Alumni

Fiza Shahzad, M.A. in History, 2023
Current Position: Doctoral Candidate in History, University of Pennsylvania
Thesis Title: "Public Perception vs. Practice: Tracing Muslim Women's (Dis)Inheritance in Punjab, 1526-Present"

Neha Ansari, Ph.D. at Fletcher, 2022
Current Position: Afghanistan War Commission, Washington, D.C.
Dissertation Title: "From 'God's Wrath' to 'Miracle Birds': The Evolution of the American Drone Program and Public Opinion in FATA"

Neelum Sohail, Ph.D. in History, 2022
Current Position:
Dissertation Title: "Empire of the Beat: Everyday Policing and Governance in India and the British Empire, 1850-1970"

Syed Kasim Masood, M.A. in History, 2021
Current Position: Consultant at UNDP
Thesis Title: "Social Justice and Development during the Age of Hindutva and Neoliberalism: The Indian Muslim Experience"

Michael Mandelkorn, M.A. in History, 2020
Current Position: Doctoral Candidate in History, Princeton University
Thesis Title: "Arc of Complacency: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Monopoly over Burma"

Tara Kola, M.A. in History, 2019
Current Position: Senior Experience Researcher, Adobe Education
Thesis Title: "Healing in an Opiated Empire: Opium and Medicine in South Asia, 1893-1895"

Rabia Zafar, Ph.D. at Fletcher, 2019
Current Position: Women, Peace & Security Advisor, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Dissertation Title: "Enterprising Extremists: Crime, Religion, and the Business of Violence in Pakistan"

Shayan Rajani, Ph.D. in History, 2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor of History, Michigan State University
Dissertation Title: "Reimagining the World, Remaking the Region: Distinction and Difference in Early Modern and Modern Sindh"

Chao Ren, M.A. in History, 2017
Current Position: Doctoral candidate in History, University of Michigan
Thesis Title: "Contesting Zomia: British India and the Northeast Corridor, 1850-1910"

Shahla Hussain, Ph.D. in History, 2014
Current Position: Associate Professor of History, St. John's University
Dissertation Title: "Kashmir's Cry for Freedom: The Questions of Identity, Sovereignty and Self-Determination, c.1900-2000."

Amna Qayyum, M.A. in History, 2013 (Ph.D. Princeton)
Current Position: Global Economy and Development Fellow, Brookings Institute
Thesis Title: "Producing Liminal Spaces: Borders, Sovereignty, and Governance in the Gilgit Agency"

Sairah Husain, M.A. in History, 2013
Current Position: Student Experience Manager - Events, University of Michigan
Thesis Title: "The Meaning of Muslim Identity in Princely Hyderabad: From the Telangana Armed Struggle to the Police Action"

Madihah Akhter, M.A. in History, 2012 (Ph.D. Stanford)
Current Position: Sr. UX Researcher, Product Inclusion, Paypal
Thesis Title: "Fictionalizing a Feminist Self: Kishwar Naheed's Buri Aurat ki Katha"

James Schmidt, M.A. in History, 2011
Current Position:
Thesis Title: "The Shiv Sena and the MQM: A Comparative Perspective"

Sarah Waheed, Ph.D. in History, 2011
Current Position: Assistant Professor of History, University of South Carolina
Dissertation Title: "Radical Politics and the Urdu Literary World in the Era of South Asian Nationalisms c.1919-1952"

Laura Tavolacci, M.A. in History, 2010 (Ph.D. UC Davis)
Current Position:
Thesis Title: "Ireland and India: Early analogies in British agriculture and trade"

Neilesh Bose, Ph.D. in History, 2009
Current Position: Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair, University of Victoria
Dissertation Title: "Anti-colonialism, Regionalism, and cultural autonomy: Bengali Muslim politics, c.1840s-1952"

Michelle Malter, M.A. in History, 2007
Current Position: Michelle Kleinmann Consulting
Thesis Title: "Birth of a cause: The national and international discourse on birth control in India, 1920-1960s"

Neeti Nair, Ph.D. in History, 2005
Current Position: Professor of History, University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: "Between Homeland and Nation: The Politics of Punjabi Hindus, 1907-1947"

Roshan Iqbal, M.A. in History, 2004 (Ph.D. Georgetown)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Agnes Scott College
Thesis Title: "Perplexing Covenant: Temporary Marriage, mut'a in Sunni and Shi'a Thought"

Prachi Deshpande, Ph.D. in History, 2002
Current Position: Associate Professor of History, Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
Dissertation Title: "Narratives of Pride: History and regional identity in Maharashtra, India c.1870-1960"

Chitralekha Zutshi, Ph.D. in History, 2000
Current Position: Professor of History, College of William and Mary
Dissertation Title: "Community, state, and the nation: Regional patriotism and religious identities in the Kashmir Valley, c.1880-1953"

Semanti Ghosh, Ph.D. in History, 1999
Current Position: Head of Editorial Department at Anandabazar Pratika, Kolkatta
Dissertation Title: "Nationalism and the problem of 'difference', Bengal, 1905-1947"