explores the long-term political repercussions of communal violence in urban India. During his studies at GW, Diogo received a full-time doctoral fellowship from the Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (2011-2015), a field research fellowship from the Sigur Center for Asia Studies at the Elliot School of International Affairs (2014), and a summer grant for Asian language study in Asia, also from Sigur Center for Asia Studies at the Elliot School of International Affairs (2012). He has participated on Al Jazeera's 'Inside Story' and has published on the Monkey Cage at the Washington Post. He is currently an affiliate at the Political Science Department at the Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. 


Identity politics, religion, ethnicity, communal conflict in South Asia

  • B.A. Queen Mary, University of London
  • MSc London School of Economics and Political Science