Fida Hussain

Fida Hussain

Non-Resident Associate Fellow


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  • Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D), Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of  International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi). Thesis Title: “Ladakh in the  Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Study of Travel Narratives” 

 

  • Travel Writings, Ladakh and Postcolonial Studies

  •  Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D)  

 

  •  Tracing Paths And Perspectives: Western Explorers In Ladakh And Their Insights Into Trade,  Economy, And Culture. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), Volume 11, Issue 11  November 2023 

 

  •  “Travel & Culinary Heritage of Ladakhi Muslims”, in Desi Delicacies: Forgotten  Food Project, edited by Claire Chambers, Penguin Publishers, 2023

1. A Postcolonial Study of Early Western Travel Narratives on Ladakh. Borders and Crossing  Conference, University of Kent. 9th Sep - 11th Sep, 2021.  

2. Identity and Otherness: Orientalist Representation of Ladakh in the Early western Travel  Narratives. International Seminar on: Of Centres and Margins: Conflicts and Issues. Panchla  Mahavidyalaya. 25th June - 27th June, 2021 

3. Travel and Cultural Heritage of Food Along the Ancient Crossroads of Higher Asia. Borders  and Crossing Conference, University of Tartu, Estonia. 6 July - 8 July, 2022 

4. Travel writings and the colonial representation of ‘Others’: Society, Religion and Customs in  early western travel writings on Ladakh. Himalayan Studies Conference 6 Toronto 2022,  University of Toronto, Canada. 13 Oct, 2022 - 16 Oct, 2022  

5. Ladakh in the Great Game: 19th Century Anglo-Russian Rivalry Through Travel Writings.  Two days symposium on Federalism, Nationalism and State: India, Russia and Europe  19-20 October 2023. Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies (CRCAS) School of  International Studies (SIS), JNU