SAHARA AHMED

RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY

SAHARA AHMED

Designation: Professor

Department: History

Name of the Faculty: Arts

Mobile No: +91 9830374908

Email: sahara.ahmed@rbu.ac.in

Curriculum Vitae: Click here

 

Qualifications:
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (University of Calcutta)
 
Areas of Interest/ Specialization:
History of Environment, History of Science and Medicine, Diaspora Studies, and Social and Cultural History of India.
 
Recent Publications/ CDs/ Performances/ Exhibitions (up to 5):

Book

  1. Woods, Mines and Minds - Politics of Survival in Jalpaiguri and the Jungle Mahals, 1860-1970, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2019.

Book Chapters

  1. “Colonial Pasts and Legacies: Forests, Climate Change, and Disaster Management in the Northern Circle,.1860s–1870s”, in Mili Ghosh (ed.), The Shattered Earth, Histories of Climate Catastrophe, and the Wilderness, New Delhi: Primus Books, 2024.
  2. “Epidemics and the Indigenous Tribes: Sub-Himalayan Bengal and the Jungle Mahals, 1860-1930”, in Poonam Bala and Russel Viljoen (eds.), Epidemic, Encounters, Communities, and Practices in the Colonial World, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2023.
  3. “Designing Scientific Mining, Evolution and Implementation, c. 1860s-1960s”, in Suvobrata Sarkar (ed.), History of Science, Medicine, Technology and Environment, London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
  4. “Conflicting Claims: The Colonial State Forests and Forest Dwellers in the Jalpaiguri District, 1869-1947” in Ranjan Chakrabarti (ed.), Situating Environmental History, New Delhi: Manohar Books, 2007.
  5. “Flood Mayhem and the Colonial Government Disaster Management and Policy Implementation in the District of Jalpaiguri, c. 1880-1950”, Calcutta Historical Journal Vol. XXVI, No. 2, July – December, 2006.

 

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