Email : tuhina.hist@aliah.ac.in
Address : 6th Floor, Department of History, Aliah University, Park Circus Campus, Kolkata-14
Dr. Tuhina Islam is an Assistant Professor of History at Aliah University, Kolkata. Earlier she has served as an Assistant Professor in Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur. She has completed her doctorate degree from the Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University. The thrust area of her research besides social and cultural life of Mughal court ladies lies in women’s periodicals and print culture in North India of early twentieth century. She has published her book on Literary Contribution of Mughal Court Ladies (16th -17th Century) and published research papers on various themes of women in different national and international journals and edited books.
M.A, M.Phil, P.hD.
Qualified WB-SET
More than 5 years.
Medieval Indian History, Women’s history of South Asia.
Women’s history of South Asia, Social and Cultural history of South Asia.
More than 5 years.
Mughal Royal Ladies in Feast, Fairs and Festivals, in A Research Journal, Department of Islamic History and Culture, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, vol-3, October, 2021, ISSN: 2664-780X, pp-71-76.
Nautch Girls of Pre-Colonial North India: A Historical Overview, in Journal of Indian History and Culture, Twenty Sixth Isuue, 2020, ISSN: 0975-7805, pp-115-128.
Social Awakening On the Rights of Muslim Women in Early Twentieth Century with Special reference to Women’s Urdu Journals of North India, in Islam and Muslim Societies: A Social Science Journal,(ed.) Nadeem Hasnain, Center for Social Action and Development (CSAD), vol.11,No.2, 2018. ISSN-0973-2802,pp-1-27.
A Case Study of Urdu Newspaper: Jam-i-Jahan Numa, in Shodhak-A Journal of Historical Research,(ed.), Dr.RamPande, vol-49, pt-A, Jaipur, 2019, ISSN-0302-9832, pp-52-59.
Literary Contribution of Mughal Princess JahanAra Begum, in Shodhak-A Journal of Historical Research, (ed.), Dr.Ram Pande, vol-45, pt-B, Jaipur, 2015, ISSN-0302-9832, pp-99-108.
Female Education Under the Delhi Sultans in Re-interpreting History of the Delhi Sultanate, (ed), Prof. Ali Athar, Woodpecker Publication and Publication Division, AMU, Aligarh, 2016, ISBN-978-93-85025-01-03.pp-144-148.
Literary Contribution of Mughal Court Lady Gulbadan Begum, in International Journal of History and Social Science, Bi annual,vol-4, No-1, January-June, 2013, University of Karachi,ISSN-2221-6804, pp-1-16.
Literary Contribution of Mughal Court Ladies (16th -17th Century),Mishkaat Publication, Aligarh,2015. ISBN-978-93-84354-45-9.
Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence B.A. III year, Women’s College, AMU, Aligarh.
Maulana Azad National Fellowship, University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
Indian Council of Historical Research, Research Grant, New Delhi.
Guided Master Thesis
Shodhak:A Journal Of Historical Research, Jaipur.
Institute of Historical Studies, Kolkata.
Participated in Faculty Induction Programme (FIP), Organised by UGC-HRDC (Human Resourse Development Centre, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, MANUU, Hyderabad, (19th October-17th November, 2020).
Participated in One week online Faculty Development Programme (FDP), on Research Methodology: Tools and techniques, Organized by Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, New Delhi, University of Delhi, (5th -11th June, 2020).
Organising Secretary in Workshop on Research Methodology in History and Social Sciences in the light of new Sources and Research Scholars’ Seminar 2018 organised by Department of History, Raiganj University 27th November, 2018.
Member, Organising Committee of International Seminar organised by Department of History, Raiganj University 22nd -23rd March, 2018.
National Symposium on Society, Culture and Historiography in India Through the Ages at N.R.E.C College Khurja (2015).
National Workshop on Anti Termite Treatment of Buildings organised by Department of Museology, AMU, Aligarh.
Short Term Course on Academic Writing Skills organised by UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh.
Short Term Course on Special Interaction Programme organised by UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh.
Workshop on Advance Course in Persian Language organised by Department of History, AMU, Aligarh.
From Purdah to Politics: Struggles of Muslim Women For Their Rights in Early Twentieth Century Bengal, organized by Bangiya Itihas Samiti held in Ramkrishna Vidyamandira, Belurmath, Howrah,Kolkata (2023)
Atiya Fayzee: A Role Model Of Muslim Women Empowerment in South Asia in International Virtual Conference on Gender Studies and Women Empowerment, organised by Department of Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Agartala, (2021).
Social and Educational Reform Associations as reflected in Women’s Urdu Journals of North India in third South Asian History Conference held at Punjabi University, Patiala (2015).
Language and Culture of Women in Nineteenth Century: Reflection of Composite Culture in National Seminar on Composite Culture of India, organized by ‘Shodhak’, Jaipur, (2014).
Role of Significant Urdu and Persian Newspapers during the revolt of 1857 in XXV Session of U.P.History Congress, held at VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur.( 2014).
Female Education under the Delhi Sultans in National Seminar on Re-interpreting History of the Delhi Sultanate organized by Centre of Advanced Study, A.M.U, Aligarh, ( 2013).
Education of Muslim Women: A Social issue as reflected in Urdu Journal ‘Khatun’ in XXIV Session of the U.P. History Congress, held at Mahatma Gandhi KashiVidyapith, Varanasi, (2013).
