David Vumlallian Zou

David V Zou
Born	January 25, 1977
Nationality	Indian
Education	MA; M.Phil; PhD
Alma mater	St. Anthony's College, Shillong Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Teacher, academic

David Vumlallian Zou (born January 25, 1977) is an 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.^[1]

Education

David V Zou graduated in English literature (Major) from St. Anthony's College, Shillong,^[2] under North Eastern Hill University. He completed his MA and M.Phil from the Centre for Historical Studies,^[3] 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 ^[4] where he worked under M. Satish Kumar ^[5] and David N. Livingstone ^[6] on print culture and identity formation in colonial north-east India. (Abstract of the PhD thesis is available at British Library Beta EThOS)^[7]

Academic career

Dr. David V Zou has joined the faculty of History Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi,^[8] where he teaches modern history and global history to postgraduate students. He is currently a member of the Departmental Research Committee (DRC) since February 2010,.^[9] and Board of Research Studies (BRS) Social Sciences at Delhi University since February 2011.

Current Project

Dr. 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.

Research Publications

• Zou, David Vumlallian & M. Satish Kumar (2011) "Mapping a colonial Borderland: Objectifying the geo-body of India's Northeast" The Journal of Asian Studies Vol.70, No.1 (February),pp. 141 - 170. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8139369&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0021911810002986

PDF version of the full content is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=8139373&jid=JAS&volumeId=70&issueId=01&aid=8139369&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession=

• Zou, David Vumlallian (2010) "A Historical Study of the 'Zo' Struggle" (Special Article) Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), Vol. 45, No. 14, April 3, 2010, pp. 56 – 63. http://epw.in/epw/user/result.jsp
• 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. http://ihr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/2/209
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2005) "Raiding the dreaded past: Representations of Headhunting and Human Sacrifice in Northeast India" Contributions to Indian Sociology, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 75 – 105. http://cis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/39/1/75
• Zou, David Vumlallian (2003) "Colonial Discourse and Evangelical Imagining" Religion and Society, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 57 – 93.

References

1. ^ Website of History Department, Delhi University, Delhi http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=270&fmember=2221&cid=437
2. ^ http://www.anthonys.ac.in/
3. ^ http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=SchoolOfSocialSciences
4. ^ http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/gap/
5. ^ Staff website of the School of GAP, Queen's University Belfast, http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/gap/Staff/AcademicStaff/DrMSatishKumar/
6. ^ http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/gap/Staff/AcademicStaff/ProfessorDavidLivingstone/
7. ^ Abstract is available at British Library - EThOS Beta Electronic Theses Online Service http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.486253
8. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Council, 6 October 2009, Delhi University, URL http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:avMTLvthROoJ:web1.du.ac.in/du/minutes/EC-_V_%2520October%25206,%25202009.pdf+david+vumlallian+zou+%2B+delhi+University&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjAmR3I_sNhnXw5YPyKH-2BHR4TG8B61gDVEDgX98Ut9GxhC20k9-DE4ECnBlgMvCQrtY5WJ319rQ6HKnLL-mx75HlEjtT4pFRxdJjCT7ROD_nWaOMWhC9fnmC7jXWPdwlJS4bV&sig=AHIEtbQT2Q0rmWeNlZITsZjeqzZASMlQow
9. ^ http://inventory.du.ac.in/index.php?id=270&fmember=2221&cid=437

External links

Official website of Delhi University http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=270&fmember=2221&cid=437

Current CV in PDF format http://www.du.ac.in/fileadmin/DU/faculty/PDF/Dr_David_V_Zou.pdf

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Name	Zou, David Vumlallian
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Short description	Indian historian
Date of birth	January 25, 1977
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