Zoya Hasan

Professor
Zoya Hasan
Spouse
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(m. 1974; died 2018)​
Academic work
Notable worksDominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh

Zoya Hasan is an Indian academic and political scientist.

Education and career

She was Professor of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She served as a member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009.[1] She has been a Visiting Professor to the Universities of Zurich, Edinburgh, and Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, Paris, and held fellowships at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio, 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 focussed on state, political parties, ethnicity, gender and minorities in India, and society in north India. She is better known for her path-breaking work on the politics of Uttar Pradesh.[2][3]

She has also done extensive research on social and educational aspects of Indian Muslims and Muslim women.[citation needed]

Personal life

Zoya Hasan was married to the Indian historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, Mushirul Hasan (1949-2018).[4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "National Commission for Minorities". National Commission for Minorities. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ Hasan, Zoya, Dominance and mobilisation: rural politics in western Uttar Pradesh, 1930-1980, Thousand Oaks, Calif.:Sage Publications, 1989
  3. ^ Hasan, Zoya, Quest for Power, Oppositional Movements and Post-Congress Politics in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998
  4. ^ Hasan, Zoya (27 August 2009). "Legislating against hunger". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  5. ^ Bhagat, Rasheeda (5 September 2004). "A wake-up call". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Venkatesan, V (3 January 2009). "Negative action". Frontline. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)