Dr. Mohammad Sajjad

Research Project:

“Post-Colonial Bihar Muslims: Their Socio-Economic Diversities and Political Behaviour, 1947-2007”; Funded by the University of Birmingham ( U.K. ) and IIDS, New Delhi . (Research Monograph submitted in March 2008).

Book (Forthcoming)

Contesting Colonialism and Separatism: Muslims of Muzaffarpur, Bihar , 1857-2005.

 

Courses introduced and designed
Introduced and designed two Post- graduate courses on History of Post-Independent India (1947-91), for MA III and IV Semesters, Centre of Advanced Study in History, AMU, Aligarh .

 

Published Research Papers [English Language, Total- 08]

  1. 2009: “Politics of Misrepresenting the Oppressed: A Critique of Abdus Samad’s Urdu Novel Dhamak”, The Annual of Urdu Studies, Wisconsin-Madison , USA , vol. 24, 2009, pp. 098-117.http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/24/09SajjadDhamak.pdf
  2. History and Fiction: Depiction of 1857 in Qurratulain Hyder’s Fiction, in Third Frame: Literature, Culture and Society (Forthcoming issue), Cambridge University Press.
  3. 2008: Local Resistance and Colonial Reprisal: Tirhut (Muzaffarpur) Muslims in the Ghadar of 1857-59’, in Contemporary Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, [ISSN-0973-7898] vol. 2, No.1, January-June 2008, pp. 25-45.
  4. 2008: Sir Syed’s Movement for Modern Education in Muzaffarpur ( Bihar ) in S. Iraqi (ed.), Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Vision and Mission , Manohar, Delhi , 2008, pp. 181-197
  5. 2006: ‘Some Aspects of Electoral Behaviour of Muslims: A Study of Bihar after Independence ’ in Indian Journal of Politics, vol. XL, No. 4, October-December 2006.
  6. 2005: ‘Resisting British Colonialism and Communal Separatism: Madrasas of Colonial
    Bihar’ in S.M Azizuddin Husain (ed.), Madrasa Education in India , 11th to 21st Centuries, Kanishka, Delhi , pp. 171-178.
  7. 2002: ‘Interrogating the Meta-Narratives of Congress Nationalism: Muslim Resistance to Communal Separatism in Colonial Bihar ’ in Islam and Modern Age, [ISSN- 11-0021-1826], vol. 33, No. 3, August, 2002, pp.. 53-85.
  8. 2001: ‘All India Muslim League’s Techniques of Mass Mobilization, 1940-47’ in Indian Journal of Politics, vol. 35, Nos. 1-2, January-June 2001.

Published Research Papers [Urdu Language, Total- 04]:

  1. 2007: ‘Muzaffarpur Mein Firqa-warana Tashaddud: Ek Taareekhi Jaayeza’ in Tahzibul Akhlaq, vol. 26, No. 5, May, 2007, pp. 42-60.
  2. 2007: “Taareekh Naweesi aur Fiction: Qurratul Ain Haider Ke Fiction Mein 1857”, in Humayun Zafar Zaidi and Md Mahfooz Alam (eds) Qurratul Ain Haider: Shakhsiyat aur Fun, Special Volume of Kitab Numa, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, New Delhi, 2007, pp.109-118.
  3. 2004: ‘Maghfur Aijazi (1900-1967): Tehreek-e-Azadi aur Uske Baad’ in Tahzibul Akhlaq, vol. 23, No. 2, February, 2004.
  4. 2003: ‘Shafi Daudi (1875-1949): Ek Ahad Saaz Shakhsiyat’, in Jamia, vol. 100, No. 405-06, April-June 2003.

