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
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
linked to: Sitara-e-Imtiaz
citizenship Pakistan
United States of America
countryOfBirth Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1956
degree PhD in history
educatedAt University of Cambridge
Wellesley College
employer Tufts University
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
Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia
Self and Sovereignty: Individual and Community in South Asian Islam since 1850
The Pity of Partition: Manto’s Life, Times, and Work across the India–Pakistan Divide
The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan
placeOfBirth Lahore
previousEmployer Columbia University
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
regionOfFocus India
Pakistan
South Asia
relative Saadat Hasan Manto
spouse Sugata Bose
thematicFocus Islam and politics in South Asia
colonial and postcolonial state in South Asia
nation-state formation
partition of British India
workInstitution Tufts University
workPosition Mary Richardson Professor of History
Professor of History

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