Academic and administrative experiences of
Professor (Dr) Kazi Sufior Rahaman
Full Name : Kazi Sufior Rahaman
Date of Birth : 1 February 1963
Academic Qualifications B.A. Hons in History from K N College (Calcutta University) M A. in History (Visva-Bharati University) M Phil in History (Jadavpur University) PhD in Islamic History and Culture (Calcutta University) Certificate and Diploma Courses in Persian Language and Literature, the School of Languages, Calcutta University
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Administrative Experiences Superintendent of Carmichael Hostel under CU (2003 to 2008) Head of the Department of History, Dum Dum Motijheel College (02/01/1998 to 16/12/2002 Head of Department of Islamic History and Culture (August 2013 to August 2015) 1
A Statement Regarding Service, Promotion, Basic Salary etc.
Designation Name of Date of Joining & Leaving Basic Salary Reason of Employer Joining Leaving with Grade Leaving
Lecturer Dum Dum 01-07-1997 16-12-2002 Rs.8000-13500 Joined at the Motijheel Department of College Islamic History and Culture. C.U Sr. Lecturer Calcutta 17-12-2002 16-12-2007 Rs.1000-15200 Promotion University Reader Calcutta 17-12-2007 16-12-2010 Rs.15600-39100 Promotion University AGP- 8000 Associate Calcutta 17-12-2010 16-12-2013 Rs.37400- 67000 Promotion Professor University AGP-9000
Professor Calcutta 16-12-2013 Till the date Current salary University Rs.200,700
Present Position Professo r since 17 December 2013
Senate Member Calcutta University (2013-2015)
Fellowship International Visitor Leadership Program (commonly known as IVLP) of the United States Department of State is one of the world’s most coveted and successful exchange programs . Being a member of the Central and South Asian team I travelled USA during the period of March-April, 2007. The academic objective of program was ‘Religious Diversity in America’ and the authorities arranged programs in Georgetown University (Washington DC), Howard University (Washington DC), Colombia University (New York), Illinois University (Chicago), and the State University of Ohio (Columbus). Arts and Humanities Research Institute ( AHRI ) of King’s College provided a Travel Fellowship to attend an international conference on WW1 in King’s College, London (UK) , 21-23 May 2015 2
Chancellor Nominee
Selection Committee for Asstt. Professor and Professor, Department of Islamic History, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Keynote Speaker Delivered a Keynote address on Bengal Muslim Psyche as Reflected in Posters during the Khilafat and Noncooperation Movements in an international conference on Literature, History, Culture at Senate House, organized by the faculty of Arts, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, 20-21 December 2019
Endowment Lecture Professor Agam Prasad Mathur Endowment Lecture (2016-17) on Muslim Society and Culture in the District of Burdwan , organized by The Institute of Historical Studies (IHS) on 30th November, 2016.
Special Lecture Political Attitude of the Indian Sufis during the Medieval Period, Chaired by Prof Anisuzzaman Organized by Centre for Advanced Research in Humanities, Bangladesh, on 29 December 2019 at 435 Lecture Theater, University of Dhaka.
Published Books Understanding the Muslims : Burdwan District (1857-19470), (2013) ISBN 9789381672723 +The above book is enlisted in World Cat (OCLC NO 882729010) and held by more than 25 libraries Worldwide. Muslim Manas (1905-1947), (2013) ISBN.9789381037256 Vidyasagar Theke Begum Rokea : Sishu Siksher Sarathi , (2018) ISBN 978938103767
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Editor of the Journal Journal of Islamic History and Culture of India , (published from Calcutta University Press) ISSN NO- 2347-8187,vol. 3, 2014 Journal of Islamic History and Culture of India , (published from CU Press) ISSN2347-8187, vol. 4, 2015 (Special Issue on Sufism) Journal of Islamic History and Culture of India , (published from CU Press) ISSN 2347-8187,vol. 5, 2016 (Special Issue on Sufism)
Chairperson in International Conferences In second academic session at an international conference on Cultural Exchanges and the Civilizational Affinity Between India Iran and Arab World organized by the Deptts. of Arabic, Persian and Urdu of Cotton College, Guahati, 7-8 February 2020 In first academic session at an international conference on Literature, History, Culture organized by the faculty of Arts, Rajshaji University, Bangladesh on 20 December 2019 In a session of an international conference on Oral History organized by IBS at Rajshahi University on 9 March 2017 In a technical session in the International Gandhi Jayanti Conference on Education as a Basic right of Humankind organized by Jamia Milia University, Indialogue Foundation and Gandhi Smiriti & Darshan Samiti in New Delhi,3-4 October 2015 In a session of two day International Seminar on History and Heritage of Bangladesh Through the Ages organized by Bangladesh Asian University in Dhaka, 7-8 March 2015 In a session of the Third International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Volga Ural-Ural Region at the Institute of Social and Economic Research in Ufa, Russia, 14-16 October 2008.
