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CV OF PROFESSOR AMIT DEY(Ph.D., London), HISTORY.

III. Name of candidate in full (BLOCK letters)……AMIT………………………………………….

DEY

(First) (Middle) (Last)

IV. Current position held …Professor, Deptt. of History, Calcutta University………

(Professor)….. since …22 March,

2009.…………………………………...

V. Work experience: (Most recent first): 27 Years of Postgraduate teaching experience

Sl. No. Post hold Employer/

Organisation

From To

1 Professor of

History

Calcutta University 22 March, 2009 Continuing

2

Reader in History

Calcutta University 16 December, 2003

21 March, 2009

3

Reader in History Kalyani University

22 March, 2001

15 December, 2003

4 Lecturer &

Sr.Lecturer in

History

Kalyani University

23 March, 1992 21 March, 2001

VI. Date of birth

D D M M Y Y Y Y

Publications: (specify No. only):Forty Six.(Articles)

Books: Four

Research(Ph.D.) Guidance (No. only):Thirteen Awarded:Seven Submitted:N.A.

Registered Six

M.Phil Research supervision: Twenty Three candidates have been awarded the degree under my

supervision.

7. Father’s / Mother’s Name : Late Prof.Dr.Amalendu De(Retd.History Dept. Jadavpur Univ.)Mother:Late

Mrs Naseema

Dey(Retd.Asst.Headmistress)_____________________________________________________

Address : 3 Ajanta Park, Kolkata 700086,

INDIA_____________________________________________________e mail:profamitdey@gmail.com

8. Wife’s Name :Mrs.Soma

Mukherjee____________________________________________________________

0 3 0 1 1 9 6 5

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9. Parent’s Nationality : Father __Indian_____________________ Mother

___Indian___________________

10. (a) Candidate’s mother-tongue

___Bengali________________________________________________________

(b) What other languages _English. I can read and write Persian and

Urdu____________________________________________________________

(if any) he/she can speak,

Read and write fluently

11. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Examinations /

Degree

School/College/Council/

University or other

examining bo

Year of

Completion

Division/

Class

(with % of

marks)

Subject(s)

/Discipline

(i) Secondary

or equivalent West Bengal Board of

Secondary Education

1981 First

Division(63.3%)

Bengali, English,

Maths, Life

Sc:,Physical Sc:,

History,

Geography,

Physics, Work

Education.

(ii) Higher

Secondary or

Equivalent

West Bengal Council of

Higher Secondary

Education

1985 First

Division(64.4%)

Bengali, English,

History,

Geography,

Education,

Philosophy.

(iii) Graduate

Level

(B.A., B.Lib.Sc.,

B.Sc., B.Com.,

B.E.,

B.Tech. etc.)

(Mention the

Honours/ Major

subject)

B.A. Hons from

Jadavpur University

1988 Second

Class(59.8%)

Missed first class

by 2 marks only.

History.

(iv) Post

Graduate

Level (M.A.,

M.Lib.Sc.,

M.Sc.,

M.Com., M.E.,

M.

Tech., etc.)

M.A. from

Jadavpur University

1990 First

Class(63.6%)

History.

(v) Any other Sr.Certificate Holder

from Ramakrishna

Mission Institute of

Culture, Kolkata

1991(Persian)

1993(Urdu)

Persian Second

Division, Urdu

First Division

Persian and Urdu

Languages

(vi) Doctoral Ph.D. from the

University of London,

1999 N.A. History(Thesis

Title:The Image of

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U.K. the Prophet in

Bengali Muslim

Piety;1850-1947)

(vii) Post

Doctoral

(viii)Post

Doctoral

University of

Heidelberg, Germany.

Royal Holloway, U.K.

2006

2007

Baden

Wuerttemberg

Fellowship.

Charles Wallace

India Trust

Fellowship.

Islamic

Mysticism(History)

Karbala

Literature: A

Historical

Perspective.

12. Scholarship, Fellowship, Award etc. with details (e.g. name, year, duration, place etc.)

(evidences to be enclosed) :I was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship in 1995

which enabled me to carry out my doctoral research leading to the degree of Ph.D(awarded in 1999) in

History from the Royal Holloway College, University of London. I am also the recipient of four

international (Post doctoral Fellowships) and two Visiting Professorships(International).

i) Baden-Wuerttemberg Fellow, (24 April to 21 July, 2006) South Asia Institute, University of

Heidelberg, Germany.

ii) Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow (October-November, 2007), Royal Holloway, University

of London.

iii) Participated in the programme on Religious Pluralism sponsored by the US Department of

State(June to early August, 2010, Univ of California, Santa Barbara.)

iv) Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala(Sweden, October-November, 2010), Linnaeus-

Palme Exchange Programme.

v) Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala(Sweden, March, 2013), Linnaeus-Palme Exchange

Programme.

vi) 16 Dec. 2013. I have been selected as a Visiting Fellow in the Prestigious Max Weber Centre

For Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (MWK) Germany for the session 2014-15 (duration

2 months, 12 April to 15 June, 2014 ).

vii) Visiting Professor, University of Uppsala(Sweden, March, 2016), Linnaeus-Palme Exchange

Programme.