Papers Presented in Seminars [Total- 08]:

  1. 2008: Politics of Misrepresenting the Oppressed: A Critique of Abdus Samad’s Urdu Novel Dhamak, Seminar on “Representation, Narration and Appropriacy in Hindi-Urdu Fiction”, Dept of Linguistics, AMU, Aligarh , 6 October 2008.
  2. 2007: Reviewed a book by S.M. Azizuddin Husain, 1857 Revisited, JMI, New Delhi 2007, in a panel discussion, organized by the Centre of Advanced Study in History, AMU, in May 2007.
  3. 2007: “Creating Anti-Colonial Public Sphere: The Dehli Urdu Akhbar and Moulvi Baqar”, Seminar on Moulvi Md Baqar , Iran Culture House, New Delhi , 8 September 2007.
  4. 2007: Depiction of 1857 in Urdu Fiction: A Study of Qurratul Ain Haider, Seminar on the Movement of 1857, Dept. of History, BHU, Varanasi, 17-18 August 2007.
  5. 2006: ‘Identity Based Mobilization and Anti-Colonial Struggle: Shia Azadari Procession in Bihar ( India )’; Seminar on ‘Muharram and the tradition of Azadari in India ’, Iran Culture House, New Delhi , 16-18 November 2006.
  6. 2006: ‘Muslim Response to Modern Education: Evidence from Nineteenth Century Muzaffarpur, Bihar’, International Seminar on ‘Sir Syed Ahmad Khan: Vision and Mission ’, Aligarh , 5-7 November 2006.
  7. 2002: ‘Resisting British Colonialism and Communal Separatism: Madrasas of Colonial
    Bihar’, Seminar on Madrasa Education in India , Iran Culture House & JMI, New Delhi , Oct. 2002
  8. 2000: ‘All India Muslim League’s Techniques of Mass Mobilization, 1940-47’, Seminar, Research Scholars, Centre of Advanced Study in History, AMU, Aligarh, 06 April 2000.

Orientation Course: UGC- Academic Staff College , AMU, November 2006, Grade ‘A’ [Ref. No. ASOP/ 2006/ 225].

  1. Lectures Delivered at the UGC- Academic Staff College , AMU 2009:
  2. Historiography of Indian Nationalism
  3. Historiography of India ’s Partition

Review Essay: Ather Farouqui (ed.), Muslims and Media Images: News versus Views, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2009, in South Asian History and Culture, [Routledge, London] vol. 1, No.1, 2010 (forthcoming)

Published Book Reviews [Total- 09]

  1. Papiya Ghosh, Community and Nation: Essays on Identity and Politics in Eastern India, with an Introduction by Biswamoy Pati, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2008, in Contemporary Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, vol. 2, No. 2, July-December 2008.
  2. S. M. Azizuddin Husain, Calendar of Dr. Zakir Husain’s Correspondence, Jamia Archives, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-25, in Contemporary Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1 No. 2, July-December 2007.
  3. Mushirul Hasan, From Pluralism to Separatism: Qasbas of Colonial Awadh. OUP, Delhi, 2004, in Indian Journal of Politics,Vol. XLI, Nos. 1-2, January-June 2007.
  4. Kanchanmoy Majumdar, Saffron versus Green: Communal Politics in the C.P. and Berar, 1919-47, Manohar, Delhi, 2003 in Indian Journal of Politics, vol. Xxxix, Nos.1-2, January-June 2005, pp.199-202.
  5. Salil Mishra, A Narrative of Communal Politics: Uttar Pradesh 1937-39, Sage, Delhi , 2001, in Khuda Bakhsh Library Journal, Patna , (No.127).
  6. Susan Bayly, The New Cambridge History of India IV. 3: Caste, Society and Politics in India . In Indian Journal of Politics (July-December 2000).
  7. Krishna Kumar, Learning From Conflict. Orient Longman, Delhi , 1997, Tahzibul Akhlaq, (Urdu Monthly), Aligarh , September, 1997.
  8. Arvind N. Das, The Republic of Bihar , Penguin, Delhi , 1993, in Qaumi Awaz, 4 September, 1994.
  9. Tapan Basu, Pradip Datta, Tanika Sarkar, Sumit Sarkar, Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flag: A Critique of Hindu Right, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1993, in Qaumi Awaz, Urdu Daily, Delhi, 13 June 1993.

