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{{short description|Indian historian (born 1950)}} | {{short description|Indian historian (born 1950)}} | ||
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| birth_date = 1950 | | birth_date = 1950 | ||
| image = Mridula Mukherjee on Foundation Day of National Movement Front.jpg | | image = Mridula Mukherjee on Foundation Day of National Movement Front.jpg | ||
| caption = Mukherjee on Foundation Day of National Movement Front at JNU | | caption = Mukherjee on Foundation Day of National Movement Front at JNU (2016) | ||
| birth_place = New Delhi, [[India]] | | birth_place = New Delhi, [[India]] | ||
| spouse = [[Aditya Mukherjee]] | | spouse = [[Aditya Mukherjee]] | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
In 1972, while working on her doctoral thesis, Mukherjee was hired by the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, as a faculty member,<ref name=jnunews/> from where she retired as a professor of history. She was a chairperson of the Centre as well. In 2005, she was appointed | In 1972, while working on her doctoral thesis, Mukherjee was hired by the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, as a faculty member,<ref name=jnunews/> from where she retired as a professor of history. She was a chairperson of the Centre as well. In 2005, she was appointed the [[Director (education)|director]] of the [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]], [[New Delhi]]. | ||
==Research== | ==Research== | ||
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==Ideology== | ==Ideology== | ||
After Mukherjee was appointed | After Mukherjee was appointed the director of the [[Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]] (NMML) two letters, written between February 2008 and June 2009 and signed by various academics, including [[Ramchandra Guha]] and [[Sumit Sarkar]] were sent to the NMML's executive council complaining of alleged deterioration in scholarly standards of the centre.<ref name=tel2009/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[OPEN (Indian magazine)|Open Magazine]]|url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/my-reputation-can-take-mudslinging|title='My Reputation Can Take Mudslinging'|last=Jayaram|first=Rahul|date=1 August 2009|access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/saving-the-nehru-memorial-museum-and-library/articleshow/4708254.cms|title=Saving the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library|date=27 June 2009|last1=Advani|first1=Rukun|last2=Guha|first2=Ramachandra|last3=Kesavan|first3=Mukul|last4=Lahiri|first4=Nayanjot}}</ref> | ||
Supporting Mukherjee, another set of academics, including [[Irfan Habib]] and [[Madhu Kishwar]], wrote to the Prime Minister of India protesting her treatment. Mukherjee herself pointed out that under her tenure, the NMML had completed a ten-volume publication of the selected works of [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], besides initiating a digitisation project.<ref name=tel2009/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Economic Times|title=Popularising the values of the Freedom Struggle|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-06-27/news/27637200_1_signature-campaign-ramachandra-guha-fellowship-selection-committee|date=27 June 2009|access-date=22 June 2015|last1=Kishwar|first1=Madhu|last2=Sinha|first2=Shantha|last3=Dev|first3=Arjun|last4=Singh|first4=Madan Gopal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-past-clicks-on-in-delhi/article2072191.ece|last=Tripathi|first=Shailaja|date=3 June 2011|title=The past clicks on in Delhi}}</ref> | Supporting Mukherjee, another set of academics, including [[Irfan Habib]] and [[Madhu Kishwar]], wrote to the Prime Minister of India protesting her treatment. Mukherjee herself pointed out that under her tenure, the NMML had completed a ten-volume publication of the selected works of [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], besides initiating a digitisation project.<ref name=tel2009/><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Economic Times|title=Popularising the values of the Freedom Struggle|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-06-27/news/27637200_1_signature-campaign-ramachandra-guha-fellowship-selection-committee|date=27 June 2009|access-date=22 June 2015|last1=Kishwar|first1=Madhu|last2=Sinha|first2=Shantha|last3=Dev|first3=Arjun|last4=Singh|first4=Madan Gopal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-past-clicks-on-in-delhi/article2072191.ece|last=Tripathi|first=Shailaja|date=3 June 2011|title=The past clicks on in Delhi}}</ref> | ||