13. WORK EXPERIENCE (Most recent first): 25 Years of Postgraduate Teaching Experience.

Nature of

appointment

Designation Date of

Joining

Date of

leaving

Basic Salary

& allowance

Employer’s

Name &

address

Remarks

Full-Time Professor of

History

22 March,

2009

Continuing Separate

sheet

enclosed

University

of Calcutta,

87/1, College

St. Kolkata-

700073

Full-Time Reader in

History

16

December,

2003

21 March,

2009

N.A. University

of Calcutta

I was

promoted to

the position

of Professor

on 22

March,

2009.

Full-Time Reader in

History

22 March,

2001

15

December,

2003

N.A. Kalyani

University,

District:

4

Nadia,

Pin:741235

Full-Time Lecturer in

History

23 March,

1992

22 March,

2001

N.A. Kalyani

University

I became a

Sr.Lecturer

in 1997

14. Membership of Learned Societies an/or Professional Bodies, (if any)Life Member of all the Societies

mentioned here:a)Asiatic Society, Kolkata(Membership No: D00163), (b)Indian History

Congress(Membership No: 01410), (c)Institute of Historical Studies(Membership No:218),(d)Paschim

Banga Itihas Sangsad(Membership No:00173) (e) Alumni of The Commonwealth Scholarship

Commission(UK), (f) Alumni of UCSB-SUSI(University of California, Santa Barbara, Study of The US

Institute on Religious Pluralism) USA, (g) IAAPS (International Association For Asian and Pacific Studies,

Life Membership Number not yet issued) (h) Member of the Association of Asian Studies(AAS), USA.

ADMINSTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Acted as the Head of the Department(Chair) of History, University of Calcutta from September 2009 to

September 2011.(The position is rotational among senior teachers). Acted as M.Phil. Course Coordinator

for three and a half years, till February 2011. Serving as the M.Phil Coordinator for the second term

from June 2015 onwards.

Acted as Coordinator (on three occasions) of Refresher Courses meant for academic refreshments of

University and College teachers. Organized National and International Seminars on ten occasions. Acted

as subject expert during the recruitment of College and University teachers as well as research scholars

on numerous occasions. Carried out numerous inspections in the Colleges of West Bengal to check the

availability of infrastructure. Acted as subject expert during the selection of school teachers at the

secondary and higher secondary levels. Dy Coordinator, CAS (Centre For Advanced Studies, Phase 2,

declared by UGC, 2013),Deptt of History, Calcutta Univ.

SPECIAL HONOURS OTHER THAN FELLOWSHIPS:

Former member of the Ph.D Committee, in the Department of Islamic History and Culture, University

of Calcutta, ( March, 2012 to 2015)

(which is a Department Separate from the Department of History. I teach in the latter which has been

declared as a Centre For Advanced Studies by the UGC. Only four other history departments in India

enjoy similar status) I have been elected President of the Medieval India Section of the forthcoming

Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad, held in the Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, from 24-26 January

2013.(This is the regional version of the Indian History Congress). Acted as the external member of the

Research Committee, Gourbanga University, W.Bengal. I also acted as the external member of the Board

of Postgraduate Studies, W.Bengal State University. I am the Dy. Coordinator, Centre for Advanced

Studies, Deptt of History, Calcutta University, for Phase II. Delivered Endowment Lectures and special

lectures in several Institutions such as the „Institute of Historical Studies‟ (twice), The Iran Society,

Kolkata, (twice), Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University (once), Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, (once),

The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata (once). Delivered a series of Lectures on Islam as

a part of the UNESCO recognized World Religions programme organized by The Ramakrishna Mission

Institute of Culture, Kolkata (four times). Acting as the external expert of the Doctoral Research Advisory

Committee(History) at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Acting as the Member of the Ph.D

Committee, in the Centre for Advanced Studies, History Deptt., Calcutta University . External Member of

the Postgraduate Board of Studies in History at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya,

Jadavpur University, (History), W.Bengal, and Kalyani University,(History) W.Bengal . Visiting

Professor, NEHU, Shillong, Subject Expert: Syllabus Framing Body, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu.

Selected as the member of the School Board of Social Sciences, NEHU, Shillong in Sept. 2019. Will

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deliver a special lecture on Syncretistic thinking on 25 January,2020 in the Professor Abdul Wahab

Mahmud Memorial Discussion, to be organized by the Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS OUTSIDE INDIA:

Delivered lectures/presented papers in International Seminars/Institutions outside India: University of

Chicago, North Carolina State University, Louisiana State University, University of California, Santa

Barbara(all 4 in the USA), University of London, University of Heidelberg(Germany), University of

Uppsala (Sweden), University of Roma(Italy), Chungnam National University(South Korea), Linkopings

University (Sweden).

