Niladri Chatterjee

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Academic interests

Global Health History and Politics; South Asian Studies (History, Politics, Culture); Colonial and Postcolonial Studies; Globalization and Development; Political Culture; Disaster Studies.

Courses taught

  • Masters: Colonial Legacies of Global Health (Seminar) SUM: 4200
  • Masters: Text Lab. SUM 4300
  • The Consolidation of British Empire in India: Bengal 1757-1857
  • The Indian Rebellion of 1857
  • History of South Asia (pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial period)
  • History of Bengal (Ancient period to formation of Bangladesh in 1971)
  • Introduction to World Civilization
  • Modern European History: 1789-1945
  • Cold War and International Relations since 1945
  • Special Seminars (as part of the course): The Role of Rumour in History
  • Special Course (as part of the course): Historiography of Modern South Asia and World

Background

Niladri Chatterjee studied at Uppsala University, Sweden, and University of Calcutta, India, before receiving his PhD in Modern South Asian History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, UK. He is a Visiting Researcher (since 2018) at the Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden, and was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, Bangladesh (2015-2019). He has previously worked as Guest Lecturer in the Department of History at Rabindra Bharati University (2012-2013) and as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India (2007-2008).   

Awards

  • Central Research Fund Scholarship: University of London for conducting research in India and Bangladesh in 2009
  • Felix Doctoral Scholarship: Doctoral Research (PhD) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London from 2008-2012
  • Project Fellowship: “Documentation on Economic History of British Rule in India 1857-1947”, Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR), March 2007 to August 2008
  • Sir Richard Grove Award: Best paper presented in the International Workshop at Jadavpur University, India, 2007
  • Swedish Institute (Svenska Institutet) Scholarship for the Advanced Master’s Course in Uppsala University, Sweden, 2006
  • National Merit Scholarship in 2004: Ranked First in History (BA) in the University of Calcutta, Government of India, 2004

Positions held

  • Visiting Researcher, Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, Linnaeus University, Sweden (2018 -)
  • Associate Researcher, Department of History and Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2019 - )
  • Assistant Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, Bangladesh (2015 - 2019)
  • Guest Lecturer, Department of History, Rabindra Bharati University, India (2012-2013)
  • Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India (2007-2008)
Tags: Global Health, India, South Asia, Global South, Global Governance, Asia, Postcolonialism, Bangladesh

Publications

  • Islam, Mohammad Mozahidul; Chatterjee, Niladri & Basar, Muhammad Asiful (2023). The final straw? Bhola cyclone, 1970 election, disaster politics, and the making of Bangladesh. Contemporary South Asia. ISSN 0958-4935. 31(2), p. 236–250. doi: 10.1080/09584935.2023.2203901. Full text in Research Archive
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Mahmood, Zaad (2022). Looking Back, Moving Forward: Educational Policies in Postcolonial India - Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges. Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri; Mahmood, Zaad & Marcussen, Eleonor (2021). Politics of Vaccine Nationalism in India: Global and Domestic Implications. Forum for Development Studies. ISSN 0803-9410. 48(2), p. 357–369. doi: 10.1080/08039410.2021.1918238. Full text in Research Archive
  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2012). Revisiting the Chipko Movement: The Emergence of Environmental Activism in South Asia. Exploring History. ISSN 2230-8490.

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  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2024). The Making and Unmaking of 20th century South Asia.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2024). From 'Natural' to 'Political': Ecology, Disaster, and the making of Modern South Asia.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2023). Long Book Review: Why Nations Fail to Feed the Poor: The Politics of Food Security in Bangladesh. Author: Mohammad Mozahidul Islam. 2023. Journal of South Asian Development. ISSN 0973-1741. doi: 10.1177/09731741231214358.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Marcussen, Eleonor (2023). Filling the gap or filling the shoes? Civil society and political change in historical disasters.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Marcussen, Eleonor (2023). Shaken and Stirred: Politics of Disasters and Aid in South Asia.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri; Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Harikrishna, Deva Nandan (2023). Understanding Narendra Modi: The Poetry of a Populist Leader. [Internet]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2023). Election matters! Global Implications of Turkey’s Presidential Election. Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2023). Unpacking the Karnataka election: Key takeaways and the road ahead. Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Mahmood, Zaad (2021). Making Sense of the West Bengal Elections. [Internet]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Mahmood, Zaad (2021). Authoritarian Populism in South Asia: Mamata Banerjee as a Strong(wo)man Leader.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). West Bengal Election 2021: Why it is monumental? Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). Understanding the ‘Enigma’ in Indian Politics: West Bengal Assembly Election 2021. Shuddhashar. ISSN 2535-7476.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus & Ruud, Arild Engelsen (2021). Modi: The Sage King? Dhaka Tribune.
  • Ruud, Arild Engelsen; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Chatterjee, Niladri & Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus (2021). Den vise kongen - eller et politisk mesterstykke? Asiapunkt.
  • Samuelsen, Guro Warhuus; Nielsen, Kenneth Bo; Ruud, Arild Engelsen & Chatterjee, Niladri (2021). Modi - The Sage King? [Internet]. Nordic Asia Podcast.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2014). The European Response towards the Indian Rebellion Of 1857 . Rivista degli Studi Orientali. ISSN 0392-4866. 87(1/4), p. 125–128.
  • Chatterjee, Niladri (2015). The Uprising in the 'Periphery': Bengal 1857-58. SOAS.

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