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Dr. Azeemah Saleem

Assistant Professor

Centre for Communication and Critical Thinking

Institute of Management

Biography

Dr. Azeemah Saleem is a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her thesis focuses on ‘Syrian Refugees in Germany: An Analysis from the Prism of Global Justice’. She has also worked on “Tribal Factionalism and Nation-State Building in Post Qadhafi Libya” during her M.Phil Dissertation. She is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Studies of Plural Societies, New Delhi, and India Fellow at Islam and Liberty Network, Malaysia. She has been involved with the Ledby Foundation (incubated by Harvard Kennedy School), and a member of the Ambedkar Grant for Advancing Poverty Eradication (Agape), Yale University USA.

Education

  • Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2022

    PhD, School of International Studies

    Focus: Political Science, International Studies, Forced Migration, Gender

  • MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi , 2016

    M.PHIL. (International Studies)

  • Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, 2014

    M.A. (Political Science)

  • Kirorimal College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2012

    B.A (Programme)

  • Forced Migration
  • Gender and Minority Rights
  • Political and International Theory
  • International Humanitarian Law

  • Book Review, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation around the World by Antony Loewenstein in The Book Review, Volume XLIX Number 2 February 2025
  • Book Review, “South Asia’s Path to Resilient Growth, Edited by Ranil Salgado & Rahul Anand” in The Book Review, Volume. XLVIII, Number 5 May 2024.
  • Book Review, “West Asia and the World: Geopolitical Shift, Multipolarity, Energy Development by Vrushal T. Ghoble” in The Book Review, Volume. XLVII, Number 7 July 2023. (UGC Care List)
  • The Conceptualisation of State Linguistic Policies and Education System Analysing Community Solidarity: A Refugee Protectionism”, Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration, 59, June 2022. (UGC Care)
  • Chapter, “A Quest for Inclusive Tolerant Society: Revisiting Religious Freedom in ‘Secular’ and ‘Islamic’ Constitutions”, In an Islamic Case for Religious Freedom, ed. Ali Salman, and Husnul Amin, Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 2022, ISBN 978-627-502-016-5.
  • Article, “Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Refugee Crisis and Human Rights”, Islam and Liberty Network. URL: https://islamandlibertynetwork.org/organization-of-islamic-cooperation-refugee-crisis-and-human-rights/
  • Book Review, “The Scientific Muslim: Understanding Islam in a New Light by Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz”, in The Book Review, Volume.46, Number 6 June 2022. (UGC Care List)
  • Chapter, “A Psycho-emotive dimension of Refugees in Anticipating Integration: A contemporary Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Germany” In Forced Migrants, Refugees, Welfare Policies, and the State Dr. Bushra Beegom RK (Ed.), New Bhartiya Book Corporation, New Delhi, 2021. ISBN- 978-81-8315-479-6
  • Book review, “Why Men Rape: An Indian Undercover Investigation by Tara Kaushal” in The Book Review, Volume. XLV, Number 9 September 2021. (UGC Care List)
  • Article with MD. Imtiyaz, “Afghan refugees’ crisis: Collective International Action: need of the hour”, in Spotlight, South Asian Monitor, 30th August 2021. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/afghan-refugees-crisis-collective-international-action-need-hour
  • Book review, “Fearless: A Stories of Amazing women from Pakistan by Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui” in The Book Review, Volume. XLIV, Number 11, November 2020. (UGC Care List)
  • Article “Churails: A Tale of unapologetic Pakistani Women in a Patriarchal Society”, in Spotlight, South Asian Monitor, 30thSeptember 2020. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/churails-tale-unapologetic-pakistani-women-patriarchal-society
  • Article “Aurat March’: A Groundbreaking rally Against Patriarchy in Pakistan” in Spotlight, South Asian Monitor, 21st March 2020. URL: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/spotlight/aurat-march-groundbreaking-rally-against-patriarchy-pakistan
  • Published a Chapter, “Tribal Conflict and Political Stability in Libya” In Contemporary West Asia: Perspective on Change and Continuity (Ed.) by Sujata Ashwarya and Mujib Alam, Taylor and Francis, Routledge Publication 2019. ISBN 9780367343378
  • Published a Chapter, “A.R Cornelius” In Modern South Asian Thinker (Ed.) by Dev Nath Pathak and Sanjeev Kumar H.M, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 2018. ISBN: 978-93-528-0677-5 (PB)
  • Article, “Theoretical and Historical Formulation of Nation-Buildong in Saudi Arabia”, in Edu World XII/22, 54. ISBN: 2319-7129 (UGC Care).
  • Book Review “Violence after War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States by Michael J Boyle” in Political Studies Review by Sage Journal Publication. Article no-649813 (August 2016 Issue).Conferences 
  • Amitava Bose Memorial SERI Annual Workshop, IIM Calcutta, India, July, 2024.