Besides, I attended a seminar on Religious life in Atlanta in the Georgia State University(USA).

Delivered lectures in Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) on 09 and 10 May, 2012, Dara

Shukoh, Azad and India‟s Eclectic Traditions at Khulna in Nov, 2012, organized by Bangladesh Itihas

Samiti. Chaired a session in the three days international conference on Realizing Justice in South Asia,

held in the Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt, Germany (11 to 13 June, 2014). Lectured on The

Image of the Prophet in Eastern Indian and Bangladeshi Folk Tradition, in Uppsala University,

Sweden, on 23 March 2016, (it was a Public Lecture). Presented paper on Sufism in the international

Conference on Religion held in Erfurt, Germany in August, 2015. Presented paper on the eighteenth

century sufi Bulleh Shah (of Punjab) in the international Conference organized by the AAS in

Toronto, Canada, in March 2017. Presented paper in an International Conference on Religious

Individualization in the sufi context in Eisenach, Germany, in June 2017. Delivered talks on South

Asian Sufism in the Indology Department of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, in June, 2017.

Relatively updated Publications: (Including four books) of Prof..Amit Dey, History Deptt. Calcutta Univ.

My monograph entitled Sufism in India was published by the Ratna Prakashan, Kolkata, in 1996.

(ISBN:8185709351)

(i) Article “Some Aspects of Sufi Movement in Bengal” in Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, vol.

XXXIII, Oct.93-Mar.94, published by the Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.

(ii) Article “Veneration of Some Female Sufis in Medieval India” in Dr CM.Agrawal ed., book “Nari:

Facets of Indian Womanhood” vol.I, published by SK.Garg, Indian Publishers’ Distributors, Delhi in

2000AD.

(iii) Article “The Image of the Prophet in the Bengal Countryside” in The Calcutta Historical Journal,

vol.21,No-1, 2001 AD.

(iv) My PhD thesis(book) “The Image of the Prophet in Bengali Muslim Piety;1850-1947” is already

published (2006, pp.312.) by the Readers Service, 59/5A Garfa Main Rd.Kolkata

700075.(ISBN:8187891343)

(v) Article “Hindu Muslim Relations During the Swadeshi Movement (in Bengali) in the book Bajra

Sikhay Bangla in 2005.

(vi) Article “Mangal Literature in Bengal; A Historical Study” (in Bengali) in the UGC Sponsored

Journal of Baruipur College, W.Bengal, 2004.

(vii) Article “The Image of Women in the Prophetic Mirror; The Bengal Experience.” Bengal Past and

Present, Kolkata, 2004.

(viii) Article “Religious Writings of Mosharraf Hossain: A Historical Perspective”, 7th

issue, History Deptt.

Journal, Burdwan University, 2005

(ix) Article “Sufism in India” (in Bengali) has been published by the Assam Sahitya Sabha for their

Assamese Encyclopaedia project, 2006.

(x) Article “Prince Dara Shuko and India’s Eclectic Traditions” Islam and Philosophy (Proceedings of

United States Educational Foundation in India sponsored Two Day National Seminar, held in

Calcutta University on February 5-6, 2007,)

(xi) Article “The Mystical World of Shahzada Dara Shukoh: A Historical Perspective.” Modern

Historical Studies, Journal of the Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, Vol. 5, March

2008.

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(xii) Article “Aspects of Islamic Mysticism in India and Iran”, Indo Iranica, 2008, published from

Kolkata by the Iran Society. This article is the outcome of Dr. Muhammad Ishaque Lecture delivered

by me at Iran Society on 08/03/2008.

(xiii) Review Article “Understanding Islamic Revivalism” Economic And Political Weekly, XLIII, No:44,

November 1-7, 2008.

(xiv) Article “Revisiting Colonial Bengal Through Baul Songs”, Prof.K.K.Dasgupta Commemoration

Volume The Changing Face of Folk Culture, edited by Chittabrata Palit on behalf of the Institute of

Historical Studies, Kolkata, February, 2009.

(xv) Article “Bangalir Dharma Chintar Sekal O Ekal” (in Bengali), Unabingsher Uttaradhikar,

compilation of papers presented in the UGC Seminar organized by Vidyasagar College (Kolkata) on

11 & 12 November, 2008.

(xvi) Article “The Image of the Prophet in Bengali Piety, 1850-1947” in the book entitled Reflections in

History edited by Prof C Mishra & Dr K. Duttaroy, 2009. (Kolkata).

(xvii) Article “Nabajuger Dui Agrapathik Derozio O David Hare” (in Bengali) in Derozio Charchar Teen

Satak (Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Kolkata, 2009).

(xviii) I have jointly edited(Shireen Maswood and Ritwika Biswas are the other editors) a book entitled:

Between Tradition and Modernity: Aspects of Islam in South Asia, published by K.P.Bagchi & Co:

Kolkata, 2011(ISBN:9788170743255)

(xix) Article “Islam and Rabindranath Tagore” in Rabindranath: In The Light of The Present, Collection of

Essays, outcome of the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by the K.K.Das College,

Kolkata on 10 and 11 March, 2011.

