Kishor Goswami, MA, M.Phil,PhD

Designation: Assistant Professor

Specialization: Modern Indian History

Teaching Areas

• History of India (Ancient, Medieval, and Modern)
• Modern Indian History
• History of Assam and North East India
• Social and Cultural History
• History of Medicine and Disease
• Colonialism and Society
• Gender and Society
• Research Methodology and Historical Writing

Research Interests

• History of Disease, Medicine, and Public Health in Colonial Assam
• Social and Cultural History of Assam and North East India
• Colonial Knowledge Systems and Medical Encounters
• Migration, Settlement, and Urban Formation in Assam
• Religious Institutions and Satra Tradition

Educational Qualification:

P. G. (History)-2006, Gauhati University

M.Phil. (History)-2009, Dibrugarh University

Dissertation: Kala-Azar in Assam: Colonial Intervention and Indigenous Response during the Nineteenth Century

Ph. D. (History) - 2024, Dibrugarh University

Thesis:  Epidemic Diseases in Colonial Assam: A Study in Historical Perspective

Academic & Professional Experience:

1. Project Fellow in a UGC sponsored Major Research Project titled Moran-Matak community of Assam, Department of History, Dibrugarh University (2009 to 2010)
2. Assistant Project Scientist in a MHRD sponsored project titled Digital Northeast India: Interactive Virtual Lab, Department of HSS, IIT Guwahati. (June 2010 to April 2011)
3. Assistant Professor, Department of History, Nowgong College (28-05-2011 to 11-02-2016)

Refresher Course (RC) & Faculty Induction Programme (FIP):

1. Attended Refresher Course on History in HRDC, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya from 20-11-217 to 10-12-2017.
2. Attended Refresher Course on Research Methodology: Tools and Techniques in HRDC, Mizoram University from 07-07-2020 to 20-07-2020.
3. Attended Faculty Induction Programme under TLC, Ramanujan College from 16-04-2021 to 15-05-2021.

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) & Short Term Course (STC):

1. Attended One Week FDP on Behavioral Remodelling and Use of ICT Tools for Classroom Delivery under e&ICT Academy IIT, Guwahati in association with DHSK College, Dibrugarh from 01-07-2019 to 06-07-2019.
2. Attended One Week FDP on Gender Concerns in Education under Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University from 26-05-2020 to 01-06-2020.
3. Attended One Week FDP on Module Learning Management System under IQAC, J. B. College, Jorhat in collaboration with Spoken Tutorial IIT Bombay from 25-06-2020 to 01-07-2020.
4. Attended One Week FDP on E-Content Development under DUIET, Dibrugarh University from 19-08-2020 to 23-07-2020.
5. Attended UGC approved Short Term Professional Development Course Implementation of NEP 2020 for University and College Teachers, Under IGNOU (Under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching) from 09-09-2022 to 17-09-2022.
6. Attended 8 day Training programme on NEP Orientation & Sensitization Programme under MMTTC, Gauhati University from 04-11-2025 to 14-11-2025.

Book Publication:

1. প্ৰাচীন বিশ্বৰ সমাজ আৰু সংস্কৃতি, ষ্টুডেণ্টচ্ ষ্ট'ৰচ্, গুৱাহাটী, ২০১৯
2. Empire of Epidemics: A Study on Epidemic Diseases in Colonial Assam, Indian Council of Historical Research, Government of India, 2021.

Chapters in Edited Volumes:

1. ‘Satra, Christianity and Conversion: A Case Study of the Majuli Island’ in D. Nath (ed) Religion and Society in North East India, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2011, pp. 273-280.
2. Literary Sources and the Problem of Writing History of the Ethnic Women in Colonial Assam’, in Gitali Saikia and Tarun Gogoi (Eds) Ethnic Women In Changing Social Scenario In North East India, Bedakantha, Jorhat, 2013, pp. 43-49.
3. ‘Technology in Historical Study: Iron Culture and History of Assam’ in P. K. Dandasena and Gitanjali Routa (Eds) ATAVIKA: A Dialogue between Past and Present, B. R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 2023, pp.283-287.
4. ‘Domestic Servants in Colonial Assam: The Ayahs in European Households’ in P. Das and B. Saikia (Eds) Narattives from the Margins: Understanding Marginalized Voices of North East India, Department of History, Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat, 2024, pp. 145-152.
5. ‘The Blazing 1983: Reading Select Narratives of the Assam Movement, in A.C Kharingpam and Saima Malik (Eds), Re-imagining Northeast Writing and Narratives: Language, Culture and Border, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2024, pp. 315-327.

