Past Member
Ayesha A. Irani
Patricia Crone Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Islam in South Asia
Website
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Ayesha A. Irani is a scholar of Islam in South Asia, with a particular interest in the early modern Islamic Bangla literature of Bengal and Arakan. At IAS, she is working on writing a literary history of Sufism in early modern and colonial Bengal.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D.
2011
University of Pennsylvania
M.A.
2004
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
M.A.
1992
University of Mumbai
B.A.
1990
Honors
2021
National Humanities Center Fellowship, declined
2018
American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Short-Term Research Fellowship
2016
Endowed Faculty Career Development Award, University of Massachusetts Boston
2014
Connaught New Researcher Award, University of Toronto
2013
Finalist, International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Best PhD in the Humanities Prize
2009
Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Appointments
University of Massachusetts Boston
2020–2021
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Boston
2015–2020
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
2013–2015
Assistant Professor
Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
2012–2013
Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Faculty
Concordia University
2008–2012
Adjunct Faculty