(xx) Article “The Efflorescence of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Eclectic Mind: The Islamic Perspective.”

In Proceedings of the UGC sponsored State Level Seminar on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,

Secularism and Freedom Struggle, organized by Sovarani Memorial College, Jagatballavpur, Howrah

on 17 April, 2012.

(XXI) Book Review: Islam in South Asia in Practice (Edited by Barbara D. Metcalf) published in The

Book Review, Vol: XXXIV, No: 8, August 2010, New Delhi. .(Internationally circulated journal).

(XXII) Ginans: Texts and Contexts-Essays on Ismaili Hymns from South Asia(edited by T.R.Kassam and

F Mallison) published in The Book Review, Vol: XXXV No.3 March 2011, New Delhi.(Internationally

circulated journal).

(XXIII) Review of Jana Ojana Mohaphejkhana by Udayan Mitra, published in Boier Desh, April 2011,

Kolkata (Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd.)(Internationally circulated)

(XXIV) Review of Sufism and Society in Medieval India (edited by Raziuddin Aquil) published in

Social Scientist 456-457, Vol. 39, Number: 5-6, May-June 2011, New Delhi.

(XXV) Review of Community and Consensus in Islam: Muslim Representation in Colonial India, 1860-

1947, by Farzana Shaikh, published in The Book Review, Vol: XXXVI, No: 7, July, 2012.

(XXVI) Article: (Dr.Hiralall Chopra Memorial Lecture delivered on 11 February, 2012, at Iran Society,

Kolkata), “In Quest For Indo-Iranian Linkages: Historical and Cultural Dimensions.” In Indo Iranica,

Vol.Sixty-Five, Numbers: 1 & 2, March & June, 2012.

(XXVII) Article: “Islam and Gandhi: A Historical Perspective.” In Social Scientist, Vol.41 Numbers 3-4,

March-April, 2013 (pp.19-34) ISSN 0970-0293 (New Delhi)

(XXVIII) Article “The Work of the Imaginaire in Colonial Bengal: The Sirat Syndrome.” In East India

Journal of Social Sciences Vol-1, Number-II, January, 2013 (pp.74-95) ISSN-2277-4483 (Published by

EISSS or East-Indian Society For The Studies of Social Sciences, Jalpaiguri, Branch in Kolkata).

(XXIX) Article: “Dara Shukoh, Abul Kalam Azad and Eclectic Traditions in India” In Societal

Studies(July, 2013), Mykolo Romerio Universitetas (Lithuania).

(XXX) Article: “Sufi Saints And Sufi Silsilahs of South Asia: A Historiographical Perspective” in Indian

Historiography: An Analysis, Vol. II. Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-82710-

03-5

(XXXI) Review of Decolonization in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-Independence West

Bengal, 1947-52, by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, published in The Book Review (South Asia Special Issue)

vol. XXXVII, No. 10. October, 2013.

(XXXII) Article “Understanding the Bengal Muslims Through Unconventional Sources: The Colonial

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Milieu” in Being In Bengal: Colonial and Postcolonial Experience. Edited by Sankar Kr Biswas and

Alok Kr Ghosh, Kolkata 2014. (ISBN 93-80036-56-6)

(XXXIII) Article: “Mystical And Eclectic Traditions as Reflected in Persian Sources of Medieval India”

in Chhanda Chatterjee edited, Literature As History: From Early to Contemporary Times, Delhi, 2014,

(Primus Books) pp.27-48. ISBN 978-93-84082-03-01.

(XXXIV) Review Article: Margrit Pernau, Ashraf Into Middle Classes: Muslims in Nineteenth Century

Delhi, New Delhi, OUP, 2013. In History And Sociology of South Asia, Vol. 8 No: 2 July 2014, Delhi,

(Sage) pp.217-221. ISSN 2230-8075.

(XXXV) Article: “Islam And Pluralism: The Indian Experience.” In The Heritage Guwahati, March-

April, 2014, Vol.V, Issue-1 ISSN 2229-5399. pp.31-46.

(XXXVI) Article “The Work of the Imaginaire in Colonial Bengal: The Sirat Syndrome.” (Concluding

part) In East India Journal of Social Sciences Vol-II, Number-I, May, 2014 (pp.158-178) ISSN-2277-

4483 (Published by EISSS or East-Indian Society For The Studies of Social Sciences, Jalpaiguri, Branch

in Kolkata).

(XXXVII) Article:”Understanding Azad’s Eclectic Mind: The Islamic Perspective.” In Indian Journal of

Adult Education (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Special Issue) Vol.75.No.4, Oct-Dec 2014 (ISSN 0019-

5006) New Delhi, pp.20-25.

(XXXVIII) Review, Recasting the Region: by Neilesh Bose, in The Book Review (Journal from New

Delhi), January 2015.

