David Vumlallian Zou
Born (1977-01-25) 25 January 1977
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Teacher, academic
Academic background
EducationSt. Anthony's College, Shillong
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Queen's University Belfast[1]
ThesisThe interaction of print culture, identity and language in Northeast India (2008)
Doctoral advisorM. Satish Kumar and David N. Livingstone
Academic work
Main interestsmodern history, north-east India, indigenous peoples, book history

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.

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.

Zou is currently 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.

Publications

  • Zou, David Vumlallian Zou (2018) "Embracing new gods: The process of religious change in northeast India" in Sajal Nag and Ishrat Alam (eds) Blending Nation And Region: Essays in Honour of Late Professor Amalendu Guha, New Delhi: Primus Books, pp. 325–343 https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=blending+nation+and+region
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2018) "Vai phobia to Raj nostalgia: Sahibs, chiefs and commoners in colonial Lushai Hills" in Lipokmar Dzuvichu and Manjeet Baruah (eds.) Modern Practices in North East India, Abingdon & New York: Routledge, pp. 119–143. https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Practices-North-East-India/dp/1138106917/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530013519&sr=1-1&keywords=modern+practices+in+north+east+india
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2016) "Peoples, Power, and Belief in North-east India", in Meena Radhakrishna (ed.) Citizens First: Studies on Adivasis, Tribals, and Indigenous Peoples in India. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2016) "Environment, Social Identity and Individual Freedom in the Current Historiography of Northeast India"[11]
  • "Mapping a colonial Borderland: Objectifying the geo-body of India's Northeast" [12]
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2010) "A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle" (Special Article) Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), Vol. 45, No. 14, 3 April 2010, pp. 56 – 63.[13]
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2009) "The Pasts of a Fringe Community: Ethno-history and Fluid Identity of Zou in Manipur" Indian Historical Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 209 – 235.[14]
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2005) "Raiding the dreaded past: Representations of Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in Northeast India"[15]
  • Zou, David Vumlallian (2003) "Colonial Discourse and Evangelical Imagining" Religion and Society, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 57 – 93.

References

  1. 1 2 Zou, Vumlallian David (2008). The interaction of print culture, identity and language in Northeast India. Ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). Queen's University Belfast. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.486253.
  2. ↑ "Home - University of Delhi". www.du.ac.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ↑ (PDF). 28 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122330/http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/faculty/PDF/Dr_David_V_Zou.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "St. Anthony's College". Anthonys.ac.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University". www.jnu.ac.in. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "School of Natural and Built Environment - Queen's University Belfast". Qub.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "School of Natural and Built Environment - Queen's University Belfast". Qub.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "School of Natural and Built Environment - Queen's University Belfast". Qub.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ Zou, David Vumlallian (2016). "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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "EPW". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Zou, David Vumlallian (2016). "Raiding the dreaded past". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 39 (1): 75–105. doi:10.1177/006996670503900103. ISSN 0069-9667. S2CID 143561560.
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