Professor, Department of History
Department of History Jadavpur University Calcutta-700032 India
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Curriculum Vita

Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 2005 SOAS, University of London M.A. 1997 Jadavpur University B.A. 1995 Jadavpur University

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Lecturer 2005 to the present

Political, Economic and Social History of Modern India/ Communism in India/Colonial Surveillance/ Urban Social History

MPhil:British colonisers and late imperialism, 1880-1945. M.A: Life and Thought in Bengal in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, The Twentieth Century World, Western Political Thought (From Machiavelli to Nietzsche), Bengal Politics 1911-1947, The Far Side of the Dollar: United States from Depression to Nixon. B.A: Modern Europe, 1871-1919.

Communism in India; Urban Social History; Muslim Intellectuals and Workers; Working Class Movements; Sailors; Twentieth Century Calcutta; Colonial Surveillance; Imperial Masculinity; Empire and Violence; Imperialism and Race; Indian political activists Abroad.

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name 'Nau Abaditi Hindustan mein Jang, Hijrat aur Begangi' Tareekh, Lahore: Sanjh Publications 2008 First Author Volume 36 (3)- War, Migration and Alienation: the Remaking of Muzaffar Ahmad History Workshop Journal, Oxford University Press 2007 First Author Volume 64 (1)- The Bolshevik Menace: Colonial Surveillance and the Origins of Socialist Politics in Calcutta South Asia Research, Sage 2006 First Author Volume 26 (2)-

Awarded By Award Name Year Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'homme Hermes post-doctoral fellowship 2009 Charles Wallace India Trust Research grant 2006 Felix Scholarship Committe (to pursue doctoral research at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London). Felix Scholarship 1999

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year Arnab Bhattacharya Themes in Partition Literature of South Asia Avik Majumdar Ongoing 2005

Name Of The Scholar Thesis Name Co-Superviser Year Prakriti Mitra Muslim Business Families in Colonial Kolkata None 2008

Title Paschim Banga Itihas Sansad

Program Name Organised By Venue Year Refresher Course Dept of History, Jadavpur University Jadavpur University 2009

Program Name Organised By Venue Year Type Of Participation The World Economic Crisis Centre for Marxian Studies, Jadavpur University adavpur University 2009 Co-Organiser Pre-Plassey Bengal: a retrospective view from 2007 Department of History, Jadavpur University Jadavpur University 2007 Coordinator Cultural Practices of the Bhadralok of Bengal: Pedagogy and Ideology Department of History, Jadavpur University Jadavpur University 2006 Coordinator Manik Bandyopadhyay Institute of Development Studies Kolkata Calcutta University 2005 Discussant