October 2018 DR. MAIDUL ISLAM BA (Calcutta), MA (JNU), MPhil (JNU), DPhil (Oxon) Present Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. Institutional Address: Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta; R-1, Baishnabghata- Patuli Township, Kolkata-700094, India. E-mail: maidul@cssscal.org; moidul.islam@gmail.com; maidul.politics@gmail.com Homepage: http://cssscal.org/faculty_maidul_islam.php Date of Birth: 5 th February, 1980 Place of Birth: Kolkata Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Citizenship: Indian University Education 2007-2012: DPhil, Brasenose College and Department of Politics & IR, University of Oxford. Result: Pass and Awarded. Thesis: Limits of Islamism: Ideological Articulations of Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh. 2005-2007: MPhil, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Result: First Class; FGPA: 7.69/9 [85.44%] Dissertation: Understanding Political Islam in India: Ideology and Organisation of Jamaat-e- Islami Hind. 2003-2005: MA in Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi. Result: First Class; FGPA: 6.81/9 [75.66%]. 2000-2003: BA (Honours) in Political Science, Presidency College, University of Calcutta. Result: Upper Second Class; 55.62%. Subsidiary Subjects: Economics & History. Compulsory Subjects: English, Bengali, Environmental Studies. Areas of Research Interest: Political Theory, Political Ideologies, Political Economy, Populism, Indian Politics, Indian Muslims, Cinema, Contemporary West Bengal and Bangladesh. 1
School Education Higher Secondary (2000): First Division, Andrews High School, Kolkata. Percentage: 61.40% Secondary (Madhyamik) (1998): First Division, South Point High School, Kolkata. Percentage: 61.37% Professional Career Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata [December 2013 February 2016] Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla [February 2013 December 2013] Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences [August 2012 February 2013] Scholarships, Grants and Awards Fellowship, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2013 Hulme Completion Grant, Brasenose College, Oxford, 2011 Departmental Studentship, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, 2010-2011 Clarendon Scholarship, University of Oxford, 2007-2010 Hector Pilling Scholarship, Brasenose College, Oxford, 2007-2010 Senior Hulme Scholarship, Brasenose College, Oxford, 2009-2011 Graduate Research Grant, Brasenose College, Oxford, 2009 Rai Bahadur Jogendranath Ghosh Overseas Scholarship, University of Calcutta, 2007 UGC-National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in India, 2005 Netaji Subhas Chandra Basu Prize, Presidency College, Kolkata, 2002 Academic Publications: Books (Forthcoming 2019) Indian Muslim(s) After Liberalization. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. (2015) Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. [Nomination: Association of Asian Studies Bernard S. Cohn Book Prize by the Cambridge University Press in 2016]. 2
Book Chapters (Forthcoming 2019) Fortunes of Radicalism: Indian Maoists and the Dead End of Politics, in Mubashar Hasan, Kenji Isezaki and Sameer Yasir (eds.), Radicalization in South Asia: Context, Trajectories and Implication (New Delhi: Sage). (2018) Big National Parties in West Bengal: An Exceptional Outcast? in Mujibur Rehman (ed.), Rise of Saffron Power: Reflections on Indian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 279-296. (2015) Indian Muslims and the Radical Democratic Project in Subhoranjan Dasgupta (ed.), Democratic Governance and Politics of the Left in South Asia. New Delhi: Aakar Books, pp. 70-89. (2015) Ernesto Laclau: The Quintessential Theorist of Populism, in Pradip Basu (ed.), Social Thinkers of Modern Times (Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2015), pp. 77-91. (Forthcoming) Indian Muslims, Ambedkar and the Possibilities of Progressive Politics, in Arun Banerjee (ed.), Prabuddha Bharat: Understanding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the Passage of Time (Kolkata: Asiatic Society). (Forthcoming) The Elusive Yet Necessary Idea of Justice, in Gopal Guru (et al.), Is There an Adequate Theory of Justice? Journal Articles (2016) Avatar: A Cinema Speaking about Extractive Capitalism and Contemporary Imperialism, Socialist Perspective: A Quarterly Journal of Social Sciences, 44 (1-2). pp. 5-27 [Backlog issue published in 2018]. (2017) Umma and the Dilemma of Muslim Belonging in Modern South Asia. St. Antony s International Review, 12 (2). pp. 26-43. (2017) with Rajarshi Ghose. Struggle in the Path of Islam: Three Moments, Seminar, No. 691. pp. 31-36. (2016) Crisis of Islamist Extremism in Contemporary Bangladesh. Economic and Political Weekly, 51 (40). pp. 25-29. (2012) Metaphysics of Islam: A Critical Inquiry. Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 19 (1-2). pp. 171-200 [Backlog issue published in 2015]. (2012) Rethinking the Muslim Question in Post-Colonial India. Social Scientist, 40 (7-8). pp. 61-84. (2011) Flawed Idea of Justice. Economic and Political Weekly, 46 (32). pp. 116-121. (2009) Posing the Muslim Question in India: A Leftwing Perspective. Journal of Humanities 3
