Cultural Anthropology
Zunayed is a PhD student in cultural anthropology. His research explores how the intersection of Islam and Marxism (re)shaped anti-colonial struggles, peasant mobilizations, and working-class uprisings in 20th-century East Bengal.
Education
M.A. in Contemporary Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, 2023.
M.A. in Sociology, South Asian University, 2020.
B.S.S in Sociology, University of Dhaka, 2018.
Selected Fellowships & Awards
Wenner-Gren Wadsworth International Fellowship (2024-Present).
American Institute of Bangladesh Studies Research Fellowship 2025.
Robert J. Miller Prize in Anthropology 2025.
Percy Buchanan Runner-up Prize 2025.
Association for Asian Studies Conference Travel Award 2025.
Royal Anthropological Institute Student Fellowship 2024.
Student Research Grants Competition Research Travel Award 2024.
IRIS Area and International Studies Award 2023.
Dean’s Honor List Award (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) 2022.
QF-HBKU Fellowship for Graduate Studies, 2021-2023.
SAARC Silver Jubilee Fellowship (South Asian University), 2018-2020.
Journal Publication
Mohapatra, Magna & Ehsan, Zunayed Ahmed. “Reconstructing Diversal Ontologies: Unlearning as a Methodology of Decolonial Living”. The New Polis, Vol.1, No. 1 Winter (2022). https://journal.thenewpolis.com/archives/1.1/index.html
Op-Ed Articles
“Rewriting the Past: July Uprising and the Liberation of Bangladesh’s History”. The Road to Democracy, February 2025 (July Uprising Issue).
“Exposing the Orchestrators of Mass Killings in Bangladesh: The Reality of ‘Disposable’ Lives”. Bangla Outlook, August 2024. https://en.banglaoutlook.org/opinion/234331
“Resistance through the Ages”. Bangla Outlook, August 2024. June 2024. https://en.banglaoutlook.org/opinion/233991