Curriculum Vitae. Higher Secondary (2000): Andrews High School, Calcutta (Result: First Division).

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1 Curriculum Vitae December 2015 Dr. Maidul Islam BA (Calcutta), MA (JNU), MPhil (JNU), DPhil (Oxon) Institutional Address: Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata , India. Permanent Address: 28/6, Tollygunge Circular Road, P.O.-New Alipore, Kolkata Current Position: Assistant Professor in Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata. Date of Birth: 5 th February, 1980; Calcutta Marital Status: Married Citizenship: Indian University Education : DPhil in Politics, Brasenose College and Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford. Dissertation: Limits of Islamism: Ideological Articulations of Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh. Supervisor: Dr. Nandini Gooptu. (Result: Pass and Awarded) : MPhil in Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dissertation: Understanding Political Islam in India: Ideology and Organisation of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. Supervisor: Prof. Zoya Hasan. (Result: First Class; FGPA: 7.69/9 [85.44%]) : MA in Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. (Result: First Class; FGPA: 6.81/9 [75.66%]) : BA (Honours) in Political Science, Presidency College, University of Calcutta; Subsidiary Subjects: Economics & History. Compulsory Subjects: English, Bengali and Environmental Studies. (Result: Upper Second Class; 55.62%) School Education Higher Secondary (2000): Andrews High School, Calcutta (Result: First Division). Secondary (1998): South Point High School, Calcutta (Result: First Division). Areas of Research Interest: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Identity Politics, Contemporary South Asian Politics, Indian Muslims and Cinema. 1

2 Past Employment Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla [28 th February, rd December, 2013]. Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tuljapur campus) [6 th August, th February, 2013]. Scholarships, Grants and Awards Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Calcutta University (18 22 March, 2013). Fellowship, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (28 February 23 December, 2013). Clarendon Scholarship, University of Oxford, Hector Pilling Scholarship, Brasenose College, Oxford, Senior Hulme Scholarship, Brasenose College, Oxford, Graduate Research Grant, Brasenose College, Oxford, Departmental Studentship, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, Hulme Completion Grant, Brasenose College, Oxford, Rai Bahadur Jogendranath Ghosh Overseas Scholarship, University of Calcutta, Qualified and Awarded the UGC-National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in India (June, 2005). Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu Prize, Presidency College, Kolkata, Publications: Authored Books Islam, Maidul (2015) Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. Book Chapters Islam, Maidul (2016) The Elusive Yet Necessary Idea of Justice. In: Guru, Gopal (et al), Is There An Adequate Theory of Justice? (Forthcoming). Islam, Maidul (2015) Ernesto Laclau: The Quintessential Theorist of Populism. In: Basu, Pradip (ed.), Social Thinkers of Modern Times. Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, pp Islam, Maidul (2015) Indian Muslims and the Radical Democratic Project. In: Dasgupta, Subhoranjan (ed.), Democratic Governance and Politics of the Left in South Asia. New Delhi: Aakar Books, pp

3 Articles Islam, Maidul (2012) Metaphysics of Islam: A Critical Inquiry. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 19 (1-2). pp Islam, Maidul (2012) Editorial. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 19 (1-2). pp Islam, Maidul (2013) Lumpen Living, High Thinking: Bengal s Ominous Political Trends. Frontier, 45 (49). pp Islam, Maidul (2012) Rethinking the Muslim Question in Post-Colonial India. Social Scientist, 40 (7-8). pp Islam, Maidul (2011) Flawed Idea of Justice. Economic and Political Weekly, 46 (32). pp Islam, Maidul (2011) War in Libya: Motives and Dynamics. Frontier, 43 (42). Islam, Maidul (2009) Posing the Muslim Question in India: A Leftwing Perspective. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6. pp Islam, Maidul (2007) Imagining Indian Muslims: Looking Through the Lens of Bollywood Cinema. Indian Journal of Human Development, 1 (2). pp Islam, Maidul (2007) The Plight of Indian Muslims: Some Missing Links in Sachar Committee Report and a Possible Alternative Model of Affirmative Action. Social Action, 57 (3). pp Islam, Maidul (2006) Postmodernized Cultural Globalisation: Threatening Folk Culture(s) in India. Social Scientist, 34 (9-10). pp Monographs Islam, Maidul (2015) Public Protests and Political Dissent in Our Times. UGC-DRS Occasional Paper Series: Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta. Islam, Maidul (2009) Mapping the Socio-Economic Status of Indian Muslims: A Factual Analysis. Working Paper Series I, Vol. 1, No. 2, Programme for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion (PSDE), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Other (Newspaper Articles, Magazines and Internet Blogs) Islam, Maidul (2015) On 2015 Bihar Assembly Election Results, Anandabazar Patrika, November 10. Islam, Maidul (2015) On Beef Politics, Anandabazar Patrika, October 29. 3

