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Academic Performa 2014-2016

Title Dr. First Name YASSER Last Name ARAFATH Photograph Designation Assistant Professor Address D/2, First Floor, Teachers’ Transit Hostel, University of Delhi, , 110009

Phone No Office 011-2-7666659 Residence Mobile 9899292885 Email [email protected] Web-Page Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Hyderabad University Awarded in 2012 M.Phil. / M.Tech. Hyderabad University 2004 PG Hyderabad University 2002 UG University of Calicut 2000 Any other qualification Career Profile

Assistant Professor, University of Delhi, Since 2009

Visiting Professor, I IT, Indore, June-July, 2014 (Eight Lectures on History and Methods)

Areas of Interest / Specialization History of Science and Technology, South Indian History, Cultural History of Islamic Communities, Vernacular Histories

Subjects Taught

M.Phil Course-3, Department of History, 2011-2016 Course-1, Department of History, 2011-2013 Course-2, Department of History, 2015-2016

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Post Graduate Level

Maratha History (2009-2014) Medieval Societies (2010-2011) History of Science and Technology (2010-2014)

Research Guidance

1. Supervision of M. Phil dissertation (Under Progress-1)

Publications Profile

Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed /Academic Journals and Chapters in Books

1. 2016. „The Nadapuram Enigma: A History of Violence and Communalism in , ‟, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.51, Issue.No.15, 09 April. 2. 2015, “Saints, Goddesses and Serpents: Fertility Culture on (Circa 1500-1800)”, in Anna Elizebeth Winterbottom (ed), Histories of Medicine in the Indian Ocean World, Palgrave, New York. 3. 2015. „Muslimkal, Shareeram, Chumbana Bhayam‟ (Muslims, Body and the Fear of Kissing) in R.Unni (ed) Bhoomiyil Manushyar Randutharam: Chumbikkunnavarum Chumbikkathavarum [There are Two Kinds of People: Kissing Ones and Non- Kissing Ones], DC Books, Calicut. 4. 2015, „Muhiyudheen Maala Enna Prathirodha Sahityam‟ [Muhiyudheen Maala as a Resistance Text], in Jamal Ahmad (ed.), Muslim Heritage, Islamic Publishing House, Calicut, India. 5. 2014. Extended review of „Calendar of Persian Correspondence: Being Letters, referring mainly to Affairs in Bengal, which passed between some of the Company‟s Servants and Indian Rulers and Notables, vol. 1-V, 1759-1780‟, Indian Economic and Social History Review, 51:4. Sage. 6. 2014, “Muhiyudhin Mala: History, Politics, and Resistance”, in Bodhanam Quarterly Journal, Vol-15.13, 2014. www.du.ac.in Page 2

7. 2014, “India: An Idea and Ideology”, () in Pachakutira, Vol-10/6-Jan, ISSN.09725679, DC Books, Calicut, 2014. 8. 2014, “When Patriarchy Strikes” in Writers in Conversation, Vol.1, No:1, Feb, Flinders University, Australia 9. 2013, „Malabar Muslims: History, Hangover and Silences‟ in Social Scientist, Vol.41/ Nos.3-4/March-April. 10. 2012, “Police Gazing and Muslim Bodies: History of Communal Violence and Police Shootouts in India” in K.Ashraf (ed)., Bheemapalli; Silences and Remembrance, Calicut, 2012. 11. 2009, “Vanishing of A Religion- Buddhism in Kerala”, in Suhrullekha: Dharma Quarterly Journal, Hyderabad. 12. 2008, “Trajectory of Extinction;Forgotton Spirit of Arabic –Malayalam” in Ishwarappa Kasi and Ramesh Mallick (eds.) Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Reading From the Periphery, Rawat Publications, Jaipur. 13. 2007, “Understanding Cultural Interaction: Situating Social life of Pre-colonial Malabar” in New Themes in Indian History, Art, Politics, Gender, Environment and Culture, (ed) by Rattanlal Hangloo and A. Murali, Sundeep Prakashan, New Delhi.

Chair, Presentations and Talks

1. 2015, ICSSR Sponsored 10 day Research Methodology Workshop on „Interpreting Key Texts of Ambedkar for Contemporary India‟ for PhD Scholars/Young Teachers, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi (Chaired a Session) 2. 2015, July. „History and Identity: Situating the „Discipline‟ in Contemporary Kerala, Government Graduate College, Mokeri, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 3. 2015, April. Recovering the Past: Challenges to Socio-Cultural and Religious Process‟, Developing Countries Research Centre, University of Delhi, India (Chaired a session).

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4. 2013, “Islamic Counter Poetic literatures: History, Politics and Resistance”, University of Hyderabad, 9th August. 5. 2013, „Sufis, Shaheeds and Snakes; Fertility treatments on Malabar Coast (Circa 1500-1800) at International Conference on Histories of Medicine in the Indian Ocean World, Indian Ocean World Centre (IOWC), McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 26-27 April. 6. 2009, “Syncretism, Representation and Resentment: Reflections on 'Self' and 'Other' in Medieval Arabic Texts” at the Ninth CLAI Biennial International Conference, 28-31 January, University of Hyderabad and EFL University, Hyderabad. 7. 2007, “Trajectory of Extinction; Forgotten Spirit of Arabic -Malayalam at Three Day International Conference on „Ethnographic Discourse of the Other‟, 3 July University of Hyderabad, India. 8. 2004, “Medicine and Hygiene in Medieval Kerala; A new Perspective”, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), 5-6 November.

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Professional and Service Activities

2013-2014: Member, Heritage Conference Advisory Committee, Calicut, Kerala, Dec-22-25, 2013

2013-2014: Member, Anti-ragging Committee, Department of History , University of Delhi

2011-2012: Member, Library Auditing Committee, Department of History, University of Delhi

2010-2011: Member, Board of Research Studies (BRS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Delhi University.

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Grants/Fellowship/Awards

2015-2016: University Research and Development Grant, Delhi University, "Encountering Early Kafirs:Resentments and Textual Resistance of the Ulema on the South West Coast of India"

2012-2013:University Research and Development Grant, University of Delhi,Project Title “From Makhdum to Vaidyar: Ulema, Poets, and Balladeers and the Anti-Colonial Resistance in Malabar” 2008-2009: Award of „Outstanding Person in the Field of Culture‟, Junior Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, Government of India 2008-2009:Qualified University Grant Commission, National Eligibility Test (JRF/NET) 2007-2008:Moulana Azad Library Fellowship, Indian Council for Cultural Relation (ICCR), Government of India

2004-2006:Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR)

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