Navine Murshid is a distinguished political scientist specializing in South Asian politics, with a particular focus on citizenship, migration, refugees, and ethnic conflict in Bangladesh and eastern India. Her publication record, including monographs such as India's Bangladesh Problem and The Politics of Refugees in South Asia, along with numerous peer-reviewed articles and contributions to edited volumes, demonstrates her significant contributions to the study of democracy, development, and refugee issues in the region. Her active participation in media engagements, invited lectures, and conference presentations globally underscores her commitment as a public intellectual disseminating knowledge and fostering scholarly dialogue on critical issues facing South Asia.
Books
- Rabindranath as Analysis: Performance Politics, Cultural Nationalism and Political Polizarization in Contemporary Bangladesh (tentative title, in progress).
- India’s Bangladesh Problem: The Marginalization of Bengali Muslims in Neoliberal Times. New York: Cambridge University Press (2023).
- Governance and The Governed: Democracy and Development in Bangladesh (co-edited with Ahrar A. Ahmed, Akhlaque Haque, and Rahim Quazi). Dhaka: University Press Limited (2019).
- The Politics of Refugees in South Asia: Identity, Resistance, Manipulation. New York and London: Routledge (2013).
Journal Articles
- How Bangladeshi Students Toppled a Government. Current History (forthcoming).
- Book Review: Being Hindu in Bangladesh: The Untold Story by Avishek Biswas and Deep Halder (HarperCollins India, 2023). Journal of Bangladesh Studies: 26:2 (2024).
- Book Review: Political Parties in India by Abdur Razzaque (University Press Ltd. 2020). Journal of Bangladesh Studies (2023).
- “‘Innovations’ during COVID-19: Microfinance in Bangladesh” (with NS Murshid). Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, 37 (2):232-249 (2022).
- "Women’s experiences with microfinance in urban Bangladesh: Results from a qualitative study" (with NS Murshid). Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 45 (3):113-140 (2018).
- “Bangladesh Copes with the Rohingya Crisis by itself.” Current History 117(798):129-134 (2018).
- Book Review: Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia by Partha S. Ghosh. The Journal of Asian Studies, 76(3), 821-823 (2016).
- “Assam and the Foreigner Within: Illegal Bangladeshis or Bengali Muslims?” Asian Survey: 56 (3), 581-604 (2016).
- “Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Violence: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of Men” (with N.S. Murshid). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260515604413 (2015).
- “Refugee-Camp Militarization in Bangladesh and Thailand.” Economic and Political Weekly: 47(47-48): 103-108 (2012).
- “India’s Role in Bangladesh’s War of Independence, 1971: Humanitarianism or Self-Interest?” Economic and Political Weekly: 46(52): 53-60 (2011).
- “The Dynamics of Refugee-related Violence in South Asia.” Journal of Bangladesh Studies: 12(2): 6-20 (2010).
Articles in edited volumes
- রাস্তা, দেয়াল এবং পর্দার মধ্যবর্তী স্থানে: আমার বিবেচনায় জুলাই অভ্যুথান। Bangla Academy (2025).
- বেগম রোকেয়া: বাংলাদেশের নারীবাদ আন্দোলনের পথিকৃৎ। Anthology on Begum Rokeya. Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Government of Bangladesh (2024).
- “Genocide of 1971 and the Politics of Justice” in Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Bangladesh. Eds. Ali Riaz and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman. London and New York: Routledge (2016).
- “Refugee Experience to Political Attitudes: Preliminary Findings” in Governance at Crossroads: Insights from Bangladesh. Eds. Salauddin M. Aminuzzaman, Rizwan Khair, and Ipshita Basu. Dhaka: BRAC University (2014): 245-274.
- 2023-24. Sabbatical. Colgate University.
- 2021. Discretionary Grant, Colgate University.
- 2018. Lampert Fellowship, Colgate University for “Attitudes towards Bangladeshis in West Bengal.”
- 2017. Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Indian Studies, Kolkata, West Bengal.
- 2016. NY6 Grant: “Marginalized Communities in Urban Centers” with Lisa Trivedi, Vikash Yadav, Nimanthi Rajasingham, Nagesh Rao, Faiza Moatasim, and Jayantha Jayman.
- 2016. Discretionary Grant, Colgate University
- 2014-15. Picker Grant, Colgate University for “Assam and the Foreigner Within”
- 2013. Publication Grant, Research Council, Colgate University
- 2012. Discretionary Grant, Colgate University
- 2011. Major Grant, Colgate University for “India’s Role in Bangladesh’s Independence: Self-Interest or Humanitarianism?”
- 2010. Discretionary Grant, Colgate University
- 2008. Richard Fenno Dissertation Field Research Grant, University of Rochester
- 2005. Charles E. Lanni Research Fellowship, University of Rochester
- 2004-2009. University of Rochester Political Science Fellowship
- 2000-2004. Lawrence University Merit Scholarship
Ph.D. Department of Political Science. University of Rochester. New York. 2010.
M.A. Department of Political Science. University of Rochester. New York. 2007.
B.A. Lawrence University. Majors: Economics and Government (with honors). Wisconsin. 2004.
Professor. Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University. Dhaka. 2024-present.
Associate Professor (tenured). Department of Political Science. Colgate University. New York. 2016-present.
Assistant Professor. Department of Political Science. Colgate University. New York. 2010-2016.
Instructor. Department of Political Science. Colgate University. New York. 2009-2010.
South Asian politics, citizenship, migration, refugees, and ethnic conflict in Bangladesh and eastern India.
