Prof. Rizwan Qaiser Department of History and Culture Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi-110025 M: 9810594839 E-mail: riz_qaiser@rediffmail.com PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in Modern Indian History, 2005) (JNU, New Delhi) M.Phil. in Modern Indian History, 1988 (JNU, New Delhi). M.A. in Modern Indian History, 1982 (JNU, New Delhi) with B+ B.A. (Hons.) in History, 1980 (Bhagalpur University), with 59% Intermediate in Arts, 1976 (Bhagalpur University) Matriculation in 1974 from Bihar Secondary Examination Board, Patna TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Working as Professor from February 2011 in the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Worked as Associate Professor from 26 September 2007 till 15 February 2011in the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025. Worked as Reader, from November 2005 till August 2007 in the Department of Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Worked as Lecturer Selection Grade from September 2004 till November 2005 in the Department of Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Worked as Lecturer, from September 1994 till July 2004 in the Department of Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Worked as Lecturer ad-hoc/temporary from January 1989 till August 1994 in the Department of Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 Papers Taught: 1. M.A. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Indian nationalism and the Political Processes 1875-1956(Annual Mode) Communalism in Modern India (Annual Mode) Political History of India 1857-1947-- MA II Semester History of Islam in India 1707-1971-- MA III Semester 2. B. A. (Hons.) Final Year (i) History of China and Japan (ii) The Modern World 17-20 th century
Page 2 of 7 Publications Books 1. Resisting Colonialism and Communal Politics: Maulana Azad and the Making of the Indian Nation, Manohar, 2011, ISBN- 978-81-7304-903-3 2. Congress and Making of the Indian Nation, co-author, (two volumes) Academic Foundation, 2011 with ISBN-13:9788171888580 & 10:8171888585 3. Resisting Colonialism and Communal Politics: Maulana Azad and the Making of the Indian Nation, Manohar, ISBN- 978935098-014-9 paperback edition, February 2013, 4. Essays/Articles 1. Muslims and Modernisation in India: Diverse Historical and Contemporary Experiences in Sabah Ulkesi a journal/ magazine in Turkish Language based in Berlin, April 2014 2. Contemporary Outlook on Sufism and Sufic Practices in India in Indian Horizons Vol 60 NO. 4 October- December 2013. 3. Hindi-Urdu Question: Contemporary Perceptions and Prescriptions in Alternative Voices: (Re) Searching Language, Culture Identity, eds. Imtiaz Hasnain, Sangeeta Bagga, Shailendra Mohan, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, Cambridge, 2013 with ISBN-(13) 978:1-4438-4716-2 &1-4438 4716-X 4. Exclusive Resources and Inclusive Objectives: Islam in the Making of Indian Nationalism, 1857-1922 in Negotiating Religion, Perspectives from Indian History, eds. R.P.Bahuguna, Ranjita Dutta and Farhat Nasreen, Manohar, 2012 with ISBN 978-81-7304-924-8 5. Madrsa-i-Islamia Ranchi: Maulana Azad s Early Experimentation with Madrsa Education, in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and the National Education System, ed. S. Irfan Habib, 2010, NUEPA, New Delhi, 6. 1857 ke Sandarbh Mein Hindu-Muslim Ekta, in Mahasnagram Gatha part-ii, ed. Arun Kumar, Allahabad, 2008, ISBN-978-7779-176-1 7. Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 in Gandhi: The man and his Times, IGNOU ISBN- 978-81-266 4662-3 8. Muslim Thought:Sir Syed Ahmad khan, Mohd. Iqbal, Maulana Maududi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Social and political Thought in Modern India, IGNOU81-266-1155-3 9. 1857 ki Bazgasht in Aj Kal (Urdu), May 2007, Publications Division, Ministry of I&B, Government of India. ISSN- 0971-847X, 10. Secularism Contested: The Predicament of the Nehruvian Era, in the Contemporary India, NMML, Delhi, 2003 11. Bhartiya Musalmanon ki Dasha aur Disha in Hans, (Hindi journal founded by Munshi Prem Chand) August, 2003 12. Maulana Azad ki Siyasi Zindagi ka Irteqa in the Jamia, (Urdu quarterly) Jan-March 2000
Page 3 of 7 13. Edited two volumes of encyclopedia of Indian history in Urdu, a project of NCPUL, July 1999 14. Bhartiya Janata Party: Ideological and political Antecedents, Mainstream weekly July, 1999 15. Pan-Islamism, Hindustan ki Jung-i-Azadi aur Mahatma Gandhi, in the Jamia an Urdu quarterly, 1996 16. Saqafati Samrajiyat aur Hindustani Samaj in Jamia an Urdu quarterly, March 1995 17. State society and Religion in Colonial India in N.Gupta, R.Lochan and P.Mehra eds. Society Religion and State, Indo-British Historical Society, Madras, 1994 18. Communalism and the Conceptualization of the Hindu Rashtra in Social Action, Quarterly review of Social Trends, Vol-44, no.1 Jan-March 1994 19. Jadeed Tareekh Nigari Mein Maulana Azad ki Tafheem: Ek Tajziati Jaeza, in Jamia Urdu Quarterly, November 1993 20. Hindu-Muslim Leadership: Dilemma of the Intelligentsia, in Mainstream, weekly 1 st August 1992 21. Continuity and Contradictions in Abul Kalam Azad s Religio-political Thoughts: an Evolutionary Process, 1912-1923 in Islam and the Modern Age, Quarterly, February 1992 Book Reviews; 1. Ian Henderson Douglas, Abul Kalam Azad: An Intellectual and Religious Biography, OUP, 1988 in Islam and the Modern Age, February 1990 2. Rashiduddin