4 Islam, Maidul (2015) On Democracy, Freedom of Expression and Intellectual s Response to Communalism in Contemporary India, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), October 29. Islam, Maidul (2015) Political Analysis of Poll Violence in Contemporary West Bengal, Anandabazar Patrika, October 08. Islam, Maidul (2015) On Strikes, Power Tariff and Contemporary Opposition Politics in West Bengal with Garga Chattopadhyay, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), September 14. Islam, Maidul (2015) Book Review of Ziadduddin Sardar s Mecca: The Sacred City, Anandabazar Patrika, July 18. Islam, Maidul (2015) On the Killings of Bangladesh Bloggers and the Problem of Religious Fundamentalism in India and Bangladesh, Editorial page essay in two parts, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), April Islam, Maidul (2015) The Specificity of Moditva, The Global Mirror, March 16. Islam, Maidul (2015) Religious Fundamentalism and Terrorism, Arekrakam (in Bengali), 3 (2). January, pp Islam, Maidul (2015) The Foundation of Communal Politics in Bengal: Some Preliminary Thoughts, Sramajibi Bhasha (in Bengali), 5 (4). pp Islam, Maidul (2014) Reminiscing West Bengal Politics in 2014, Editorial page essay, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), December 22. Islam, Maidul (2014) On Bye Elections in Indian States, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), September 24. Islam, Maidul (2014) On Moditva, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), August 07. Islam, Maidul (2014) On 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and the Trajectory of Left Politics in India, Arekrakam (in Bengali), 2 (11). June, pp Islam, Maidul (2014) On 16 th Lok Sabha Election Results, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), May 17. Islam, Maidul (2014) On Exit Polls and its methodological limitations in India, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), May 14. Islam, Maidul (2014) On Muslim Question, Affirmative Action and Contemporary Bengal Politics, Two parts Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), March Islam, Maidul (2014) On the Forthcoming Indian General Elections 2014, Café Dissensus, 4

5 Issue 6. March 17. Islam, Maidul (2013) On Aam Aadmi Party and the Idea of third Political Alternative in Delhi, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), December 3. Islam, Maidul (2013) On the Panchayat Elections in West Bengal, Editorial page article, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), September 4. Islam, Maidul (2013) Political Trends in Contemporary West Bengal, Pragoti. May 21. Islam, Maidul (2012) Jangipur By-Election Results and Emerging Trends in Bengal Politics, Pragoti. October 15. Islam, Maidul (2012) Living in Ironical Times, Pragoti. June 22. Islam, Maidul (2012) The Rushdie Affair: First as Tragedy, Second as Farce, Pragoti. February 4. Islam, Maidul (2011) Anti-Corruption Movement and Limits of Indian Democracy, Pragoti. August 30. Islam, Maidul (2011) Lessons for the Indian Left from Koni, Pragoti. July 23. Islam, Maidul (2011) Political Violence and Democratic Politics in Contemporary West Bengal Pragoti. May 17. Islam, Maidul (2011) The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden, Pragoti. May 5. Islam, Maidul and Subhashini Ali (2011) Status of Muslims in West Bengal, Editorial page article, The Hindu, April 14. Islam, Maidul (2011) Imperialist War in Libya: Motives and Dynamics, Countercurrents. March 27. Islam, Maidul (2010) The Limits of Indian Secularism, Editorial page article, The Bengal Post, October 8. Islam, Maidul (2010) UK General Election 2010 and the British Left, Pragoti. June 11. Islam, Maidul (2010) Empire and its Double Standards, Pragoti. March 21. Islam, Maidul (2010) Avatar: Cinema of Liberal American Guilt, Pragoti. February 8. Islam, Maidul (2007) Saddam s Pre-Determined Execution and Dynamics of Imperialism, People s Democracy, 31 (1). January 07. Work in Progress Indian Muslim(s) in the Globalized World (Academic book based on modified versions of published papers and some new research findings on Indian Muslims. Status: Manuscript submitted and under review by referee). 5

