He also served as the Director of Academy of Third World Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia from July 2000 to January 2010.
He also held in the past academic positions at the Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute of Advanced Study), Berlin, Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (Centre for Indian and South Asian Studies), Paris, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK, St Antony's College, Oxford, and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
[5][9] His books include:[2][9] Hasan died on 10 December 2018 and was buried at Jamia Millia Islamia graveyard.
[14] An endowment named after him was established by Jamia Millia Islamia with the donation from his wife Zoya Hasan.
An annual Mushirul Hasan Memorial Seminar on contemporary history, society and politics in India is also organized at the university.