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Interested Areas History of the Mughal & Colonial Bengal, Intellectual History Sufism, Islamic Thought, Islamic Language and Culture.
Member of the Board of Studies (BOS) Department of Islamic History and Culture of Calcutta University Department of History, Aliah University RNLK Women’s College (Autonomous), West. Midnapore, WB
Member of PhD Committees
Department of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University Department of Islamic Studies, Visva-Bharati University, Department of Islamic History and Culture, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Department of Islamic History and Culture, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Member of International Advisory Board The Journal of History and Civilization of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Asian University, Dhaka. The Journal of Islamic Research, Ankara University, Turkey
Subject Expert in Selection Board College Teachers CAS Promotion Assistant Teachers of the Madrasahs under West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission. Contractual Teachers of History Department, Aliah University.
Eight students are pursuing PhD program under my supervision. Two of them will submit their thesis in this year. One Research fellow is working under my guidance in Asiatic Society 5
Question Setter, Moderator and Examiner for both UG & PG courses Department of IHC, Calcutta University Department of Philosophy and Religion,Visva-Bharati University Department of History, Kalyani University, WB.
Convener of the Committee Phd Committee of IHC (03-08-2013 to 02-08-2015) DC, PGBOS, Teacher-Students Committee etc of the Department Islamic History syllabus modification and translation committee under the West Bengal Madrasah Board
Life Membership of the Learned Societies The Asiatic Society, Kolkata Paschimbanga Itihas Samsad The Indian History Congress
Presented Paper in International Seminars/Conferences in Abroad Attitude of the Sufis of Indian Subcontinent Towards the State and Power on The Movement of Population, Objects and Ideas in the Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim World, organized by National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, 12-13 Feb 2019 Impact of Religion on the Warring Nations During the First World War on Racism, Nationalism and Xenophobia organized by McGill University (Canada) and University of Gdansk (Poland) in Warsaw, 17-18 March 2016 Impact of the First World War in a Bengal District: Burdwan on Aftermath: the Cultural Legacies of WW1 organized by the Arts and Humanities Research Institute (AHRI) and King’s College in King’s College, London (UK), 21-23 May 2015
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The First World War and Indian Experience on History and Heritage Through the Ages organized by the Department of Islamic History and Civilization, Bangladesh Asian University in Dhaka (Bangladesh), 7-8 March 2015 The Indian Medical Mission in Turkey during the First World War on Understanding the First World War and its Centenary from 1914-2014 organized by the Turkish War College and Strategic Research Institute (SRI) in Istanbul (Turkey), 20-22 November 2014 Cultural Legacy of the Hagia Sophia Museum in a Bye Annual Conference, organized by Bangladesh Itihas Parishad in Dhaka (Bangladesh), 14-15 March 2014 Curriculum of the Department of Islamic History and Culture in Calcutta University on The Historical Studies in Post-Graduate Level The Quality Development of Historical Studies in Post-Graduate Level organized by the UGC of Bangladesh and the Department of Islamic History and Culture of Rajshahi University at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 11-12 December 2011. Migrations of the Muslims in South Sundarban Regions in a Bye Annual Conference organized by the Bangladesh Itihas Parishad in Dhaka (Bangladesh), 20-21 May 2011 The Rooting of Islam in Indonesia on Is Indonesian Islam different?: Islam in Indonesia in a comparative international perspective, organized by Leiden University, Netherlands, Center for the study of Islam (PPIM), State Islamic University (UIN),Jakarta and Training Indonesia’s Young Leaders Program (TIYL) in Jakarta (Indonesia), 24-26 January 2011 The Ottoman Empire in the Niches of Bengali Muslim Society on The Turks and Islam organized by the Eurasian Studies of Indiana University at Bloomington (USA), 11-12 September 2010. Philosophy of Allama Muhiuddin Ibnul Arabi (R) on the Question of Wuhadat ul Wuhud on Sufism and Islam Organized by Gausia Haq Manzil and Maizbhandar Moromi Gosthi of Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif at Chittagong (Bangladesh), 29-30 March, 2010. 7
