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April 2020 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: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Homepage: http://cssscal.org/faculty_maidul_islam.php Date of Birth: 5th February, 1980 Place of Birth: Kolkata Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Nationality: Indian University Education 2007-2012: DPhil in Politics, Brasenose College and Department of Politics and International Relations, 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 in Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Result: 1st 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, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Result: 1st Class; FGPA: 6.81/9 [75.66%]. 2000-2003: BA (Honours) in Political Science, Presidency College, University of Calcutta. Result: Upper 2nd Class; 55.62%. Subsidiary Subjects: Economics & History. Compulsory Subjects: English, Bengali, Environmental Studies. School Education Higher Secondary (2000): First Division from Andrews High School, Calcutta, 2000. Result: WBCHSE Arts: 61.40% 1 Secondary (1998): First Division from South Point High School, Calcutta, 1998. Result: WBBSE (Madhyamik): 61.37% Areas of Research Interest: Political Theory, Political Economy, Populism, Indian Politics, Indian Muslims, Cinema, Contemporary West Bengal and Bangladesh, Political Ideologies. 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 Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, Calcutta University, 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 (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) ‘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 and Albeena Shakil (eds), Sphere of Injustice. New Delhi: Routledge. (Forthcoming in Bengali) ‘Protinidhimulok Gonotontro Ebong Poschimbonge Rashtriyo Lokbader Prokriti’ [Representative Democracy and Nature of State Populism in West Bengal] in Sibaji Pratim Basu and Rajat Ray (ed.), Populism: Bharote Jonopriyotabadi Rajnitir Utthan [Populism: The Rise of Populist Politics in India] (Kolkata: Sampark Publications). (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, pp. 27-52. (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. Journal Articles (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) ‘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]. (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. 3 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 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 (2015) Public Protests and Political Dissent in Our Times. UGC-DRS Occasional Paper Series: Department of Political Science, University of Calcutta. (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. Book Reviews (Note: Titles of the review essays are given by editors of Journals and Newspapers) (2019) “The idea of a ‘New India’,” review of Re-forming India: The Nation Today edited by Niraja Gopal Jayal (Penguin/Viking, 2019), The Hindu, June 01. (2019) ‘Sociology of Religion and Social Movements—A Dialogue’, review of Faith and Social Movements: Religious Reform in Contemporary India by Anindita Chakrabarti (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2017), The Book Review, Vol. 43, No. 3 (March Issue), pp. 7-8. (2018) ‘Crisis in the Free World’, review of Democracy Under Threat by Sunil Munshi (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017), The Telegraph, Kolkata, June 08. (2017) ‘Take a right turn from here’, review of The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce (London: Little Brown, 2017), The Telegraph, Kolkata, November 24. (2016) ‘কতটা জনিয় িছল পািকান আোলন’, review of Creating A New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India’ by Venkat Dhulipala (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2015), Anandabazar Patrika, October 15. 4 (2015) ‘মার াচীন ও নবীন ইিতহাস’, review of Mecca: The Sacred City by Ziadduddin Sardar (New Delhi: Bloomsbury India, 2014) Anandabazar Patrika, July 18. Contribution in Encyclopaedias, Source Books, Indexes ‘Haj’ and ‘Hello-ji’, in Rukmini Bhaya Nair and Peter Ronald deSouza (eds.), Keywords for India: A Conceptual Lexicon for the 21st Century. London: Bloomsbury. Contribution in University Study Material (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. Other Publications: Selected Writings in Newspapers, Magazines, Blogs and Online Portals (Note: Titles of the essays are given by editors of Newspapers, Magazines and Blogs) (2019) ‘ধমিনরেপতা ছেড় অতঃপর রাধেমর পেথ?’ Ei Samay, December 17. (2019) ‘লাকবাদ কােক বেল?’, Arekrakam, 7 (19-20), October Special Issue, pp. 77-82. (2019) ‘এনআরিস তািলকাছুটেদর িনেয় কী করেব সরকার?’, Indian Express Bangla, September 17. (2019) ‘ভয়ই তেব এখন জনগণমন জেয়র হািতয়ার?’, Ei Samay, August 29. (2019) ‘দল গৗণ, বিেকিক রাজনীিত এখন মুখ’, Indian Express Bangla, August 13. (2019) ‘বাংলায় িবেজিপ উান’, Indian Express Bangla, July 16. (2019) ‘২০১৯ লাকসভা িনবাচন এবং িবক রাজনীিতর খাঁজ’, Arekrakam, 7 (12), June 16-30, pp. 25-29. (2019) ‘মাদীর জেয় কংেেসর অবদানও িক খুব কম’, Ei Samay, June 03. (2019) ‘আাসী চাের বথ কংেস’, Ei Samay, May 24. 5 (2019) ‘The regional aims to become the new national: The Trinamool in West Bengal’, Asia Dialogue: