Taj Hashmi

Taj Hashmi is a Bangladeshi academic and writer. He is a professor at the Austin Peay State University.

Early life

Hashmi was born in 1948 in Assam, British India. He did his bachelor's degree and masters at the University of Dhaka in Islamic History and Culture. He did his PhD at the University of Western Australia in Modern South Asian History.

Career

From 1972 to 1981, Hashmi taught at the University of Dhaka. He also taught at the University of Chittagong. From 1987 to 1988, Hashmi taught at the Curtin University. From 1989 to 1998, he taught at the National University of Singapore.

Hashmi taught at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2004. He taught at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Hashmi is a lecturer of security studies at the Austin Peay State University. He is an editorial board member of Contemporary South Asia. He is also an editorial board member of the Journal of South Asian Studies.

Hashmi joined the Dhaka Tribune as a columnist in September 2024.

Personal life

Hashmi lives in Toronto, Canada.

Bibliography

• Fifty Years of Bangladesh, 1971-2021: Crises of Culture, Development, Governance, and Identity (2022)
• Women and Islam in Bangladesh: Beyond Subjection and Tyranny (2000)
• Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia: The Communalization of Class Politics in East Bengal, 1920–1947 (1992)
• Islam, Muslims and the Modern State (1994)
• Colonial Bengal (1985)