Editorial Experience:

1. Worked as Editor of a Peer Reviewed Journal DELVI (ISSN. 2278-7402) from Vol. 1, No.1, July 2012-Decmber, 2012 to Vol. 4, No. 4, November 2015.

Research Articles/Journal Publications:

1. ‘Doing History of Disease and Medicine in North East India’, Souvenir, North East India History Association, 29^th Annual Session, 2008, Dibrugarh University, pp. 348-362.
2. ‘Indigenous Medical Practices among the Ethnic Communities in the 19^th Century Assam’, Indian Journal of Tai studies, Vol. VIII, October, 2008, Moranhat.
3. ‘British Medical Intervention and Indigenous Response During the 19^th Century Assam’, Proceedings of the North East India History Association, 2008, Twenty-ninth session, Dibrugarh University.
4. ‘Understanding History of Disease and Medicine: A Study of Kala-azar in 19^th Century Assam’, Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XVI, 2008, Department of History, Dibrugarh University.
5. ‘The Effect of Kala-azar on Demography in the 19^th Century Assam’, Journal of Historical Research, Vol. XVII, 2009, Department of History, Dibrugarh University, pp. 96-105.
6. ‘Writing Social History of Disease and Medicine in Assam’, the Proceedings of National Seminar on Current Trends on Research of Regional History, Chaiduar College, Gohpur, 2010.
7. ‘Satra and Society in Modern Assam: Exploring the Damodaria Satras of Kamrup’, Proceedings of the North East India History Association, 32rd Session, 2011, pp. 240-248.
8. ‘Globalization, History and Culture: Understanding the History of Cultural Resistance of the Ayurvedic Movement in India’, DELVI, ISSN. 2278-7402, Vol. 1, No. 1, July 2012-December 2012, pp. 102-128.
9. ‘Kala-Azar in Assam: A Historical Outline’, Journal of Historical Research, ISSN. 22777563, Vol. XIX, 2014-15, Department of History, Dibrugarh University, pp. 55-66.
10. ‘ঊনবিংশ শতিকাৰ অসমত ক'লা জ্বৰৰ উৎপত্তি আৰু বেপ্তি’, Aalap, Issue 2, October 2017- March 2018, Tezpur University, pp. 114-123.
11. ‘ব্ৰিটিছ চিকিৎসা ব্যৱস্থাৰ প্ৰৱেশ আৰু থলুৱা সঁহাৰি’, Aalap, Issue 6, October 2019- December 2020, Tezpur University, pp. 273-284.
12. ‘The Making of Jorhat: Understanding the Patterns of Migration and Settlement (2500 BC-1947 AD)’, Journal of Politics, ISSN. 2277-5617, Vol. XXI, 2021, Department of Political Science, Dibrugarh University, pp. 219-236.
13. ‘Women’s Education as a Site of Self-formation: Understanding Indira Miri’s Moi Aru NEFA’, Srotaswini, ISSN. 2277-5277, Vol. V, 2020-21, J. B. College Women Cell, pp. 21-29 (UGC CARE listed Journal)
14. ‘The Tradition of Manuscript Writing and Development of Libraries in Pre-colonial Assam’, Library Philosophy and Practice, University of Nebraska-Linclon, 5987, 2021. (SCOPUS Indexed Journal).
15. ‘Opium Addiction in Colonial Assam: A Preliminary Investigation’, NAGPHANI, ISSN. 2321-1504, Year. 12, Issue. 41, April-June 2022, pp. 88-91 (UGC CARE listed Journal).
16. ‘Trade and Tea: Understanding British-Singpho Relationship during the Colonial Period’, NAGPHANI, ISSN. 2321-1504, Year. 12, Issue. 43, October-November 2022, pp. 99-101 (UGC CARE listed Journal).
17. ‘Epidemic Diseases, Indigenous Practice and British Medical Intervention in Colonial Assam’, Indian Journal of Research, ISSN. 2250-1991, Vol. 12, Issue. 02, pp. 149-150, DOI : 10.36106/paripex.
18. ‘DISEASE AND MEDICINE IN COLONIAL ASSAM: BRITISH HEALTH POLICIES, OBJECTIVES AND SOCIAL IMPACT’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 72, 2011, pp. 978-85.