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 Address & Communication details 59F Bosepukur Road, 1-A, Amrapali Point P.O & P.S- Kasba, Kolkata 700042, INDIA Contact: 91-9830327146 (cell), e-mail - [email protected] 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 3 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. 4 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 6 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