Tarana: Islam, Nationalism, and Song amid the Rohingya Catastrophe

Overview

Tarana: Islam, Nationalism, and Song amid the Rohingya Catastrophe (link to online publication coming soon) is a doctoral dissertation by Tomal Hossain submitted to the Division of the Arts & Humanities at the University of Chicago in 2026 during his Ph.D. candidacy within the Department of Music. The dissertation committee comprised Dr. Philip V. Bohlman (University of Chicago), Dr. Charles Hirschkind (University of California, Berkeley), Dr. John C. Holt (Bowdoin College), Dr. Thibaut d’Hubert (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), and Dr. Anna C. Schultz (University of Chicago). The dissertation examines Rohingya nationalism in tandem with Rohingya tarana (anthem) performance and circulation across the longue durée of the Mosibot—the Rohingya Catastrophe (ca. 1942–present). You can find the audiovisual media referenced in the dissertation below.

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