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Javed Majeed read English Language Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford (1981-84) and completed his DPhil (1984-88). He held a research fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge (1988-92) and was a Smuts Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge (1989-92). Majeed taught at SOAS and Queen Mary University of London before moving to King's College London in 2012, where he is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature. His notable monographs include 'Ungoverned Imaginings: James Mill’s History of British India and Orientalism' (1992), 'Autobiography, Travel and Postnational Identity: Gandhi, Nehru, Iqbal' (2007), and 'Muhammad Iqbal: Islam, Aesthetics and Postcolonialism' (2009). He has authored over 38 peer-reviewed essays exploring South Asian literature, politics, and intellectual history. His current research focuses on the cultural politics of common law and Englishness, and he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2021. Majeed is actively supervising PhD students in areas related to language, belonging, and the socio-political landscape of South Asia.
King's College London • London, England
Professor of English Comparative Literature at King's College London.
Churchill College, Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Conducted research in South Asian studies.
SOAS, Queen Mary University of London • London, England
Taught courses related to colonial and postcolonial literature, politics, and translation studies.
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