Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Shayan Rajani. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.
Shayan Rajani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History specializing in Early Modern South Asia. His research examines the relationship between the individual and community within the context of regional and imperial dynamics, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality. Rajani's forthcoming book, 'Leaving Legacies: Individual Early Modern South Asia' published by Cambridge University Press in 2024, explores the systematic gathering of texts, monuments, and other material traces of individual legacies. This study challenges the notion that the concern with the individual self is a solely Western phenomenon, arguing that practices of leaving legacies were significant for the production and reproduction of empire and social order in South Asia. Additionally, he is working on another book project titled 'Invisible, Women, Sexuality, Gender Order Early Modern South Asia,' which investigates the cultural history of gender segregation in the Mughal world. Rajani's scholarly contributions include articles and book chapters addressing themes of same-sex love, ethnicity, and the intersections of Persian literature with societal and political contexts in early modern Sindh.
Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI
Teaching and researching in the field of early modern history, focusing on South Asian subjects.
Department of Psychology