Farida Begum

Assistant Professor of History

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Dr. Farida Begum is an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming. She is a historian of modern South Asia and gender, focusing on Bengal. Her current book manuscript examines the everyday friendships between Hindu and Muslim women in twentieth-century Bengal, exploring shifts and continuities in the late colonial and postcolonial periods. Dr. Begum holds a PhD in History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and undergraduate degrees in History and Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures from Barnard College, Columbia University.

 

Research Interests:

Modern South Asia

Women and Gender

Empires and Imperialism

History of Emotions

Friendships

Muslims in South Asia

 

Course Offerings:

Gender and Nationalism

History Theory and Methods

World History Since 1500

Modern South Asia

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CONTACT: History Building Room 260 307-766-5198 fbegum1@uwyo.edu

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