Religious Ideology and Political Mobilization in Rajshahi 1919-1924 , on Rajshahi City-Past and Present organized by the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 15-16 January 2010. The Press Politics and the Partition of Bengal (1947), on The Twentieth Century Bengal organized by Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 27-28 June, 2009 Niches in the Muslim Organizations, the Religious Leaders and Intellectuals of the Volga-Ural Regions (1861-1925) on The Third International Symposium on Islamic Civilization in Volga-Ural Region organized by IRCICA at Ufa (Russia), 14-16 October 2008 Political Activities And Popular Outcry Among the Muslims of Bengal on the Question of Turkey:An Archives Report (1908-1924) on The Second Constitutional Period on its Centenary organized by IRCICA in Istanbul (Turkey), 5-10 May 2008 Abul Hashim and the Politics of Bengal Provincial Muslim League on The Centenary of the Foundation of Muslim League organized by the History Department of Rajshahi University at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 2-3 March 2007. The Partition of Bengal (1905) and the Muslims on The Centenary of Bengal Partition (1905) organized by the History Department of Rajshahi University at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 25-26 November 2005. Wahabi-British Relations: A Case Study of Rajshahi District (1905-1925) in a Bye Annual Conference organized by the Bangladesh Itihas Samiti and History Department of Rajshahi University at Rajshahi (Bangladesh), 28-30 October 1999.
Presented Paper in International Seminars /Conferences in India Notions and Narrations of Al-Biruni on Indian Religion and Culture on Cultural Exchanges and the Civilizational Affinity Between India Iran and Arab World organized by the Deptts. of Arabic, Persian and Urdu of Cotton College, Guahati, 7-8 February 2020
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Christian-Muslim understanding during the rule of the East India Company in Bengal on South Asian Intercultural Understandings in Historical Perspective organized by CIS at the SAIACS, Bangalore, 19-21 February 2017 The Lure of Reformism and the Allure of Muslim Nationalism of a Bengal Pir on Pir Abu Bakar Siddique and the Socio-Religious Reform movement in South Asia organized by the Shah Abu Bakar Siddique memorial Committee, Furfura Sharif, West Bengal, Aliah University, Kolkata, 14-15 January 2017 The Social Structure of Sufism and Vaishnavism in Rural Bengal on The Philosophy of Sri Chaitanya and Indian Culture organized by the Department of Philosophy and Religion of Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, 30-31 March 2013 Rumi and his Path of Love on Ethics in Persian Poetry with Special Reference to the Mathnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi organized by the Department of Persian of Gauhati University, Guwahati, 4-6 February 2013 Manifestations of Islamic Mysticism and Indian Philosophy in the Poems of Rabindranath Tagore on Peaceful Co-existence with Focus on Mysticism and Spirituality in Islam and Indian Religions organized by Al-Mustafa International University of Iran in New Delhi, 11-12 March 2012 A Tribute to the Memory of Professor ABM Habibullah (1911-1950) on Professor ABM Habibullah Centenary Celebration: Reading Indian Medieval History organized by the Department of Islamic History and Culture of Calcutta University in Kolkata, 6-7 March 2012 Sufism and Hinduism: Similitude in Indian Aspect on Indo-Iranian Heritage in the Context of Sufism as a Bond of Culture and Tourism between India (N.E), Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Central Asia organized by Persian Department, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 2-4 February 2012 Efforts of Mevlana Rumi for the Elevation of Muslim Women across the Culture and Countries on Religious and Cultural Dialogue: in Asian Context organized by the Department of Arabic and Persian of Gauhati University in Guwahati, 4-6 February 2010 9
Presented Paper in National / State Level / Seminars / Conferences Bardhaman JelarJjanabinyas O Arthanitite Pratham Bisva Yuther Pravarb: Ekti Samikha in the XXVIII Annual Conference of Paschim Banga Itihas Samiti at Vivekananda College in Kolkata, 24-26 January 2012 Human Rights and Values from the Point of Islam in a workshop on 21st Century: Challenges of Human Rights & Moral Values organized by the Persian and Arabic Department of Gauhati University in Guwahati, 19-23 October 2009. Women’s Image Transformed: the Sufism of Maulana Rumi on Sufi Poet Maulana Jamaluddin Rumi Organized by the Asiatic Society in Kolkata, 28- 29 January 2008 Madhayayugio Bharatio Janajibane Sufi Silsilar Provab Abang Pratikria in an Annual Conference of the PaschimBanga Itihas Samsad (PBIS) at New Alipur College in Kolkata, 24-26 January 2004. Sufis, Sultans and the State on Impact of Islam on Indian Society and Culture organized by The Asiatic Society in Kolkata, 22-24 December 2004. Fazle Rubbi Abang Tar Samaj Chinta in an Annual Conference of Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad at Jiagong Sripat Singh College in Murshidabad, 24-26 January 2003. Abul Hashim: Maker of New League within the Muslim League in the 64 Session of the Indian History Congress, organized by University of Mysore at Mysore, 28-30 December 2003. Khalifar Par Khilafat: Yukti Tarke Bangali Musalman Samaj (1924-1930) in an Annual Conference of PaschimBanga Itihas Sansad at St.Paul College in Kolkata, 24-26 January 2002. Banglar Bidhansabhay Siksha Bill Bitarka (1930-1940) in an Annual Conference of the Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad organized by History Department of Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan, 24-26 January 2001 Week-long (18-22 May 1998) Workshop, sponsored by ICHR, Netaji Institue of Asian Studies and Deptt. of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal, on Subash Chandra Bose and India’s Struggle for Freedom. 10
