Ghulam Murshid

Murshid was previously a professor of Bengali literature at the University of Rajshahi and a radio journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation in London. He also held teaching and research positions with Bangladesh Agricultural University and University of Melbourne. He is currently a research associate with the department of the language and culture of South Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,[2] and an occasional commentator for Voice of America.

Murshid is a leading scholar on the literature, history, culture and society of Bengal. He is the author of a number of well-known, path-breaking studies and has published over 30 books and numerous articles on a variety of subjects, including Women Studies, Bengali Language and Literature, and Socio-cultural History of Bengal. He has a unique, lucid style of writing that distinguishes him from many other leading authors in South Asia.

Books in English

• Reluctant Debutante: Response of Bengali Women to Modernization, 1849–1905. ( Rajshahi: Sahitya Samsad, Rajshahi University, 1983 ).
• Lured by Hope: A Biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, tr. by Gopa Majumdar, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003).
• The Heart of a Rebel Poet: Letters of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004).
• Bengali Culture Over A Thousand Years, tr. by Sarbari Sinha (Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2018)

Books in Bengali

• Vaishnava Padavali Prabeshak [ An Introduction to Medieval Vaishnava Songs ] ( Dhaka: Khan Brothers & Co., 1968).
• Vidyasagar [Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: 150th Anniversary Commemoration Volume]. Editor and Contributor. (Rajshahi: Sahitya Samsad, Rajshahi University, 1970). (2nd ed; Calcutta: Vidyodaya Library, 1971; 3rd ed. Dhaka: Shobha Prokash, 2011).
• Bangladesher Swadhinata Sangramer Samskritik Patabhumi [ The Cultural Background of the War of Liberation in Bangladesh] ( Calcutta: Indian Associated Press, 1971).
• Rabindraviswe Purba-Banga Purba-Bange Rabindracharcha [ East Bengal in Rabindranath Tagore's Writings and the Study of Tagore in East Bengal ] ( Based on the Vidyadagar Endowment Lectures given at Calcutta University ) ( 2nd edn; Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1994. 3rd ed, Abosar, 2016 ).
• Samaj Samskar Andolan O Bangla Natak, 1865-76 [Social Reform Movement and Bengali Dramatic Writings ] ( Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1985. 2nd ed. Naya Udyog, Kolkata, 2012 ).
• Bangla Mudran O Prakashanar Adi-Parba [ Early Phase of Printing and Publication in Bengal ] (Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1984).
• Samkocher Bivhabalata: Adhunikatar Abhighate Banga-Ramanir Pratikriya [ Bengali translation of Response of Bengali Women to Modernization]. ( Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1985). (2nd ed.; Calcutta,Naya Udyog 2001. 3rd ed. Prothoma, Dhaka, 2016)
• Bengali English Bengali Dictionary ( London: Ruposhi Bangla, 1989; 2nd ed. 1994).
• Kalantare Bangla Gadya [A history of 18th-century Bengali prose], (Calcutta: Ananda Publishers, 1993. 2nd ed. Abasar, Dhaka, 2016).
• Jakhan Palatak [Based on the author's experiences during the War of Liberation in Bangladesh] (Dhaka: Sahitya Prakash, 1993, 2nd ed. 2004).
• Rasasundari theke Rokeya: Nariprogatir Eksho Bachhar [From Rasasundari to Rokeya: A Century of Women's Modernization] (Dhaka: Bangla Academy, 1994. 2nd ed. 1999. 3rd ed. 2016)
• Ashar Chhalaner Bhuli [Seduced by Hope: A literary biography of Michael Madhusudan Dutt] (Calcutta: Ananda Publishers, 1995. 2nd ed. 1997. 3rd ed. 2000, Reprinted many times since then.)
• Ujan Srote Bangladesh, (Dhaka: Mowla Brothers, 2003).
• Hazar Bachhorer Bangali Samskriti, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2006. Reprinted 10 times).
• Nari Dharmo Ityadi, (Dhaka: Anya Prokash, 2007).
• Madhur Khonje, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2007).
• Kalapanir Hatchhani: Bilete Bangalir Itihas, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2008.)
• Atharo Shataker Bangla Gadya: Itiahs O Sankalan, (Dhaka: Anya Prokash, 2009. 2nd ed, Kolkata: Naya Udyog, 2010.)
• Chhoto-barho Sobar Michael, A short biography of Michael Madhusudan, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2009.)
• Muktijuddha O tarpor: Ekti Nirdaliya Itihas, (Dhaka: Prothoma, 2010. Reprinted 14 times).
• Bangla Academy Bibartanmulak Abhidhan, 3 Vols, Editor, (Dhaka: Bangla Academy 2013-14).
• Renaissance Banglar Renaissance, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2015).
• Alokita Mukhocchabi, (Dhaka: Abosar, 2017).
• Bidrohi Ranaklanta: Nazrul Jibani, (Dhaka: Prothoma, 2018, 5th ed Jan 2020).
• Rabindranather Nari-bhabna (Dhaka: Abasor, January, 2020)