M. Reza Pirbhai
Assistant Professor

231D Himes Hall
578-4501
rpirbhai@lsu.edu

COURSES TAUGHT:  

History of South Asia
Asian Civilizations
Modern South Asia
Modern Middle East
Islamic Thought and Institutions in Modern South Asia

 
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Islamic intellectual history in South Asia; Muslim revivalism and nationalism; Mughal polity; historiography of modern South Asia; colonialism in South Asia

 
INTERESTED IN DIRECTING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS ON:   

Nationalism in South Asia, colonialism in South Asia; contemporary Islamic movement (e.g. Taliban, Muslim Brotherhood)
BRIEF VITA

Education:  

B.Sc., Dalhousie University

M.A. in South Asian Studies, University of Toronto

Ph.D. in History, University of Toronto

Awards and Honors:  

2005 URGP Grant, University of Manitoba

1997-2003 (annual) University of Toronto Fellowships

Notable Articles:

"British Indian Legal Reform and Pre-colonial Trends in Islamic Jurisprudence, Journal of Asian History (forthcoming)