Taj Hashmi is a Bangladeshi academic and writer. He is a professor at the Austin Peay State University.[1]
Early life
editHashmi was born in 1948 in Assam, British India.[2] He did his bachelor's degree and masters at the University of Dhaka in Islamic History and Culture.[2] He did his PhD at the University of Western Australia in Modern South Asian History.[2]
Career
editFrom 1972 to 1981, Hashmi taught at the University of Dhaka.[2] He also taught at the University of Chittagong.[3] From 1987 to 1988, Hashmi taught at the Curtin University.[2] From 1989 to 1998, he taught at the National University of Singapore.[2]
Hashmi taught at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2004.[2] He taught at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of the U.S. Department of Defense.[2]
Hashmi is a lecturer of security studies at the Austin Peay State University.[2] He is an editorial board member of Contemporary South Asia.[2] He is also an editorial board member of the Journal of South Asian Studies.[2]
Hashmi joined the Dhaka Tribune as a columnist in September 2024.[3]
Personal life
editHashmi lives in Toronto, Canada.[3]
Bibliography
edit- Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971-2021: Crises of Culture, Development, Governance, and Identity (2022)[4]
- Women and Islam in Bangladesh: Beyond Subjection and Tyranny (2000)[2]
- Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia: The Communalization of Class Politics in East Bengal, 1920–1947 (1992)[2]
- Islam, Muslims and the Modern State (1994)[2]
- Colonial Bengal (1985)[2]
References
edit- ^ "Taj Hashmi". The Daily Star. 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Hashmi, Taj". SAGE Publications Inc. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ a b c "Taj Hashmi joins Dhaka Tribune as weekly columnist". Dhaka Tribune. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Hashmi, Taj (2022), "Correction to: Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971–2021", Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971-2021, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. C1, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97158-8_11, ISBN 978-3-030-97157-1, retrieved 2024-10-14