Daud Ali
Daud Ali | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary University of Chicago Divinity School |
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| Institutions | School of Oriental and African Studies University of Pennsylvania |
Daud Ali (born 1964) is an American historian of Indian decent.
Early life
Daud Ali was born in Calcutta, India to a Bengali father and an American mother. He moved to Baltimore, United States when he was two years old. His Bengali father and his own interest in Indian philosophy led him to study South Asian history in college. He went on to study Sanskrit, Tamil and Indian philosophy. He obtained B.A. in English literature and religious studies at the College of William & Mary and then obtained M.A. 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.
In 2018, he was working on Chola dynasty and had stumbled on works by Norbert Elias, which caught his and Burton Stein's interest.[3]
Publications
- Daud Ali (ed.) (1999). Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - 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 (eds.) (2010). Ethical Life in South Asia. Indiana University Press.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta (eds.) (2011). Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India. New York: Palgrave.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Daud Ali and Emma Flatt (eds.) (2011). Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan. London: Routledge.
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Tours
He led an annual tour to southern India for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips.[1]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Chunkath, Aadarsh (9 June 2018). "Hitopadesha is largely self-help literature: Daud Ali". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Indian Muslims
- 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
- American male non-fiction writers