Ayesha Jalal

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Ayesha Jalal is a prominent Pakistani-American historian known for her influential work on the history of South Asia, particularly the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan.

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instanceOf Pakistani-American historian
historian
academicDiscipline history
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED
Sitara-i-Imtiaz NERFINISHED
citizenship Pakistan NERFINISHED
United States of America
countryOfBirth Pakistan NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1956
degree PhD in history
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

Wellesley College NERFINISHED
employer Tufts University NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork South Asian history
history
history of Pakistan
history of partition of India
modern South Asian history
political history
genre non-fiction
knownFor analysis of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s political strategy
reinterpretation of Muslim League politics
scholarship on the creation of Pakistan
scholarship on the partition of India
languageOfWork English
nationality American
Pakistani
notableWork Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia NERFINISHED
Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia NERFINISHED
Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam since 1850 NERFINISHED
The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India–Pakistan Divide NERFINISHED
The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Lahore NERFINISHED
previousEmployer Columbia University NERFINISHED
Harvard University NERFINISHED
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED
regionOfFocus India NERFINISHED
Pakistan NERFINISHED
South Asia NERFINISHED
relative Saadat Hasan Manto NERFINISHED
spouse Sugata Bose NERFINISHED
thematicFocus Islam and politics in South Asia
colonial and postcolonial state in South Asia
nation-state formation
partition of British India
workInstitution Tufts University NERFINISHED
workPosition Mary Richardson Professor of History NERFINISHED
Professor of History

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