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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