6 Avatar: A Cinema Speaking about Empire submitted to the journal, Rethinking Marxism (Status: received referee report; currently modifying the paper to resubmit). Teaching Experience Courses Taught Presidency University, Kolkata [From January 2014 onwards] Undergraduate Full paper: Foundations of Political Theory [Semester 1]. Parts of undergraduate courses taught at Presidency University: (1) Liberal Political Thought [Semester 2] (2) Marxist Political Theory [Semester 4] (3) Emerging Issues in Political Science [Semester 6] (4) Western Political Thinkers: Locke, Mill and Marx for GenEd interdisciplinary students [Semester 2]. Parts of postgraduate courses taught at Presidency University: (1) Contemporary Debates in Political Theory [Semester 1] (2) Contemporary Debates in Marxism [Semester 1] (3) Studies in Comparative Politics [Semester 2: Taught only for one semester]. TISS (Tuljapur) [From August 2012 to February 2013] MASW (Master of Arts in Social Work) (1) Concept, History and Theories of Development [Foundation Course, Shared] (Semester 1); (2) State, Democracy and Polity [Foundation Course] (Semester 2); (3) Social Aspects of Poverty and Theories of Social Justice [Core Course, Shared] (Semester 2) BASS (Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences) (1) Introduction to Political Science: Political Science and its Concerns and Components [Foundation Course] (Semester 2) Other Work Experience PhD Supervision: 1) Ms. Madhurialata Basu: Political Economy of Care and Migration with Special Reference to the Nursing Occupation in India (Tentative title in the 1 st year). 2) Ms. Ivy Pushilal: The Role of Social Media in Political Mobilisation: A Comparative Study of Anna Hazare s Anti-Corruption Movement in India and the Shahbag Movement in Bangladesh (Tentative Title in the 1 st year). External Examiner, MPhil in Social Sciences, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2015) Teacher-in-charge of Sports, Presidency University, Kolkata (2014 ) Convenor, Seminar Committee, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata (2014 ) 6

7 Convenor, Admissions Review Sub-Committee, Presidency University Kolkata (2014) Member, Presidency Undergraduate Admission Test Sub-Committee (External centre: Jalpaiguri) [2014]. Guest Editor, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. XIX, No. 1 & 2 (2012: Backlog issue published in 2015) [Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla]. Co-convenor, National Seminar on India s Political Economy in Transition: The Crisis of Governance, Democracy and Development (Jointly organised by Department of Political Science at Goa University, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and Indian Council of Social Science Research): Goa University, December, Project Associate, Programme for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi (10/02/ /06/2007). Helped to organise seminars and conferences and helped to prepare an Empirical field based study: Caste and Community-Based Labour Market Discrimination: A Pilot Study in Noida, Working Paper Series I, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2009), Programme for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion (PSDE), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Principal Investigator: Dr. Praveen K. Jha, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, JNU. Invitee Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Presidency College, Kolkata (December 2005). Course Taught: INDIAN POLITICS. Referee in Journals Nations and Nationalism (LSE), Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IIAS, Shimla), Kalyani Journal of Political Studies (Kalyani University). Professional Expertise Occasional appearance as a political commentator in ABP Ananda, 24 Ghanta, RPlus, Onkar TV, Focus Bangla (Bengali Television News Channels) and All India Radio. Have given expert opinions on Indian and West Bengal politics for The Telegraph, Bloomberg, New York Times, Al-Jazeera, Voice of America, The Times of India, The Hindu, and The Christian Science Monitor. Part of Institutional Research Project An Appraisal of Bt Cotton Cultivation in Rural Maharashtra: A Study by Tata Institute of Social Sciences for the Government of Maharashtra. Academic Papers Presented in Seminars and Conferences Women, Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia, in Celebrating South Asian Women s Day for Peace, Democracy, Justice and Human Rights, organised by SWAYAM, Panel Discussant, Rotary Sadan, Kolkata (30 November, 2015). 7