Khan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Shakhsiyat, Siyasat, Paigham, TUB, 1989 in the Jamia (Urdu), September 1900 3. Ishrat Haq, Glimpses of the Mughal Society and Culture, Concept, 1993 in Islam and the Modern Age, August, 1993 4. Mubarak Ali, Tareekh, volumes, 2,3,&4 in the Book Review, volume XXIV no.10 October 2000 5. Mubarak Ali, Almiya Tareekh (Revised edition) & Bartanvi Raj: Ek Tajzia, Fiction House, 1999 in the Book Review, volume xxv number 3 March, 2001 6. Bernard Lewis, The political Language of Islam, OUP, Karachi, in the Book Review, volume XXVI no.10 October 2002 Seminars/ Conferences International 1. Presented a paper titled, Maulana Azad and the Making of the National Educational System in India, in an international seminar on Indian Movements of Social Reforms and their Influence, 11-13 December 2009, organized by the Ghalib Institute, New Delhi 2. Presented a paper titled, The Role of Urdu in the Indian Nationalist Movement with special reference to the Rebellion of 1857, in an International conference on the Rebellion of 1857, organized by the Department of Urdu, University of Delhi in collaboration with NCPUL, New Delhi, 28-29 November, 2007 3. Presented a paper titled, Hindi-Urdu Question: Contemporary Perceptions and Prescriptions, in an International Seminar jointly organized by Department of Linguistics, AMU, Aligarh, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and ICSSR, New Delhi 8-10 February 2010 4. Presented a paper titled, The Settled and Unsettled Muslim Identity in Post Independent India, in an International seminar on Negotiating Accommodating Religious Identity in Public Arena:
Page 4 of 7 Comparing Indian and European Experiences with special reference to Muslim Minorities, organized by the Centre for West Asian Studies, JMI 10-12 February 2010 5. Presented a paper titled, The Trajectories of Intellectual and Political life of Maulana Azad in Ranchi, 1916-1919 in an International Seminar on For Nation and Islam: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in Retrospect, organized by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, 28-29 August, 2012 National 1. Presented a paper titled as "The Formative phase of political ideas of Maulana Azad 1906-1924" in seminar organised by the Iran Society, Calcutta in November, 1988 2. Presented a paper titled as "Continuity and contradictions in Abul Kalam Azad's Religio-Political Thoughts: An evolutionary process, 1912-1923" in a seminar organised by the Institute of Islamic Studies, Bombay in February 1990 3. Presented a paper titled as "Savarkar's Hindutva: Studying the text" in Regional consultations on secularism organised by the Indian Social Institute in October 1993 4. Presented a paper titled as "The making of the Hindutva Ideology" in a national seminar organised by the Centre of the Study of Social System, JNU, in 1996 5. Presented a paper on JMI: An Experiment with politics of education, organised by the Deptt. of History and Culture, March, 1998 6. Delivered a key note address to the Kerala Islamic Seminar, organised by the Centre for Study and Research, Calicut, September, 1998 7. Presented a paper on Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi in a seminar organised by the Amarpakhshi, an NGO in October 1998 8. Presented a paper on the Contemporary Conditions of Minorities in India, organised by All India Minorities Rights Protection Committee, July, 1999 9. Presented a paper titled as "Professional Ethics for Academics" in a National Convention on Academic Freedom and Dignity, 31st January, 2000 10. Presented a paper, Calibrating the Historiographical Approaches to the Rebellion of 1857, in a national seminar on The Rebellion of 1857, oraginsed by Laxmibai College, University of Delhi, September 2007 11. Presented a paper titled, Maulana Azad and the Question of Political Representation Muslims in a seminar organized by NCPUL, February 2009 11. Presented a paper titled, A Critical Evaluation of Guilty Men of India s Partition in a national seminar on Rammmanohar Lohia s Vision of of a Socialist Civilisation, organized by the Sahitya Akademi, March 2010 12. Presented a paper titled Mahatma Gandhi and Maulana Azad: Dynamics of an Evolving Relationship in a national seminar organized Centre for Gandhian Studies, University of Kolhapur, 18-20 March 2010 13. Presented a paper titled, Maulana Azad and the Institutionalization of Technical Education with Special Reference to IIT, Kharagpur, in a national seminar organized by NCERT at Bhopal, November 2009 14. Delivered keynote address to a national seminar on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and the New Educational Policy, organised by Department of Political Science, P.K.Roy Memorial college, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh on 30 March 2014 15. Delivered keynote address to a national seminar on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and the New Educational Policy, organised by Department of Political Science, P.K.Roy Memorial college, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh on 30 March 2014 16. Presented a paper on Maulana Azad and Modernisation Processes in an interdisciplinary national seminar on Towards Understanding Modernisation of Indian Tradition organised by Centre for the Study of social systems, JNU, 9-10 December 2013 17. Delivered keynote address to a national seminar on Gandhian View in the Mirror of History, organised by DAV PG College, (BHU), Varansi, 11 March 2014 18.