(XXXIX) Review, The Shia in Modern South Asia: Religion, History and Politics, edited by Justin Jones

and Ali Usman Qasmi, in The Book Review (Journal from New Delhi, vol. XXXIX, Number 6, pp.6-7),

June, 2015.

(XXXX) Article: “ Between Taqlid and Ijtihad: Locating Umar Khayam in a Larger Canvas “ in

Thoughts And Wisdom of Some Immortal Persian Poets, edited by Prof.Rekibuddin Ahmed, New Delhi,

2015, pp. 37-44, ISBN 81-7547-086-0

(XXXXI) Book: Islam in South Asia, Kolkata, February 2016, Parul Prakashani Pvt Ltd,

(ISBN:9789385555671) (This is my fourth book).

(XXXXII) Article: “Sufis and the Sufi Silsilahs in South Asia” in The Calcutta Historical Journal (New

Series, Vol.XXXI, No.1, January- June 2015), pp.45-65. (ISSN:0254-9794).

Forthcoming Book: Islam and Islamic Mysticism in Medieval and Modern India. (Tentative time of

publication: August 2019) (With a Foreword by Professor Francis Robinson). (XXXXIII) Article: “Lokayata Samaje Hazrat Muhammader Bhabmurti” (In Bengali, Itikotha, July 2016,

ISSN:2320-3447), pp.85-117.

(XXXXIV) Review: People of the Prophet’s House: Artistic and Ritual Expressions of Shi’i Islam, edited by

Fahmida Suleman, in the Social Scientist, Vol.44, Numbers 7-8, July August 2016. (ISSN: 0970-0293),

pp.96-99.

(XXXXV) Article: “Upamahadese Islami Maramiyabader Koyekti Dik” (in Bengali) in Ranjit Sen and

others edited Itihaser Alinde, Kolkata, 2017, pp.114-123. (ISBN:978-93-81669-33-4)

(XXXXVI) Article: “The Role of the Sufi Silsilahs in South Asian Society” in the Journal of Islamic

History and Culture of India, Vol.IV, 2015 (Published by Calcutta University Press), pp.1-19 (ISSN:2347-

8187)

(XXXXVII) Article: “Muslim Mystics of South Asia In Historical Perspective” in Indo-Iranica, Vol.69,

Nos.1-4, March, June, Sept and Dec, 2016(Iran Society, Kolkata, ISSN:0378-0856), pp.113-136.

(XXXXVIII) Article: “Nabachetanar Agrapathik Vivekananda” Published as Swami Birjananda Memorial

Essay in Udbodhan, (Special Issue) (ISSN 0971-4316), Vol. 121, No. 1, 10 Jan, 2019, Kolkata, pp.53-57.

(XXXXIX) Article: “Islam in Colonial Bengal and Mir Mosharraf Hosain’s Literary Venture” in Rahul

Kumar Mohanta edited Redefining India, Kumud Publications, Delhi, 2019, pp.1-20, (ISBN:978-93-82885-

59-7)

(XXXXX) Booklet (34 pages): Understanding Sufism in South Asia and Beyond. Published by the Asiatic

Society of Bangladesh, 1 August, 2019.

(XXXXXI) Article (outcome of a Keynote address): “Sufi Saints, Sufi Doctrines, And Sufi Silsilahs In the

Indian Subcontinent: A Review of Sources” in Nandini Bhattacharya and Nayeem Anis edited Sufism: A

Peregrination through Manuscripts and Popular Culture, (National Mission for Manuscripts, New Delhi,

2019) ISBN:81-904029-6-X (Series), pp.17-50.

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FORTHCOMING ARTICLES:

(i) Sufism in Medieval Bengal (in History of Bangladesh volume 2, Chief editor Prof.Abdul Momin

Chowdhury)

(ii) Understanding Bengali Muslims through Literature (in Comprehensive History of Bengal, edited by

Late Prof Sabyasachi Bhattacharya)

(iii) Religious Individualization and Sufism in South Asia (Being published by the Erfurt Group of

Scholars, Germany)

OBITUARY:

“Samannayi Itihas Charchar Ritwik Salauddin Ahmed” in Arek Rakam, Kolkata, 2014.

“Mushirul Hasan” in Itikotha, Year 7 No.1, January, 2019 (Kolkata, ISSN: 2320-3447), pp.29-32.

“History Writing in South Asia and Professor Abdul Karim” in the Daily Star, Bangladesh, 26 July, 2019.

Annexure

Research Supervision of Prof.Amit Dey at the Doctoral and M.Phil Levels: 1. Ph.D Scholar Dr.Ishani Ghosh(Now Asst. Professor in History, Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya, W.

Bengal) was awarded the degree of Ph.D in History by the Kalyani University(my first Employer)

in 2005 for her thesis entitled: Bengal As A Successor State in Eighteenth Century India: A Study of

Its Polity, Economy And Society: C.A.D. 1704-1740. I was the Joint Supervisor along with Prof.