8 On Human Rights, Rani Dhanya Kumari College, Jiaganj, Murshidabad, seminar financed by UGC (26 November, 2015). Politics, Rules and Marginality: The Logic of Power and the People, Department of Political Science, Scottish Church College, Kolkata (05 October, 2015). Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, Book Talk at Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (01 October, 2015). Can Islamism Offer an Alternative Political Economy System? Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat (30 September, 2015). Research Training Seminar, Key Resource Person for PhD Research Students, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (14 August, 2015). Between Onuprobesh (Infiltration), Obhibashon (Immigration) and Shoronarthi (Refugee): Examining the Political Rhetoric of BJP on Citizenship in Contemporary West Bengal, South Asia Day, Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford (28 May, 2015). Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, Book Talk in South Asia Day, Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford (28 May, 2015). The Realignment of Political Forces in Indian Democracy: Some Latest Trends, Democracy and Federalism in India: Some Latest Trends, A Tri-University Seminar supported by UGC, involving Departments of Political Science of Calcutta University and Presidency University, and Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University; Presidency University, Kolkata (27 March, 2015). The Elusive yet Necessary Idea of Justice, National Seminar on Is There an Adequate Theory of Justice, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (20-21 March, 2015). New Frontiers of Research in the Contemporary World, Key Resource Person for PhD Research Students, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (13 March, 2015). Indian Politics in Bollywood Cinema, Loreto College, Kolkata (6 February, 2015). Inequality and Disadvantaged Communities: Lessons from the India Exclusion Report , Panel Discussant, Rotary Sadan, Kolkata (27 January, 2015). Regional Political Parties and Indian Democracy, Seminar organized by Presidency Alumni Association, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata (18 December, 2014). 8

9 Ascendancy of Right in Contemporary Indian Politics, Department of Political Science, Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College, Kolkata (12 December, 2014). Two Forms of Protests and Two Ethics of Dissent in Our Times, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (12 November, 2014). Political Behaviour of Religious Minorities in West Bengal, ICSSR sponsored conference on Elections 2014: Implications for Dalits and Minorities in India, Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (2-3 September, 2014). Moditva s rise to power: Signposts from the postcolonial populist democracy in India, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (27 June, 2014). Critical Perspectives in Politics and Economics, Special Lecture Series of Jadavpur University Heterodox Economics Association, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University (April 2014). Ernesto Laclau and the Possibility of Postmodern Politics, UGC sponsored conference titled The Postmodern Paradigm in Philosophy under the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) at the Department of Philosophy, North Bengal University (13-14 February, 2014). Public Protests and Political Dissent in Our Times, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (7 th February, 2014). Indian Muslims and the Radical Democratic Project, International Conference on Democracies in South Asia and the Role of the Left, organised by Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata and sponsored by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin (Kolkata: November, 2013). Imag(in)ing Indian Muslims in Post-Liberalization Hindi Cinema, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (24 October, 2013). Indian Muslim(s) in the Globalized World, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (16 May, 2013). Public Protests and Political Dissent in Indian Democracy, Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta (21 March, 2013). On Identity, National Workshop for Research students on Marginalisation and Resistance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tuljapur Campus), Maharashtra (3 February, 2013). Avatar: A Cinema Speaking about Empire, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Tuljapur Campus), Maharashtra (27 August, 2012). Rethinking Muslim Question in Post-Colonial India, National Seminar on Minorities and the Margins: Colonial Encounter and Post-Colonial Discourses, Programme for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (JNU, New Delhi, February, 2011). 9

