Nathaniel Roberts

Nathaniel ('Nate') Roberts is a socio-cultural anthropologist at the University of Göttingen's Center for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS). His work focuses on marginalized communities in India, including Dalit slum dwellers in Chennai, Pentecostals in Dharavi (Mumbai), and the Nagarathar (Chettiar) diaspora in Southeast Asia.

• Research Interests
  • Anthropology of religion and secularism
  • Elite-subaltern dynamics
  • Race and caste as systems of domination
  • Cultural logic of political representation
  • Democratic theory
  • Political philosophy

He leads the Anthropology of Power Lab and the Anthropology of Power Study Focus, integrating anthropological frameworks with political theory to examine power structures in postcolonial contexts.