Rakhal Chandra Nath, retd. Professor of History, Kalyani University.

2. Shri Kashshaf Ghani(Now Asst. Professor of History, at Nalanda University) has submitted his Ph.D

thesis on 21 December, 2010, under the University of Calcutta.(Awarded in 2011). I acted as his

supervisor and the title of his thesis is: In Quest For The Eternal: Mystical Expressions in South

Asian Islam, 13th

– 17th

Century.

3. Shri Sankar Kumar Biswas has submitted his Ph.D. thesis in September, 2013. I supervised his

research on The Image of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiqui in Bengali Piety.(Awarded in 2014).

4. Smt. Saswati Dutta has submitted her Ph.D. thesis in July, 2014. I supervised her research on

Ouponibeshik O Sadhinatauttar Banglar Samajik O Sanskritik Itihase Ramakrishna

Mission.(Awarded in 2015).

5. Tanmoy Ghosh has submitted his Ph.D. thesis in October 2015. I supervised his research on Peasant

Uprisings in Hooghly (in Bengali).(Awarded in 2016)

6. Prasenjit Biswas has submitted his Ph.D. thesis in March, 2016. I supervised his research on SOCIAL

MOBILITY AND THE DYNAMICS OF CASTE; THE MAHISHYAS OF SOUTH-WESTERN BENGAL (1901-

1931). (Awarded in 2018) 7. I jointly supervised the research of Epsita Halder, Asst Professor in the Dept. of Comparative

Literature at Jadavpur University. She worked on Karbala Literature in Bengal. (Awarded in 2017)

8. Besides, I have six registered Ph.D. scholars many of whom are College or University teachers.

SEVENTEEN OF MY RESEARCH STUDENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE DEGREE OF

M.PHIL IN HISTORY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA AND THREE OTHERS ARE

WORKING UNDER MY SUPERVISION. STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED M.PHIL DEGREE AFTER

WORKING UNDER MY SUPERVISION ARE:

(i) Chumki Ghosh, Academic Yr: 2003-04, Year of Award:2006. Thesis Title:Lokayata Samskritir

Prekshapate Banglar Baul: Samaj, Samanyay, Bairita(Unabimsa O Bimsa Satabdi)

(ii) Saswati Dutta, Academic Yr:2004-05, Year of Award:2007. Thesis Title: Oupanibeshik O

Swadhinata Uttar Bharatbarshe Ramkrishna-Bibekananda Bhabandolaner Prasangikata:

Dharmiyo-Samajik Prekshapat.

(iii)Shebanti Bandyopadhyay, Academic Yr: 2005-06. Year of Award:2008. Thesis Title: The Muslim

Society And The Discourse on Gender: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.

(iv) Jaya Bhattacharya, On Andaman settlement.

(v) Mousumi Dutta, Academic Yr:2007-08. Year of Award:2010. Thesis Title: Banglai Matrisaktir

Aradhanar Aloke Sangit, Samaj O Rajniti(Prak Ouponibeshik Theke Swadhinottor Parba).

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(vi) Prasanta Kumar Pal, (Now Asst. Professor of History, Gokhale College) Academic Yr: 2007-08. Year

of Award: 2010. Thesis Title: Sahar Chuchurar Samajik O Sanskritik Ruparekha(1833-1900AD).

(vii) Monideepa Bhattacharjee, (Now Asst. Professor of History, Srirampur Missionary College)

Academic Yr: 2008-09. Year of Award: 2011. Thesis Title: Beyond The Zenana: Position of Women

in India From Thirteenth Century to Early Sixteenth Century.

(viii) Ushri Mukherjee, Year of Award, 2013. Thesis Title: Aspects of Sufism in Bengal.

(ix) Sambit Ganguly, Year of Award, 2013. Thesis Title: Bangali Muslim Manas O Moniruzzaman

Islamabadi.

(x) Mitrangshu Banerjee (Submitted in Dec 2013, Year of Award: 2014) :Famine in Coastal Bengal.

(xi) Sk.Alomgir (Submitted in Dec 2014, awarded): Kangal Harinath Majumdar.

(xii) Abdur Razzak (Submitted in Dec 2014, awarded): The Images of Sufi Saints in Bengal.

(xiii) Srijita Chakraborty (Submitted in December 2015, awarded): Sufis of Malwa.

(xiv) Samapti Halder (Submitted in December 2015, awarded): Bangla Bhasai Quran Charcha.

(xv) Soudipta Bhanja (Awarded in 2017): Sports And Nationalism in India.

(xvi) Tahmina Parveen (Awarded in 2017): Mughal Harem.

(xvii) Sobnom Baidya (Awarded in 2017): Maolana Bhasani.

(xviii) Supriya Law (Awarded in 2017): Law Family of Kolkata.

(xix) Dhananjoy Bar (Awarded in 2017): Mir Mosharraf Hossain.

(xx) Arnab Chowdhury (Awarded in 2017): Leftism and Poetry in Bengal.

