Daud Ali
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Daud Ali | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | American |
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| Institutions | School of Oriental and African Studies University of Pennsylvania |
Daud Ali (born 1964) is an American historian of Indian descent.
Early life
Daud Ali was born in Calcutta, India, to a Bengali father and an American mother.[1]
Career
Daud Ali's Bengali father and his own interest in Indian philosophy led him to study South Asian history in college.[1] He went on to study Sanskrit, Tamil and Indian philosophy. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and religious studies at the College of William & Mary and then obtained a Master of Arts degree in the history of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School[1] where he was a student of Ron Inden. His thesis on medieval South Indian history led him to a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, after which he taught history of ancient India for 14 years at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.[2] Since 2009, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[citation needed] In 2021 he was appointed editor of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.[3]
Publications
- Daud Ali, ed. (1999). Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- Daud Ali, Ronald Inden and Jonathan Walters (2000). Querying the Medieval: The History of Practice in South Asia. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Daud Ali (2004). Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India. Cambridge University Press.
- Daud Ali and Anand Pandian, ed. (2010). Ethical Life in South Asia. Indiana University Press.
- Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta, ed. (2011). Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India. New York: Palgrave.
- Daud Ali and Emma Flatt, ed. (2011). Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan. London: Routledge.
Tours
He led an annual tour to southern India for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Daud Ali Biography and Tours". Far Horizons Archaeological & Cultural Trips, Inc. August 25, 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Tarlow, Naomi (19 January 2010). "Learning with a professor who spans the ages". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Daud Ali (2022). "Introducing the new JRAS editor Professor Daud Ali". Royal Asiatic Society. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Bengalis
- Writers from Kolkata
- College of William & Mary alumni
- University of Chicago Divinity School alumni
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
- Academics of SOAS University of London
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- American male writers of Indian descent
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- University of Pennsylvania historians