Dr. Said Huseini

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Said Reza Huseini specializes in Turko-Indo-Persianate Islamic history, particularly focusing on the regions of Khurasan and North India in the longue durée, spanning from Late Antiquity to the early modern era. His research is based on a wide range of documentary and literary sources, including Bactrian, Sogdian, Middle Persian, and Arabic texts. He takes a connected historical approach to better understand the cultural and intellectual exchanges within the Turko-Indo-Persianiate ecumene. Reza graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, where he studied the history of medieval Central Asia and Early Modern India. He continued his research at Leiden University, completing his MA and writing a thesis on Millennialism in Mughal India. He joined a European Research Council project titled “Embedding Conquests” and completed his PhD dissertation on the Arab Muslim conquests of Bactria. Currently, he is part of King's Silk Roads Project, where he is working on a monograph entitled 'Mongols and Persian Discourse: Continuity and Changes 1252-1582.'

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.