Professor Sayeed Ferdous, Ph.D
Professor Sayeed Ferdous used to teach anthropology at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, since 1995. He was trained in Anthropology from Jahangirnagar University, followed by Master of Arts in Social Science from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Doctorate from Lancaster University, UK. Dr. Ferdous finds his niche in the blurred zone of History and Anthropology. Sayeed’s research interest includes South Asian Studies, Historiography, Memory/Forgetting, The Subaltern, Postcolonial Nation, State, and Nationalism. His book titled Partition as Border-Making: East Bengal, East Pakistan, and Bangladesh was published in 2021 by Taylor and Francis. Focusing upon the significance of mundane in history and its presentness, this research contributes in the understanding of postcolonial South Asia beyond “indocentrism”; in partition studies; as well as in border and borderland studies. At present, Sayeed is jointly editing a Bangladesh Reader, waiting to be published by Taylor and Francis. He has also contributed to anthologies and journals related to the 1947 Partition. In 2021, he jointly conducted a research project on the Partition migrants to Dhaka, in partnership with Goethe Institute, Bangladesh, titled “Inherited Memories (Part II).” In 2023-24 Professor Ferdous served as a visiting fellow in the Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Besides teaching and research, Sayeed loves to talk about varied issues on social media handles.Education
| Year | Title of the Degree |
|---|---|
| 2015 | PhD, Department of History, Lancaster University. Thesis Title: ‘Trails of Prolonged Partition: Truncated East Bengal, Forgotten East Pakistan and the Aftermath in Bangladesh.’ |
| 2003 | MA in Social Science, International School for Humanities and Social Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Thesis Title: ‘Neither Hybrid Nor Trapped: The Bangladeshi Migrants in Netherlands.’ |
| 1991 | MSS in Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thesis Title: ‘Muslim Stratification and its Changing Trends.’ |
| 1990 | BSS in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dissertation Title: ‘Perpetuation of Poverty: Perspective from a Bangladeshi village.’ |