Biography
My research investigates how processes of agrarian transformation shape political Islam and how Muslim revivalist movements mobilize peasant communities. I critically examine the intersections of food politics, settler colonialism, and contested land regimes to explore how religious and agrarian identities converge in practices of resistance against dispossession.
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Work
- Mehroosh Tak, Sardar Babur Hussain, Haris Zargar & Lauren J Blake (2025) - Settler colonialism de-develops food systems in protracted crises - Nature Food, 6 (8), 751-756 - doi: 10.1038/s43016-025-01211-1
- Haris Zargar & Goldie Osurie (2023) - The Distinct Dispossessions of Indian Settler Colonialism in Kashmir: Land, Narrative and Indigeneity - Development and Change, 54 (6), 1399-1424 - doi: 10.1111/dech.12809 - [link]
- Mehroosh Tak, Sardar Babur Hussain, Haris Zargar & Lauren J Blake (2025) - Food systems in protracted crises: examining indigenous food sovereignty amid de-development in Kashmir - Disasters, 49 (1), 1-20 - doi: 10.1111/disa.12666 - [link]
- Haris Zargar (2022) - Cached Resistance: The "Unheard" Narratives of Militancy in Kashmir - doi: 10.4324/9780429330810-19 - [link]
- Haris Zargar & Mehroosh Tak (2023) - Kashmiri Apples: A Weapon of Resistance - [link]
- Haris Zargar (2016) - Why Violence in Kashmir Is Getting Worse - [link]
- Haris Zargar (2022) - Addressing threats to scholars on the ground demands proactive measures from Academic institutions: Notes from fieldwork in Kashmir - [link]
- Haris Zargar (2026) - Land reform, class relations and political Islam: Understanding the rise of Jam
- HA (Haris) Zargar (2021) - ISRF Small Group Project 2021
- HA (Haris) Zargar (2020) - IPRA Peace Research Foundation Grant
- HA (Haris) Zargar (2015) - Culture of Resistance SOAS Scholarship
