Zoya Hasan
Professor Zoya Hasan | |
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| Born | 7 August 1947 Lucknow, India |
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Notable works | Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh |
Zoya Hasan (born 7 August 1947) is an Indian political scientist.
Education and career
[edit]Zoya Hasan was born on 7 August 1947 in Lucknow. She studied at Aligarh Muslim University and earned a doctorate in political science from Pennsylvania State University.[1] She was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009.[2] She has been a Visiting Professor at the Zurich, Edinburgh, and Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, and held fellowships at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Bellagio Center, and Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin. She has worked on research projects for the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ford Foundation, DFID, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and the Observer Research Foundation.
Hasan's work has focused on the state, political parties, ethnicity, gender, and minorities in India, and society in North India. She is known for her work on the politics of Uttar Pradesh.[3][4]
She has also conducted extensive research on the social and educational aspects of Indian Muslims and Muslim women.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Zoya Hasan was married to the Indian historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Mushirul Hasan (1949-2018).[5][6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Lama-Rewal, Stéphanie Tawa. Thébaud, Françoise; Isabelle, Ernot (eds.). "Zoya Hasan". Le Dictionnaire universel des Créatrices. Éditions des Femmes.
- ^ "National Commission for Minorities". National Commission for Minorities. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Hasan, Zoya, Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh, 1930-1980, Thousand Oaks, Calif.:Sage Publications, 1989
- ^ Hasan, Zoya, Quest for Power, Oppositional Movements and Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998
- ^ Hasan, Zoya (27 August 2009). "Legislating against hunger". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Bhagat, Rasheeda (5 September 2004). "A wake-up call". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ George, Varghese K; Saroj Nagi (7 February 2010). "Return of the Gandhi topi". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Panel wants changes in quota law". The Times of India. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Venkatesan, V (3 January 2009). "Negative action". Frontline. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
External links
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- Living people
- 21st-century Indian Muslims
- Indian women political writers
- Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Indian political writers
- Scholars from Uttar Pradesh
- 20th-century Indian women educational theorists
- 20th-century Indian educational theorists
- 20th-century Indian women writers
- 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Indian educational theorists
- 21st-century Indian women educators
- 21st-century Indian educators
- English-language Indian writers
- Women writers from Uttar Pradesh
- Women scientists from Uttar Pradesh
- Indian women scholars
- Women educators from Uttar Pradesh
- Educators from Uttar Pradesh
- 20th-century Indian women educators
- 20th-century Indian educators
- Centre for Political Studies (CPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Aligarh Muslim University alumni
- Pennsylvania State University alumni
- 20th-century Indian social scientists
- 21st-century Indian social scientists
- Indian political scientists
- 20th-century Indian historians
- 21st-century Indian historians
- Scholars from Lucknow
- 1947 births
- 20th-century Indian Muslims