and Social Sciences, No. 6. pp. 66-79. (2007) Imagining Indian Muslims: Looking Through the Lens of Bollywood Cinema. Indian Journal of Human Development, 1 (2). pp. 403-422. (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. 244-259. (2006) Postmodernized Cultural Globalisation: Threatening Folk Culture(s) in India. Social Scientist, 34 (9-10). pp. 48-71. Occasional Papers/Working Papers 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. Selected Writings in Newspapers, Magazines and Internet Blogs (Note: Titles of the essays are given by editors of Newspapers and Magazines) (2018) কন ত ণম ল এত ভ ট প য়, ভ ব ছন কম রড?, Ei Samay, July 19. (2018) অত পর আ লক দল লই ভ বষ তর নয়n?, Ei Samay, June 12. (2018) Crisis in the Free World, Book Review of Surendra Munshi s Democracy Under Threat, The Telegraph, Kolkata, June 08. (2018) অ শ ক মtর s ত ত: প ত র ঊ ধ আ দ প n র জ ন তক ম ন ষ, Ei Samay, May 07. (2018) p হল, ক gস জ ট গড় ত কতট উৎস ক, Ei Samay, March 20. (2018) ব মপn র হ ত দ ম, ত ণম লই এখন নব -ব ম?, Ei Samay, February 07. (2017) অব শ ষ ম দ র আ c দন p চ hর ম খ?, Ei Samay, December 21. (2017) Take a right turn from here, Book Review of Edward Luce s The Retreat of Western Liberalism, The Telegraph, Kolkata, November 24. (2017) Why Indian Muslims had to wait so many decades for the ban on triple talaq?, WION, August 25. 4
(2017) ব ল ন গ রক সম জ, ফ ল প ই একম t ভরস, Ei Samay, May 30. (2017) আ টর দশ কর ব ম = হ ল আম লর ত ণম ল?, Ei Samay, January 10. (2016) কতট জন pয় ছল প কs ন আ n লন Book Review of Venkat Dhulipala s Creating A New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India, Anandabazar Patrika, October 15. (2016) শ lর নয়, শl য় নর বকl পথ খ জ জ র, Ei Samay, September 14. (2016) Can We Speak In/With Silence? Alochona (Dialogue), August 26. (2016) ব মর ই ব মপn য় নই, জ টর ক দ ষ?, Ei Samay, July 19. (2016) স nk ণ ব ল দশ, ম লব দ র বচ লত, Ei Samay, July 12. (2016) The Construct of Islamic Terror, The Indian Express, July 16. (2016) Islamists and their Refracted Anger, The Hindu, July 07. (2016) ব ল দশ ও ম লব দ, Arekrakam, 4 (13), July 1-15, pp. 21-23. (2016) মত দ শ ই সমস, স গঠন চ হ ব ক ক র?, Ei Samay, May 30. (2016) প রবত ন ন pত বত ন, ক আ ছ ভ বত ব?, Ei Samay, April 21. (2016) ল mনকথ, Arekrakam, 4 (6), March 16-31, pp. 48-51. (2016) স হß ত নয় সম ন ধক র চ ই, Deshkaal Bhabna, 7 (15), March 5, pp. 24-25. (2016) শষ pহ রর জ টর ড ক ব জম ত হ ব ক?, Ei Samay, February 16. (2016) গণত সহ কর র p ট আস ছ ক ভ ব?, Ei Samay, January 07. (2015) রস য়ন আ ছ, প গ ণতও আ ছ, Anandabazar Patrika, November 10. 5
(2015) ক ক খ ব, ত ত র র ক, Anandabazar Patrika, October 29. (2015) ক খ ব, ত স দ য়ক শ kই ব ল দ ব?, Ei Samay, October 29. (2015) এই হ স র পছ ন য অথ ন ত, Anandabazar Patrika, October 08. (2015) p স ড n kমশ ম ত র দ ক এ গ c, Anandabazar Patrika, September 16. (2015) with Garga Chattopadhyay. ব ড় দল লর আs ল ন থম ক র জন ত র জ ব স র দন nন সমস ন য় কউ ভ ব?, Ei Samay, September 14. (2015) ম র p চ ন ও নব ন ই তহ স Book Review of Ziadduddin Sardar s Mecca: The Sacred City, Anandabazar Patrika, July 18. (2015) Between Nation-State and Ummah s Appeal: The Contradictions of Islamism in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, OXPOL: The Oxford University Politics Blog, April 20. (2015) Limits of Islamism in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, Alochona (Dialogue), April 18. (2015) ম লব দ হ ন য় ক রও p ণ গ ল ব ঝ য য়, ব সর ভ t ভ র হ য় ছ ও s ধ ন নয় ম ন ষ হ ত চ ওয় ম ন ষ ল..., Editorial page essay in two parts, Ei Samay (Times of India Bengali newspaper), April 06-07. (2015) ধম য় ম লব দ ও স সব দ, Arekrakam, 3 (2). January, 16-31 January. pp. 30-33. (2015) ব ল য় স দ য়ক র জন তর ভ t, Sramajibi Bhasha, 5 (4). pp. 12-14. (2014) উnয়ন, অ ধক র আর জ বক র প রব ত এখন তক হ ব অন p বশ ন য়?, Ei Samay, December 22. (2014) তপন র য় চ ধ র র s ত ত: এক ছ স খs ত :, Ei Samay, December 22. (2014) দশজ ড়ই উপ নব চ ন পd কছ ট ফ ক কn, প মব ত র উ ছ ব কন?, Ei Samay, September 24. (2014) ভ ট হn tর থ ক ম দ t সফলতর ত ই অথ ন তর k t আরএসএস ন রব?, Ei 6
