Neshat Quaiser
Neshat Quaiser (born 29 April 1952) is an Indian sociologist and writer whose research interests include the Social history of medicine & Health, Unani medicine, Islam, Muslims, Sharia, and Communalism in the Indian sub-continent.
He served as a faculty in the sociology department of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for more than 30 years.
He has been an associate researcher at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH-Delhi) since 2019. He was a research associate at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College of London in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He has been widely cited and recognised among the scholars worldwide.
Unani medicine and its practices were his prior subject area. He searched and read out the maximum related sources in Urdu & Persian. He came out with a thesis that 'Unani' was a pluralist medical practice.
Colonialism
He studies the historical influence of colonial politics on traditional medical systems like Unani and the resistance within these systems against such influences.
He served as a faculty in the sociology department of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for more than 30 years.
He has been an associate researcher at the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH-Delhi) since 2019. He was a research associate at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College of London in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He has been widely cited and recognised among the scholars worldwide.
Unani medicine and its practices were his prior subject area. He searched and read out the maximum related sources in Urdu & Persian. He came out with a thesis that 'Unani' was a pluralist medical practice.
Colonialism
He studies the historical influence of colonial politics on traditional medical systems like Unani and the resistance within these systems against such influences.
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