10 Political Ontology of Islamism, Centre for Political Ideologies, University of Oxford (25 November, 2010). Critical Perspectives on Amartya Sen s Idea of Justice, Department of Economics and Politics, Viswa Bharati, Shantiniketan (4 September, 2010). The Death and Life of Civilization, Association for Baha I Studies-Baha I International Politics and Law Special Interest Group (ABS-BIPOLIG) One day Conference on Building Civilisation, Kellogg College, Oxford (6 February, 2010). Religion and Political Ideology: Towards Morphology of Islamism, Centre for Political Ideologies, University of Oxford (21 January, 2010). Morphology of Islamism: Limits of Ideological Articulations of Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, Graduate Research in Progress Seminar, Nuffield College, Oxford (13 November, 2009). Morphology of Islamism: Ideologisation of Religion in a Globalized India, Global Congress on World s Religions after September 11 An Asian Perspective, organized by Centre for the Study of Comparative Religion and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi & Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, January, 2009). Religion, Modernity and Politics of Nationalism: The Experience of the Islamic World, Brasenose College, Oxford (30 April, 2008). Construction of Islamism: Ideologisation of a Religion, Centre for Political Ideologies, University of Oxford (7 February, 2008). Indian Muslims under the Regime of Cultural Globalisation: Looking Through the Lens of Bollywood Cinema, Department of History, Presidency College, Kolkata (22 September, 2007). Nationalism and Islam: In Search of a Subaltern Maududi, 12 th Cultural Studies Workshop jointly organised by Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC), South South Exchange Programme in the History of Development (SEPHIS, Netherlands), Ford Foundation (India) and ENRECA (DANIDA, Copenhagen) (Hyderabad, 28 January 2 February, 2007). Political Islam in an age of Imperialism and Terrorism, Annual Academic Seminar of Calcutta Presidency College Alumni Association (Delhi Chapter), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2 September, 2006). Verdict 2004: From Identities to Issues and Interests?, UGC sponsored LeftWord International Young Scholar s Seminar, jointly organised by LeftWord Books and Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 4 6 April, 2006). 10

11 Languages and Technical Skills Fluent in English, Bengali and Hindi. Excellent communication skills in Urdu. Well versed in MS Word, Excel and Endnote (bibliographic). Extra-Curricular Activities Member of the Best Institution (Presidency University) in the First Sudhangshu Dasgupta Interinstitutional Memorial Debate (12 th September, 2014). Captain of the winning Presidency alumni team in the Past vs Present Cricket match (18 th January, 2014). Leader of the Presidency Alumni Team winning the Udayan Mukherjee Memorial Debate (17 th January, 2014). Editorial Committee Member, PRAGOTI (Internet Blog: pragoti.in), April 2010 onwards and a contributor in Pragoti on contemporary issues. Upper and Middle Order Batsman, Brasenose College (Oxford) 1 st XI Cricket Team (2010): unbeatable Division Three Champions, Oxford College League Middle Order Batsman, Oxford University Graduate Team (2010). Upper Order Batsman, Brasenose College (Oxford) 1 st XI Cricket Team (2008) winning Steve Stuart Memorial Cup against Jesus College, Cambridge (26 th April, 2008). Life Member, OXFORD UNION (October 2007 onwards). Member of Runners-Up Team, Inter School Annual Cricket Competitions, JNU ( ). Champion, Inter Hostel Chess Championship, JNU (2004 & 2005). Runner-Up, Inter Hostel Debate Competition, JNU (2004). Cricket Captain, Presidency College, Kolkata ( ). Captain of Champion Team, Inter Department Cricket Tournament, Presidency College, Kolkata (2001). Debater in Live Yuba Utsab in All India Radio, Calcutta before an invited audience held on

12 Academic Referees Prof. Nandini Gooptu Associate Professor of South Asian Studies & Head of the Department of International Development University of Oxford Address: Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB, UK Phone: +44-(0) ; +44-(0) nandini.gooptu@qeh.ox.ac.uk Dr. Faisal Devji University Reader in Modern South Asian History & Director, St. Antony s College Asian Studies Centre University of Oxford Address: 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF, UK Phone: +44 (0) faisal.devji@sant.ox.ac.uk Prof. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Address: Office No. 216, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, U.K. Phone: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) aa106@soas.ac.uk Prof. Michael Freeden Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Oxford & Professor of Political Theory University of Nottingham Address: Room C15 Law and Social Sciences Building University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK Michael.Freeden@nottingham.ac.uk Phone: +44-(0)