David Vumlallian Zou (born 25 January 1977) is a historian of modern South Asia with special interest in north-east India. His research interests reflect an interdisciplinary orientation that includes colonial history, book history, gender history, ethno-history, indigenous identities and historical geography. ^{[2] [3]}

Education

David V. Zou graduated in English literature (Major) from St. Anthony's College, Shillong, ^[4] under North Eastern Hill University. He completed his MA and MPhil from the Centre for Historical Studies, ^[5] Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He completed his MPhil dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Majid H. Siddiqi.^{[ citation needed]}

A fully funded PhD scholarship by the Academic Planning Grant (Northern Ireland) enabled him to pursue his PhD at Queen's University Belfast ^[6] where he worked under M. Satish Kumar ^[7] and David N. Livingstone ^[8] on print culture and identity formation in colonial north-east India. ^[1]

Career and research

Zou joined the faculty of History Department in 2009, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, ^[9] where he teaches a paper on rise of capitalism and approaches to global history along with some aspects of labor history to postgraduate students. He is currently a member of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) since February 2010,. ^[10] and Board of Research Studies (BRS) Social Sciences at Delhi University since February 2011.^{[ citation needed]}

Zou is currently^{[ when?]} completing a monograph titled, Print, Identity and Gender in colonial Mizoram, to be published by SAGE Publications as a part of SAGE Studies of India's North East.^{[ citation needed]}

Publications

• Zou, David Vumlallian (2018a). "Embracing new gods: The process of religious change in northeast India". In Nag, Sajal; Alam, Ishrat (eds.). Blending Nation And Region: Essays in Honour of Late Professor Amalendu Guha. New Delhi: Primus Books. pp. 325–343.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2018b). Dzuvichu, Lipokmar; Baruah, Manjeet (eds.). Modern Practices in North East India. Routledge. pp. 119–143.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2016a). "Environment, Social Identity and Individual Freedom in the Current Historiography of Northeast India". Studies in History. 32 (1): 117–129. doi: 10.1177/0257643015616020. ISSN  0257-6430. S2CID  156744406.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2016b). "Raiding the dreaded past". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 39 (1): 75–105. doi: 10.1177/006996670503900103. ISSN  0069-9667. S2CID  143561560.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2016c). "Peoples, Power, and Belief in North-east India". In Radhakrishna, Meena (ed.). Citizens First: Studies on Adivasis, Tribals, and Indigenous Peoples in India. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Zou, David Vumlallian; Kumar, M. Satish (2011). "Mapping a Colonial Borderland: Objectifying the Geo-Body of India's Northeast". The Journal of Asian Studies. 70 (1): 141–170. doi: 10.1017/S0021911810002986. ISSN  0021-9118. S2CID  162598035.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (3 April 2010). "A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle". Economic and Political Weekly. 45 (14): 56–63. ^[11]
• Zou, David Vumlallian (1 December 2009). "The Pasts of a Fringe Community: Ethno-history and Fluid Identity of the Zou in Manipur". Indian Historical Review. 36 (2): 209–235. doi: 10.1177/037698360903600202. S2CID  145785464.
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2003). "Colonial Discourse and Evangelical Imagining". Religion and Society. 48 (2): 57–93.

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