Published Paper in Conference Procedure (English) o Bengali Muslims Psyche as reflected in Posters during the Khilafat and Noncooperation movements in an international conference on Literature, History, Culture , organized by the faculty of Arts, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, 20-21 December 2019. It is published in a special volume 1, entitled Research Journal, ISSN 1813-0402, 2020, published by the Dean of Faculty of Arts, university of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. o Attitude of the Indian Muslims towards Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Empire. The abstract is published in abstract book of the Second International Congress on Ottoman Studies. The congress held on 17-20 October 2018 at Tirana, Albania, organized by OSARAK o The Indian Medical Mission in Turkey during the World War 1 in an International Conference Procedure on Understanding the First World War and its Centenary from 1914-2014 organized by the Turkish War College and Strategic Research Institute (SRI) in Istanbul (Turkey), 20-22 November 2014, published by SRI, Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, ISSN 078-975-409-702-3 o Mapping the trends of Early Sufism in Indian Subcontinent in the Proceedings of the three day International Conference on Sufism as a bond of Culture between India (N.E) Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia organized by the Deptt. of Persian and Arabic of Gauhati University, Assam, 2-4 February 2012, It is published by Royal publishers and distributers New Delhi, 2012, ISBN 81- 7547073-9 o Women in the Perception of Mawlana Rumi , Proceedings of the Three day International Seminar on Indo-Arab-Iran relations to promote cooperation in language, literature and culture, Depart of Persian and Arabic of Gauhati University, 2-4 February 2009, published by Royal publishers and distributers New Delhi, 2009, ISBN 81-7547-0194
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Published Articles in English The Exploration of Al-Biruni in India, A Research Journal,Department of Islamic History and Culture, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh Issue no 2, 2020, ISSN 2664-780 Transformation in Islamic Schooling of a Bengal District : East Burdwan Sthaniya Itihas , (A Journal of Heritage Archives of Bangladesh History Trust) Issue no 22, 2019, ISSN 2071-8586) Religious Dimensions during the Great War , The Journal of History and Civilization, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Vol. 4, 2018, ISSN 2310-5429 Transformation of the Mughal Culture in Colonial Bengal Muslim Society: A Case Study of Burdwan District, The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Published by Institute of Historical Studies, Vol. LVII,, No 3 & 4, October 2017-March 2018, ISSN 0033-5800 Political activities and Popular Outcry on the Turkish Question in Muslim Bengal (1908-1924), IRCICA JOURNAL, Halit Eren (ed), Published by Research, Centre for Islamic History Art and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey, vol, Spring Issue, 2013, ISBN 978-92-9063-263-4 Some Essential Features of Bengali Muslim Literature (1757-1947), The Journal of History and Civilization, Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, vol 1, 2013, ISSN 2310-5429 Islamic Mysticism and Indian Philosophy in the Writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Journal of Historical Research, Department of History, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, vol 3. 2013, ISSN 2306-2355 The Unique Pattern of the Land Tenures of a Bengal District: Bakarganj (1793-1947), Historia, Journal of Social Science and Studies, FC College, vol-II, 2012-13, ISSN 2319-6696. The Role of the Ulama During the Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement in North Bengal, Islamic Research Journal, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, vol-7-8, 2012-13, ISSN 2072-9162
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The Caliphate, Kamal Ataturk and the Bengal Muslim Intelligentsia, The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata vol. LII, 2012-13, ISSN 0033- 5800 A Tribute to the Memory of Professor A.B.M Habibullah , Journal of Islamic History and Culture of India, Dept of IHC, Calcutta University, Vol. 1, 2012, ISSN 2347-187 Political Activity and Popular Outcry among the Muslims of Bengal as Reflected in the Press on the Question of Ottoman Empire and Khilafat: An Appraisal of Archival Report, Journal of Historical Research of the department of History of Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, 2012, ISSN, 2306-2355. The Religion and Tradition in the discourse of the Khariji Madrasah: A Case Study of the District of Burdwan (1576-1947), Islamic Research Journal, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, ISSN 2072-9162, vol-6, 2011.