(xxi) Monideepa Chatterjee (Awarded in 2018): Mughal Jewellery.

(xxii) Injamamul Haque (Awarded in 2018): Impact of Islam on the Brahmo Movement.

(xxiii) Amar Ghosh (Awarded in 2018): Jointly supervised by me for his work on the Life Insurance

Corporation in Bengal.

*Apart from supervising Ph.D and M.Phil Scholars, I also have the experience of examining M.Phil

and Ph.D thesis of other Universities in India and abroad.

** The list mentioned above confirms that I supervise Ph.D and M.Phil scholars who work on both

medieval and modern Indian Social and Cultural History.

*** Some of my research scholars are well versed in Persian, Urdu, Arabic and French which is

useful for their research.

VISITING FELLOWSHIPS (UGC APPROVED) INSIDE INDIA:

December, 2011, Visiting Fellow, Deptt. of History, University of North Bengal. January, 2012, Visiting

Fellow, Deptt. of History, Visvabharati (Both in West Bengal)

SOME SEMINARS WHERE I HAVE PRESENTED PAPERS (IN INDIA):

National Seminar, Malda Women’s College, December, 2011. International Seminar, Deptt of History,

Visvabharati, December, 2011. International Seminar, Deptt of Persian, Guwahati University, February,

2013. International Seminar, Deptt of History, Jadavpur University, January, 2013. International Seminar,

Deptt of Persian, Guwahati University, February 2014. National Seminar, Deptt. Of Persian, Guwahati

University. Presented in the National Conference on Sikh History, organized by Visvabharati but held in

Kolkata in November 2015. Presented in the Aligarh Historians Panel, Indian History Congress, Malda,

December, 2015. February 2016. National Seminar, Deptt. Of Persian, Guwahati University. February

2016, National Seminar, Deptt. of History, Aligarh University. I have chaired a session too at Aligarh.

Chaired a session in the state level seminar on 4 November, 2017, organized by the Paschim Banga

Itihas Samiti. Delivered a Special Lecture on “Understanding Sufism in South Asia” in Nilambar

Pitambar University, Jharkhand, on 2 November, 2017. Gauhati University International Seminar in the

Dept of Persian from 8 to 10 February 2018. Delivered a lecture on Changing Religio-Cultural Frontiers

in North Eastern and Eastern India, on 26 February, 2019 in the three days International Conference at

NEHU, Shillong, organized by the Deptt. Of History. On 31 Jan, 2019, delivered DRS SAP Phase II

Lecture at the Dept of Bengali, Jadavpur University on “Oupanibesik Banglai Hindu Muslim Samparker

Gotiprokriti”

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE I HAVE CHAIRED A SESSION: Title of the

Conference Realizing Justice in South Asia. Held in Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt Germany

from 11 June to 13 June, 2014. I have chaired a session on 12 June, 2014. Chaired sessions in the

International Conferences on India, Central Asia and West Asia, organized by the Deptt of Persian

Gauhati University, in February, 2016 and February, 2017. Presented a paper and chaired a session on 19

March, 2017 in the international conference of Toronto, Canada, organized by the Association of Asian

Studies. I delivered the Keynote Address in the international Seminar on Sufism on 21 November, 2017

which was organized by the Calcutta Girls College and the West Bengal Urdu Academy. In the same

international seminar I also chaired a session on 22 November. Delivered keynote in the International

Seminar on Unity in Diversity, organized by the Arabic Dept Alumni Association, Calcutta Univ. on 26

December, 2018. Delivered Keynote on 11 Feb, 2019, in the three Days International Conference

organized by the Deptt. Of Persian, Gauhati University. Delivered Keynote on 5 February, 2019 in the

Two Days International Conference on Women’s Rights in Islam organized by the Deptt of Arabic, Aliya

University. Sept 03, 2019, Keynote speaker in the International Seminar on Sufism at NEHU, Shillong.

Also Chaired the first academic Session there.

MEMORIAL LECTURES: Delivered Prof. Abu Yusuf Memorial Lecture on 7 February, 2019

organized by the Abu Yusuf Memorial Committee at Chittagong, Bangladesh. Topic was “India’s

Composite Culture and Gandhi’s Engagement with Islam.” Will deliver Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial

Lecture at Rammohun Museum (on the occasion of Raja Rammohun’s 247th

birth anniversary), Kolkata

on 22 May, 2019.

INTERVIEW BOARDS AND THESIS EXAMINATIONS:

Have acted as subject experts during selection and promotion of Asst Professors, Associate Professors

and Professors both in India and Bangladesh. Have examined doctoral and M.Phil thesis submitted in

both Indian and Bangladeshi Universities. Some of these Universities are Cotton College State Univ.

(Assam), Rajshahi Univ (Bangladesh), Rabindra Bharati Univ. (W.Bengal), Nilambar Pitambar Univ.