  • Women ‘Voices’ in Indian Democracy, at the Islam and Liberty Network Conference on peace and Prosperity in the Muslim World and Beyond, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5-6th September, 2023.
  • Seminal Values of Public Policies in Libya through ‘Reformed’ Consensual model of Democratization in Post-Arab Uprising, at Understanding Electoral Politics and State Society Relations in the Gulf, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar University in Collaboration with Gulf Studies Centre, SEPAD and OPEMAM, (online), on 5-6 June 2023.
  • Social Media and the Voice of Palestinian Women Activists: A Tool of Resistance and Discourse Formation, at The Critical Perspectives on Settler Colonialism: Space, Memory, and Everyday Life, BirZeit University, Ramallah, Palestine, on 20-21st January 2023.
  • The Question of Democratic Values: Constitutional Secularism and the ‘Dignity’ of Indian Muslim Women, at The Islam and Liberty Conference om The Future of Democracy, Mardin Turkey, on 27th-28th October 2022.
  • Revisiting Religious Freedom in ‘Secular’ and ‘Islamic’ Constitution’, at 7th International Islam & Liberty Conference: Islamic Case for Religious Freedom, By Islam and Liberty Network Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia, November 2021.
  • ‘Binary Subject of Choice: Veiled Society of Delhi’ at Development Dialogue 16, International Institute of Social Science, The Hague, Netherland, November 2018.
  • The Politics of Space, Apartheid Wall, and Colonial Settlement, at the Eight Annual Conference on War, Climate Disaster, and Displacement: Call for new Protection Strategies,
  • Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung- South Asia and Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna, Calcutta, 21-22 November 2023.
  • Refugees’ Rights and Interdisciplinary Course: Impact of Visual-Audio Aids on the Student Oriented Pedagogy, at the Teaching Migration: An Interdisciplinary Teachers’ Workshop in Migration and Refugees Studies, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, and Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna, Calcutta, 9-10 September 2022.
  • Language Politics and Social Solidarity: A Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Germany, at the Sixth Annual Research and Orientation workshop on Global Protection of Migrants and Refugees, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung, and Institute of Human sciences, Calcutta, November 2021.
  • National Paper Presentation ‘Civil Society Organization towards ‘Integration’ and ‘Interculturalism’: The Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Germany”, at the
  • Young Researchers’ Conference, by Jean Monnet Chair on Democracy, Diversity, and European Identity in the European Union, CES, SIS, JNU on 24th March 2021.
  • ‘Understanding the Movement of Refugees in Open borders through the Concept of Global Justice’, at National Seminar by Department of Political Science, AMU, Aligarh on 4th September 2019.
  • Participated in the Annual international Human Rights Days Seminar on ‘Assertion of Human Rights in National and International Contexts’, organized by Human Rights Studies Programme, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  • ‘South Asian Thinker- A.R Cornelius’, at National Seminar, Department of Political Science, DU18th February 2017.
  • ‘Impact of Security Corrosion in Political Stability of Libyan Nation-State in Post-Revolutionary Era’ at 7th CWAS Young Scholars’ National Seminar by CWAS, SIS, JNU, October 2016.
  • ‘Impact of Class Disparity in Education in the Political Development’ at National Seminar by Department of Political Science at Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, February 2016.
  • ‘Tribal Factionalism and State Building in Post Qadhafi Libya’, at 6th CWAS Young Scholars’ National Seminar by CWAS, SIS, JNU, October 2015.
  • ‘Tribal Conflict and Quest for Political Stability in Libya after the Arab Spring’, at Two-day National Seminar by CWAS & MMAJ AIS at Jamia Millia Islamia, March 2015.
  • Panelist at 8th International Islam and Liberty Network Conference on Inclusion, Pluralism, Prosperity on 5th- 6th November 2021 (online).
  • Role of External State Actors in Shaping Political In(stability) and In(security) in Post Qadhafi Libya’, at an International Conference, CWAS, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India, January 2021.
  • ‘Revisiting ‘Marriages’ as a Popular Culture in Contemporary Tribes in Libya’, at an International Conference by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre and CWAS, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India, January 2020.
  • ‘Psycho-emotive dimension of Refugees in anticipating Integration: A Contemporary Case Study of Syrian Refugees in Germany’, at International Seminar by Department of Sociology, University of Kerala, Kerala, December 2019.
  • Panelist speaker in Simone de Behaviour: From Existentialism to Feminism Conference, Organized by Alliance Francaise de Delhi along with Jindal Global university and Apne AAP, October 2018.
  • ‘Nation-State Building in Post Qadhafi Libya: A Fragmentary wave of Democratization’, at International Conference by CWAS, SIS, JNU, March 2017.
  • ‘Political Economy of Oil and Oil Ethnicity in Post-Qadhafi Libya’ at International Conference by Scientific Studies Association (ILEM); Centre for Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir; Centre for Turkish Language and Literature Programme, JMI, September 2016.

