Daud Ali

Daud Ali (born 1964) is an American historian of Indian descent.

Early life

Daud Ali was born in Calcutta, India, to a Bengali father and an American mother.^[1]

Career

Daud Ali's Bengali father and his own interest in Indian philosophy led him to study South Asian history in college.^[1] He went on to study Sanskrit, Tamil and Indian philosophy. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and religious studies at the College of William & Mary and then obtained a Master of Arts degree in the history of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School^[1] where he was a student of Ron Inden. His thesis on medieval South Indian history led him to a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, after which he taught history of ancient India for 14 years at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.^[2] Since 2009, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]} In 2021 he was appointed editor of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.^[3]

Publications

• Daud Ali, ed. (1999). Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Daud Ali, Ronald Inden and Jonathan Walters (2000). Querying the Medieval: The History of Practice in South Asia. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Daud Ali (2004). Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India. Cambridge University Press.
• Daud Ali and Anand Pandian, ed. (2010). Ethical Life in South Asia. Indiana University Press.
• Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta, ed. (2011). Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India. New York: Palgrave.
• Daud Ali and Emma Flatt, ed. (2011). Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan. London: Routledge.

Tours

He led an annual tour to southern India for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips.^[1]

References

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