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Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban (Author) Creative Flight Journal

 


Dr. Sajaudeen Nijamodeen Chapparban, is an Assistant Professor, in the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India and he was a visiting research Fellow (June 2022) at the Centre for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, and the Summer Institute fellow (June- July 2022) at Schusterman Center’s Summer Institute fellowship for Israel Studies at Brandeis University USA. Presently he is a Visiting Fellow at University of Religion and Denomination, Iran.  His area of interest includes International Migration, Diaspora, Refugee, South Asia, South Asian Diaspora, Citizenship, Nation, Nationalism, and Transnationalism, Indian and Chinese Diaspora, Jewish Diaspora, Muslim Diaspora, Comparative Diaspora Studies, Contemporary English Literature/s, Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory, and Interdisciplinary studies. He has presented his research papers at various national and international conferences, attended summer schools, participated in workshops/training programs, and delivered invited talks in different capacities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Germany, Poland, Taiwan, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, Iraq, the USA, Uzbekistan, the U.K, Israel, Palestine, Indonesia, etc. He is also invited to participate in the prestigious 2024 Scheidt Family Summer Fellowship on Genocide Studies and Prevention at the University of Connecticut, USA 9- 14 June 2024, and also invited to present his research paper at the Ninth International Conference of the International Network of Genocide Scholars, titled “Genocide and Survivor Communities: Agency, Resistance, Recognition,” scheduled to take place at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from June 23 to June 26, 2024.There are three books, two special edited volumes of journals, and around twenty research articles to his credit. Currently he is working on two book series from Routledge; " Global Refugee Crisis " (3 Volumes) and "The Global Indian Diasporas in 21st Century" (12 volumes). He has received various fellowships and awards including the Prof. B. M. Khedkar Award (2009) from SRTMU/MU College,  AP Urdu Academy Fellowship (2010-11), The Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF-JRF & SRF 2011-2016), The Wenner-Gren Foundation and EASA fellowship (2018), Schusterman Center’s Summer Institute fellowship for Israel Studies (2022) and The University of Illinois Library Research Award 2022 from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. He was recently awarded with the Young Alumnus of Honour – 2023 from the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, A Central University, Hyderabad, India.Shujaudeen09@gmail.com