Taj Hashmi

Taj Hashmi
Born	Assam, British India
Occupation	Academic
Alma mater	Dhaka College University of Dhaka University of Western Australia
Notable works	Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947
Children	1

Taj Hashmi is a Bangladeshi academic and writer. He was a professor at the Austin Peay State University.[1]

Early life

Hashmi was born in 1948 in Assam, British India.[2]

Education

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

From 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

Hashmi lives in Toronto, Canada.[3]

Bibliography

• Hashmi, Taj (2022). Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971-2021: Crisis of Culture, Development, Governance, and Identity. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97158-8. ISBN 9783030971571.
• Hashmi, Taj (2000). Women and Islam in Bangladesh: Beyond Subjection and Tyranny. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780333993873. ISBN 9780333749593.
• Hashmi, Taj (2021). Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947. Routledge. ISBN 9780367297619.
• Hashmi, Taj (1994). Islam, Muslims and the Modern State. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-14208-8.
• Hashmi, Taj (1985). Colonial Bengal.

References

1. "Taj Hashmi". The Daily Star. 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
2. "Hashmi, Taj". SAGE Publications Inc. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
3. "Taj Hashmi joins Dhaka Tribune as weekly columnist". Dhaka Tribune. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.