Samay, August 07. (2014) ২০১৪ নব চন ফল ফল ও ব মপn র গ তpক ত, Arekrakam, 2 (11). June, 1-15. pp. 26-28. (2014) র জ ফর জ ম হ র ল ব ম, Ei Samay, May 17. (2014) প রবত ন?, Ei Samay, May 14. (2014) দ লত ম খ ম হ লই সব সমস র সম ধ ন? ও স রkণ ক নও বশল করণ নয়, Editorial page essay in two parts, Ei Samay March 25-26. (2014) On the Forthcoming Indian General Elections 2014, Café Dissensus, Issue 6. March 17. (2013) ক gস- ব জ পর ব ই র ত ত য় বকl হ য় উঠ ত প র ব আপ?, Ei Samay, December 3. (2013) ব ম র ভ ট প চ বছর ধ রই কম ছ: ক gস-ত ণম ল ভ ট ভ গ ত দর ক ল ভ?, Ei Samay, September 4. (2013) Lumpen Living, High Thinking: Bengal s Ominous Political Trends. Frontier, 45 (49), June 16-22. pp. 7-10. (2011) with Subhashini Ali. Status of Muslims in West Bengal, The Hindu, April 14. (2010) The Limits of Indian Secularism, Editorial page article, The Bengal Post, October 8. (2007) Saddam s Pre-Determined Execution and Dynamics of Imperialism, People s Democracy, 31 (1). January 07. Interviews (2017) So, what about Malda? The Telegraph, Kolkata. July 16. (2016) Not Tolerance but need Equal Rights, Samakal, Dhaka. February 26. (2016) Jamaat is certainly not anti-capitalist, Dhaka Tribune. February 05. (2016) Jamaat has accepted modernisation, Dhaka Tribune. February 04. (2015) Cartoons caricaturing Muslims are not new, The Telegraph, Kolkata. February 8. Contribution in University Study Material 7
(May and June 2016) Module III, Comparative Politics: Recent Perspective, in Postgraduate Political Science Study Material for Paper V: Comparative Politics, Netaji Subhash Open University (Both English and Bangla Version). (2015-2016) Poverty Alleviation and Language Politics in India in Paper IV: Indian Government and Politics, Key Resource Person for MHRD project on UGC sponsored Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC), Kolkata. Teaching Experience Courses Taught Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta [March 2016 onwards] Parts of courses in the MPhil Course Work: (1) Rethinking Political Theory [Semester 2: 2016 onwards] (2) Interrogating Political Economy: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Semester 1: 2018 onwards] (3) Research Methods in Social Sciences [Semester 1: 2017 onwards] (4) Modernity and the Making of the Social [Semester 1: 2016] (5) Vocabulary of the Social Sciences [Semester 1: 2016] (6) Biopolitics, Ethics and Subjectivation [Semester 2: 2016] Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata [Guest Faculty: August 2016 December 2016] MA: Advanced Political Theory Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata [January 2014 January 2016] Undergraduate (BA Major) Full paper: Foundations of Political Theory [Semester 1] Parts of undergraduate (BA Major) courses: (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 [GenEd Course: Semester 2] Parts of postgraduate (MA) courses: (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) [August 2012 February 2013] MASW (Master of Arts in Social Work) (1) Concept, History and Theories of Development [Semester 1] (2) State, Democracy and Polity [Semester 2] (3) Social Aspects of Poverty and Theories of Social Justice [Semester 2] 8
BASS (Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences) (1) Introduction to Political Science [Semester 2] Supervision and Thesis Evaluation MPhil Supervision: Awarded 1) Judaline Torcato, Making a World of a Difference: Justice in the Thought of Iris Marion Young (CSSSC: 2017) 2) Pushan Sarkar, Making of an Urban Working-Class: A Case Study of Calcutta Tramways, 1873-1948 (CSSSC: 2017) 3) Biswajit Prasad Hazam, The Transformation of the Party Organization and Political Representation in West Bengal: An Analysis of Left Front to Trinamool Congress through Elections (CSSSC: 2018) Current PhD Students: 1. Adwitya Thapa, Statehood and the hills of West Bengal: Implication for Politics in Bengal (CSSSC: Tentative title) 2. Ayan Das, Populism and Governance: A Study of West Bengal Politics, 1991-2016 (CSSSC: Tentative Title) 3. Dhritiman Chakraborty, Dilemmas of Postcolonial Development: An Enquiry into the Politics of Two Dissident Movements (CSSSC: Tentative title) 4. Dwaipayan Banerjee, Towards Independence: Understanding Working Class Movement in an Era of Globalisation (CSSSC: Tentative title) Visiting Research Scholar 1. Riccardo Jaede, (Registered as a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, LSE, UK and registered as a visiting research scholar with CSSSC for doing fieldwork in West Bengal). Research interests: Urban Anthropology and Ethics of Anthropology. Thesis Evaluation: External Examiner, PhD, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2018) External Examiner, MPhil in Social Sciences, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2015) External Examiner, JRF to SRF promotion, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2014) 9