Other Publications:

  1. ‘Muslim Politics Lead to a Dead End’ Indian Express, Delhi 6th June 2000.
  2. ‘Legislature Mein Aurton Ke liye Reservation’. Tahzibul Akhlaq (Henceforth T.A.), Aligarh , August, 1997.
  3. ‘ Hindustan Mein Muslim Numaindgi Ka Almiya’. T.A. July, 1998).
  4. ‘Hindustan Ka Siyasi pasmanzar aur Musalmanon ke Husool-e-Ikhtiyarat Ka Sawal’. (T.A. September, 1999).
  5. ‘Muslim Siyasat Ko Nai Samt Deney Ki Zaroorat’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi . 7th December, 1999.
  6. ‘Muslim Rehnudi Ka Tanqidi Jayeza’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu daily, Delhi . 20 November, 1999.
  7. ‘Jharkhand Ke Qabailiyon Ka Haq aur Bihar Ka Mustaqbil’ Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi 13, December, 1999. ‘Hindustani Musalman: Nai Sadi Ke Taqazey’, Qaumi Awaz, Urdu Daily, Delhi , serialized on 14, 15, 16, 18 December, 1999.
  8. ‘Bihar Mein Baar Baar Raqs-e-Haiwaniyat Kyon’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi 17 January, 2000.
  9. ‘…. Aur ab Taareekh Nawisi Bhi Fascism Ki Zad Mein’ (T.A. April 2000).
  10. ‘U.P. Mazhabi Imarat Bill…’ (T.A. June 2000).
  11. ‘Vajpayee Hukumat Ki Pakistan Policy’ (T.A. June 2000).
  12. ‘Laloo-Rabri aur Bihar ke Musalman’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi , 19 July 2000.
  13. ‘Kamzor Tabqa Aala Taaleem aur Hukumat’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi , 18 October, 2000.
  14. ‘U.P. Mein Urdu Mukhalfat aur Sangh Pariwar’, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi 25th November 2000.
  15. ‘Muslim Siyasat Tabdili ki Taraf Gaamzan?’ Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi , 31 January, 2001.
  16. ‘Syed Mahmud: Congress, Muslim aur Secularism’, Rashtriya Sahara, 13th March 2001.
  17. ‘Bihar Apni Tameer-e-Nau Ke Liye Nai Siyasat Ki Talaash Mein’ Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Delhi . 19th March 2001.
  18. ‘Imarat-Shariah aur Tehreek-e-Azadi’ (T.A. July 2001).
  19. ‘Jamhuri Siyasat, Social Justice Aur Bihar Ke Musalman’ (T.A. September, 2001).
  20. ‘ Bihar mein Urdu Tehreek’ (T.A. January, 2003).
  21. ‘Kyon Ham Gaayen Bande Matram’ (T.A. February 2003)
  22. ‘ Bihar Ki Muslim Siyasat (1947-71)’, T..A. January 2006.
  23. ‘AMU is a Minority Institution: A Historical Perspective’, in Milli Gazette, 1-15 December, 2005.
  24. Left will not Confront BJP, in Economic and Political Weekly, September 25, 2004, p.4286 and p. 4388.
  25. “AMU Crisis: Some Questions from an Insider”, Milli Gazette, November 1-15, 2007.
  26. An essay on terrorism in India , in Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu daily’s Sunday supplement, Dastawez, on 25 May 2008.
  27. Muslim Dilemma in Lalooland, 06 November 2004,
    http://bihartimes.com/articles/general/muslimdilema.html
  28. Who Founded LS College, Muzaffarpur? 09 August 2005,
    http://bihartimes.com/articles/general/lscollege.html
  29. Ramvilas Paswan’s Rise to Power: A Political Profile ,03 Oct 2005,
    http://www.bihartimes.com/articles/general/ramvilas.html
  30. Education Policy of the Nitish Led Government: Shattering and devastating, 15 July 2006,
    http://bihartimes.com/articles/general/educationpolicy.html
  31. Bihar’s Political Elites Lack Vision for Development? 05 Dec 2007,
    http://www.bihartimes.com/articles/sajjad/lackofvision.html
  32. Some Aspects of ‘Muslim’ Politics: Bihar since 1947, 05 Dec 2007,
    http://www.bihartimes.com/News07/Dec/muslimpolitics.html
  33. Pakistan: Doomed to a Fragile Democracy? 10 Dec 2007,
    http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/dec/10sajjad.htm
  34. What does the N-deal have to do with Muslims? 15 July 2008,
    http://www.ndtv..com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080057250