Page 5 of 7 Invited Talks Academic Staff College, JNU, 1. Issues of Diversity and the National Identity, 26 th Refresher course in History, 1.3.2007 2. National Identity a Plural Society, 69 th Orientation Programme, 9.3.2010 3. Nation and Institutions, 72 nd Orientation Programme, 9.11. 2010 4. Institutions Building in the National Context, 73 rd Orientation Programme, 18.2.2011 Academic Staff College (CPDHE), University of Delhi 1. The Art of Reviewing a Book, Orientation Programme, 21 June, 2011 2. Biography as History as above 11 July, 2011 Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh 1. Poetry of Resistance: Barqe-Kalisa of Akbar Allahabdi, 25 July, 2011 2. Maulana Azad in the Nationalist Political Processes, 25 July 2011 Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 1. Compatibility of Islam with Indian Nationalism, 67 Orientation Programme (OP), 14.4.2004 2. Politics of Language in India, 68 Do 10.6.2004 3. Do 69 Do 11.8.2004 4. The Method of Reviewing a book 70 Do 25.11.2004 5. Muslims and Indian Nationalism 71 Do 9.2.2005 6. Muslims and the Nationalist Politics 9 th Refresher Course in Political Science 3.2.2005 7. Politics of Language in India 73 Orientation Programme 5.7.2005 8. Do 76 Do 11.3.2006 9. Making Sense of Nationalism in Colonial Societies 14 Refresher Course in History 19.6.2006 10. Politics of Language in India 77 Orientation Programme 17.4.2006 11. Do 78 Do 6.9.2006 12. Do 79 Do 15.11.2006 13. Do 80 Do 24.1.2007 14. Do 81 Do 19.4.2007 15. Understanding Nationalism in Colonial Societies 15 Refresher Course in History 14.5.2007
Page 6 of 7 16. Politics of Language in India 82 Orientation Programme 20.8.2007 17. Understanding Minority Women Situation in the Context of Communal politics 17.11.2007 18. Women and National with Special Reference to 1857 (Refresher Course in Gender Studies, 29.11.2007 19. Panel Discussion; Secularism, Communal Harmony and National Integration 22.4.2008 20. The Method of Reviewing a book 85 Orientation Programme 9.8.2008 21. Do 6 Refresher Course in Economics 22.10.2008 22. Do 11 Refresher Course in Geography 20.1.2009 23. Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion 88 OP, Panel Discussion 5.5.2009 24. Secularism and National Integration 89 OP Panel Discussion 25.8.2009 25. Women and the Nationalist Movement 3 Refresher Course in Gender Studies 9.10.2009 26. The Method of Reviewing a book 7 Refresher Course in Economics 10.10.2009 27. Politics of Language in India 90 Orientation Programme 16.11.2009 28. Historical Dimensions of the Poetry of Akbar Allahabdi 16 RC in History 12.8.2009 29. Politics of Language in India 92 Orientation Programme 1.5.2009 30. The Art of Reviewing a book 1 Refresher Course in Comparative Literature 26.7.2010 31. Politics of Language in India 93 Orientation Programme 27.7.2010 Citations; 1. My essay, Communalism and Conceptualization of Hindu Rashtra was cited extensively in Secularism s Last Sigh, jointly written by Brenda Cosman and Ratna Kapur, OUP, 2002 2. My book, Resisting Colonialism and Communal Politics: Maulana Azad and the Making of the Indian Nation, has been cited 5 times in a Trinity College, Cambridge M.Phil dissertation by Laurence Gautier, under the supervision of Joya Chatterji, titled, Muslim Universities and Indian Politics after Partition, Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, 1947-1980s, 2011 Fellowship/Scholarship: UGC JRF/SRF, 1986 Academic and Administrative Contributions; Elected Member of the Academic Council, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, 2009-2012 Hony. Director, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilisations since September 2012- Contnuing
Page 7 of 7 Languages known; 1. English 2. Hindi 3. Urdu Personal Details; Date of Birth, 10 March 1960 Father: Mohammad Yaseen (Late) Mother: Akbari Begum (Late)