Visiting Appointments Guest Faculty, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (August December 2016). Course Taught: ADVANCED POLITICAL THEORY (Postgraduate course). Invitee Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Presidency College, Kolkata (December 2005). Course Taught: INDIAN POLITICS (Undergraduate course). Administrative Responsibilities Member, PhD Sub-Committee, CSSSC (2016 ) Invited Member, MPhil Sub-Committee, CSSSC (2016 ) Convenor, Equal Opportunity Office Preparatory Committee, CSSSC (2017-18) Convenor, Committee to Initiate Paid Training Courses, CSSSC (2017-18) Member, Library Committee, CSSSC (2017-18) Member, CAS Sub-Committee, CSSSC (2016-2017) Member, Service Book Sub-Committee, CSSSC (2016 ) Member, Cultural Studies Workshop Sub-Committee, CSSSC (2016-2017) Teacher-in-charge of Sports, Presidency University, Kolkata (2014 2015) Convenor, Seminar Committee, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata (2014 2016) 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, 21-22 December, 2013. Project Associate, Programme for the Study of Discrimination and Exclusion, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi (2006 2007). 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 10
(JNU), New Delhi. Principal Investigator: Dr. Praveen K. Jha, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, JNU. Referee for Journals Social Semiotics, Development in Practice, Rethinking Marxism, Nations and Nationalism, Economic and Political Weekly, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, History and Sociology of South Asia, Kalyani Journal of Political Studies, Socialist Perspective: A Quarterly Journal of Social Sciences. Referee for Book Manuscripts and Research Monographs Book Manuscript (Oxford University Press), Book Manuscript (Routledge), Book Manuscript (Sage Publications), Research Monograph (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka). Membership in Professional Bodies Association for Political Theory Council for Political Studies West Bengal Political Science Association Academic Papers Presented in Seminars, Conferences and Workshops Indian Muslim(s) After Liberalisation, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (22 June 2018). Secularism without Tolerance, UGC-CPE Sponsored National Conference on Secularism: Current Trends, Bijoy Krishna Girls College, Howrah (16 March 2018). Land Acquisition and Notes on Combined Accumulation of Capital in Contemporary India, in Capital in the East, International Conference to Commemorate 150 th year of the Publication of Karl Marx s Capital (Volume One), Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata (30-31 January 2018). Big National Parties in West Bengal: An Exceptional Outcast? in International Workshop on Political Economy of Sub-National Regions: Comparative Studies of Indian States, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (12 January 2018). Is Corruption Democratised in India? Observations from Politics and Development Panel Discussant in International Workshop on Political Economy of Sub-National Regions: Comparative Studies of Indian States, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (11 January 2018). How to Defend Independent Media? Panel discussant on Regional and Social Media in the Seventh Anjan Ghosh Memorial Seminar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (16 September 2017). 11
Research Training Seminar, Key Resource Person for PhD Students, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata (26 May 2017). The Empire of Neoliberalism, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (16 March 2017). No to Tolerance, Yes to Equal Rights: Analysing the Contemporary Indian Debates on the Right to Life and Liberty, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka (06 March 2017). Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Phase of Imperialism at the one day National seminar on Post-Globalisation, Empire and Identities, Department of Sociology, University of North Bengal (17 February 2017). Between Heard and Hurt: The Paradox of Free Speech, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (20 January 2017). The Legacy of the Left, Panel Discussant at the 10 th Jaipur Literature Festival (19 January 2017). Conceptualising Tolerance: From Liberal Silence to Authoritarian Silencing of Democratic Value of Equality, Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts, Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan (19 November 2016). The Changing Nature of Representative Democracy: From Party Centric Mobilisation to Leader Centric Mobilisation at the one day seminar on Representation and Democratic Politics, Sixth Anjan Ghosh Memorial Seminar, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (26 September 2016). Women and Politics: Paradoxes of Representation, at the UGC sponsored national seminar on Women Empowerment: A Third World Perspective, Sivanath Sastri College, Kolkata (05 September, 2016). Indian Muslim(s), Ambedkar and the Radical Democratic Politics, at the national seminar on Prabuddha Bharat: Understanding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the Passage of Time, Asiatic Society, Kolkata (27 August 2016). Can we speak in/with silence? Department of Media Studies and Journalism, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh, Dhaka (20 August 2016). Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh, Book Talk at University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh, Dhaka (07 April 2016). The Islamist Party and Comparative Analysis of Jamaat-e-Islami in India and Bangladesh, Book Talk at Bangladesh Institute of Social Research, Dhaka (02 April 2016). 12
The Illiberal Idea of Tolerance in Liberal Democracy, Department of Political Science, Presidency University, Kolkata (18 March 2016). Muslims in Bengal: Development and Empowerment, organized by Independent Journalist Society, Rotary Sadan, Calcutta (06 March 2016). Antagonism and Agonism: Conceptual Relevance in International Politics, in UGC-HRDC Refresher Course on INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS: RECENT TRENDS, Jadavpur University (01-22 February 2016). Dissent, Democracy and Public Policy in the ONGC Panel on Human Values, Democracy and Public Policy at the Second International Conference on Contemporary Debates in Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (16 January 2016). Culture/Religion and Governance, at the one day seminar on Governing India: Present Challenges and Future Prospects, organized by Manicktala Social Action Research Centre in collaboration with the Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta (08 January 2016). 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). 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 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). 13
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 2013-14, 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). 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 (07 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: 20-22 November 2013). 14
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 (03 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, 17 18 February 2011). 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 (04 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 (06 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, 17 19 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 (07 February 2008). 15
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 02 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 (02 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, 04 06 April, 2006). Languages and Technical Skills Fluent in English, Bengali and Hindi. Excellent communication skills in Urdu. Well versed in MS Word, Excel and Endnote (bibliographic). Professional Expertise Occasional appearance as a political commentator in ABP Ananda, 24 Ghanta, RPlus, Onkar TV, ETV Bangla, Focus Bangla (Bengali Television News Channels), CNBC Awaaz (Hindi Television News Channel) and All India Radio. Have given expert opinions on Indian and West Bengal politics for The Telegraph, Bloomberg, New York Times, Al-Jazeera, The Times of India, The Hindu, LiveMint, BBC Hindi, ABP News, and The Christian Science Monitor. Extra-Curricular Activities Member of the Presidency Alumni Team winning the Udayan Mukherjee Memorial Debate (19 th January 2016). 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 (17 th January 2015). 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). Upper and Middle Order Batsman, Brasenose College (Oxford) 1 st XI Cricket Team (2010): unbeatable Division Three Champions, Oxford College League 2010. 16
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 (2004-05). Champion, Inter Hostel Chess Championship, JNU (2004 & 2005). Runner-Up, Inter Hostel Debate Competition, JNU (2004). Cricket Captain, Presidency College, Kolkata (2002-03). Captain of Champion Team, Inter Department Cricket Tournament, Presidency College, Kolkata (2001). Debater in Live Yuba Utsab in All India Radio, Calcutta, 12 th January 2001. 17