Published Articles in Bengali Bakharganj Jelai Muslim Samajer Bikas , (Origin of the Muslims in Bakharganj District), Itihas, The Research Journal of Bangladesh Itihas Parishad, Dhaka, Md Akhtaruzzaman and Zinat Imtiaz Ali (ed), vol 46, no1, 2012, ISSN 1607-4432. Wahabi-British Samparka: Rajshashi Zella (The Wahabi-British relations in Rajshahi District 1905-1925), Institute of Bangladesh Studies, (IBS), Rajshahi, Bangladesh (ISSN1561-798X), vol-11, 2004. Sampradayikata: Utsa O Prasar , (The Origin of Communalism in India) Motijheel College Silver Jubilee Magazine, Kanai Sen. (edit) March 2000. Sarbobhoumo Akhanda Bangladesh, Chaturanga, Nov.1997 Kolkatar Danga-1946 , Chaturanga Sept.1999 Murshidabadi Oswal Samaj (Oswal Community in Murshidabad), Itihas Anusandhan, Gautam Chattapadyaya (ed), Firma KLM, Kolkata 1996. Bange Bargi Akraman , Puja Special, 1401 BS. Ekti Agrani Bangali Muslim Paribarar Chinta Chetanar Dhara , Chaturanga, issue 2 & 3, 1400 BS. 13
Book Chapters (Bengali) Otit Katha Kay (Remembering the Past), World History, Amalendu De ( ed ), Parul Prakashan, Kol 9, 2013, ISBN 978- 93 84346 -04 -1 Oponesikbad O Samrajayabad (Colonialism and Imperialism 19 th -20th Centuries), World History, Amalendu De ( ed ), Parul Prakashan, Kol 70000 9, 2013, ISBN 978- 93 84346 -04-1 Islam O Turaska (Islam and Turkey) in Islam O Samakalin Dunia , Mainul Hasan ( ed ) (ISBN: 81-85800-41-3) Deep Prakasan, Kolkata, 2009.
Books Review Interpretations of Jihad in South Asia: An Intellectual History Tariq Rahman, Orient Black Swan, Hyderabad, India,(2020), ISBN 978-93-5287- 845-1 Sayyid Ahmad Barailvi: His Movement and Legacy from the Pakhtun Perspective Altaf Qadir, SAGE Publication New Delhi (2015), ISBN NO 978-93-515-0072-8 Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan, (Bengali translation), K.M.Ashraf, Pearl Publishers, Kolkata, ISBN 81-85777-25-X Land Revenue Administration under the Mughals (1700-1750), (Bengali translation) N.A.Siddique, Pearl Publishers, Kolkata, ISBN 81-85777-28-8 The Early History of the East Indian Railway (1845-1875), Hena Mukherjee, FIRMA KLM Pvt Ltd, Kolkata Hindu-Muslim Relations, M.K.A.Siddique , Abadi Publication. New Delhi Hindu Musalman Samparka , Natun Bhavana , Dr.Panchanan Saha. Kolkata Itihas Sampradayikata Brahmanyatantra , Pulak Chanda, Lekhani Prakasan. Kolkata
Visited Countries USA, UK, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Poland Indonesia, Taiwan, Bangladesh
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