  • UGC Refresher course in “West Asian Studies”, organized by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 14th February to 27th February December 2024.
  • UGC Refresher course in “Gender Studies”, organized by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 18th January to 24th January 2024.
  • UGC Refresher course on “Faculty Induction Program”, organized by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi December 2023.
  • Certificate Course on, “Designing Feminist Research”, organized by the New School and the New University in Exile Consortium from October 5, 2023 – December 14, 2023.
  • Workshop on “Research Methodology in Social Science”, Center for Social Studies, Surat with ICSSR June 2021
  • Online Certificate Course “Peace and Conflict Resolution”, Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai with ICFAI University, Sikkim, August 2020
  • Certificate course on “Applied Philosophy & Ethics,”, ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, MUMBAI, May - August 2020.
  • One-Week course on ‘Civilization and the World order: The Making of the Global International Relation’, Jamia Millia Islamia (GIAN) & MHRD, GOI, August 2016.
  • One-Week course on ‘Religious Fundamentalism in a Global Perspective: Islam, Christianity and Judaism’ by Jamia Millia Islamia (GIAN) & MHRD, GOI, February 2016.
  • Seminar course on ‘State Building in Afghanistan’, Center of Afghanistan Studies, MMAJ AIS, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2015.

  • Critical Thinking and Storytelling
  • Understanding and Managing Conflict
  • Critical Thinking for Decision at the Workplace
  • Gender, Rights and Sexuality
  • Introduction to Ethnography
  • Migration and Rights
  • Globalization, Social Justice and Human Rights

  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Forced Migration
  • International Law
  • Morality and Ethics
  • Ethnography
  • Foreign Policy
  • Political Thought and Theory
  • Critical Thinking

Professional Positions

  • Assistant Professor, JKLU, March 2022 to present. 
  • Non-Resident Fellow, Centre for Studies of Plural Societies, New Delhi, 2023. [Project lead: Women access to health care in universities]
  • India Fellow- Islam and Liberty Network, Malaysia, 2023.
  • Member, Ambedkar Grant for Advancing Poverty Eradication, Yale University- 2022.
  • Centre for Studies of Plural Societies [Fellow & Mentor] Since December 2021- 2022. [mentoring two interns in their research projects].
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