David Vumlallian Zou

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]

David Vumlallian Zou
Born (1977-01-25) 25 January 1977
NationalityIndian
OccupationTeacher, 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

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 M.Phil from the Centre for Historical Studies,[5] Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He completed his M.Phil 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, 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. 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. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 28 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. "St. Anthony's College". Anthonys.ac.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  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.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
  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.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
  15. Zou, David Vumlallian (2016). "Raiding the dreaded past". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 39 (1): 75–105. doi:10.1177/006996670503900103. ISSN 0069-9667.
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