(Jharkhand), West Bengal State Univ. and numerous Colleges and Women’s University, Diamond

Harbour.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION:

Organized an international Conference on Sufism in Aliya University, Kolkata on 14 and 15 January,

2017. There, I have chaired a session too. Organizing an International Seminar on Sufism on 06 March,

2018, at The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. I am teaching Bhakti and Sufi Movements at the postgraduate

level for 27 years. Acted as Coordinator of Refresher Courses on four Occasions. Last time was in

January 15 to 5 February 2018 at Alipore Campus, Calcutta Univ. on Interdisciplinary Refresher

Course on Research Methodology. Jointly organized a national seminar on Interpreting the Ancient

and Medieval Past on 14 March, 2019, at the Deptt. of History, Calcutta Univ.

RECENT LECTURES AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES OF PROF AMIT DEY, HISTORY, CU

26 December, 2018, delivered keynote address in the international seminar on Unity in Diversity, organized

by the Arabic Dept, Alumni Association, Univ. of Calcutta

02 January 2019 Spl Lecture at Diamond Harbour Women’s Univ: “India’s Composite Culture and Gandhi’s

Engagement with Islam”

05 Feb, 2019, Keynote, International Seminar, Aliya Univ. Women’s Right in Islam

07 Feb, 2019, delivered Dr. Abu Yusuf Memorial Lecture in Chittagong, Bangladesh, organized by the

University of Chittagong. Topic: Gandhian Pluralism.

11 Feb, 2019, delivered keynote address in the Gauhati Univ international seminar on Cultural Exchanges

between India, Central Asia and West Asia.

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13 April, 2019, Chaired a session in the National Seminar at Bhairav Ganguli College, Kolkata, on Nation,

Nationalism and Beyond: Issues and Challenges.

22 April, 2019: Special Lecture on Jews and Christians under Islam, Panchur College, W.Bengal.

4, 7, 11, 14 and 21 May, 2019, Delivered a Series of Special Lectures on Islam at Ramakrishna Mission

Institute of Culture, Kolkata, in their UNESCO appraised programme on World Religions.

17 May, 2019, acted as External Expert in the Broad Based Board of Studies Meeting at Alagappa Univ,

Tamilnadu.

13 May, 2019, Special Lecture on Islam at Deshbandhu College for Girls, Kolkata.

22 May, 2019, delivered Rammohun Roy Memorial Lecture at Rammohun Library, Kolkata, topic:

Religious Ideas of Rammohun Roy With Reference to Islam.

24 May, 2019, External at Burdwan University Moderation

25 May, 2019, Saturday , Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, 5.30-7.30, Lectured on Bhakti and sufi

Movts

27 May, 2019, Conducted Ph.D. Viva-Voce in North Eastern Hill Univ. Shillong,

Will attend BOS at Gobordanga College as expert on 25 June, 2019 Tuesday

28 May, 2019 LECTURED ON BHAKTI (6 TO 7.15PM) AT RAMAKRISHNA MISSION INSTITUTE OF

CULTURE, KOLKATA.

31 May, 2019 ACTED AS EXPERT AT KALYANI UNIV Moderation

11 June, 2019, ATTENDED BOS at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir (Belur)

21 June 2019, External Expert at BOS, West Bengal State University.

22 June, 2019, Saturday, 6.30pm. I am the Chief Guest in the Iran Society (Kolkata) Seminar on

Secularism.

2 July, 2019, I delivered Asoke Ghosh Memorial Lecture at 4pm at Forward Block Office, Central Avenue,

on Role of Muslims in India’s Freedom Struggle.

10-11 July, 2019, I presented a paper in the Delhi Seminar at Nehru Memorial Museum on Traditional

Knowledge System.

13 July, 2019 Garbeta College International Seminar, Divided Bengal 1947-71: Society, Culture and Politics

(I presented a paper and chaired a session).

28 July, 2019, Through a speech I shared my research experiences at Chittagong Independent University.

29 July, 2019, delivered Professor Abdul Karim Memorial Lecture at the University of Chittagong.

30 July, 2019, Lectured On M.K. Gandhi at the Dept of Islamic History and Culture at Dhaka University.

31 July, 2019, Lectured on Bengali Folk Literature at Jagannath University, Dhaka. (Public Lecture).

01 August, 2019, Endowment Lecture at Asiatic Society of Bangladesh on Sufism.

03 August, 2019, Lectured on Sufi Philosophy at Viswa Sahitya Kendra, Dhaka.

03 Sept, 2019, I delivered the Keynote address at NEHU in an International Conference on Sufism.

07 Sept, 2019. Lectured on Sufism and Islam in the writings of Marxist Historians at Iran Society, Kolkata.

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11 Sept, 2019, Lectured on Sufism in the Orientation Programme of Calcutta University.

13 Sept, 2019, Lectured on Folk Culture in the Refresher Course organized by the Philosophy Dept, Calcutta

Univ.

26 & 27 Sept. 2019, Asiatic Society, International Conference on Vidyasagar and social reform. I will speak

on Muslim response to it.