Dr. Faisal Devji

Biography

Faisal Devji is the Beit Professor of Global Imperial History at the University of Oxford. He completed his PhD in Intellectual History at the University of Chicago in 1994 and has been associated with numerous prestigious institutions, including serving as a Junior Fellow at Harvard Society of Fellows and running a graduate program at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. With a career spanning various roles, he has taught as a visiting lecturer at Yale and served as an Associate Professor at The New School for Social Research in New York before becoming a Reader in Modern South Asian History at Oxford in 2009. His research interests lie at the intersection of intellectual history and political thought in modern South Asia, focusing on the emergence of Islam as a global category, the cultural and philosophical meanings of violence, and the political project of non-violence. His recent work examines nation-state inheritance, anarchism, and the complexities of the post-colonial world. Devji's notable publications include 'Muslim Zion: Pakistan and the Political Idea' and 'Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence'.

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