Work Experience

• Lecturer at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Jun-2021 to PRESENT)
• Lecturer, at Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Sep-2018 to Dec-2020)
• Lecturer, at Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Sep-2015 to Apr-2017)
• Teaching Assistant at Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Sep-2014 to Dec-2020)
• Lecture at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (Jan-2013 to May-2013)
• Lecturer, Pakistan Study Centre at University of Karachi (Jul-2012 to Dec-2012)
• Lecturer, at Aga Khan University, Karachi (Dec-2011 to Jan-2016)

Education

• MA (Indo-Islamic History and Persian and Urdu), Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University - 2010
• BSc (Hons) (History and Politics), Lahore University of Management Sciences - 2008

Research Interests

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  • Indo-Muslim History and Literatures
  
  

Courses Taught

• A TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION TO RUMI
• LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND POLITICS
• SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
• TOPICS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY
• URDU LITERATURE FOR BILINGUAL STUDENTS

Research Output

Projects

· Doctoral work on kingly ethical self-presentation in Mughal India



· Translation of the Urdu poetry of Mir and Ghalib



· Archiving of old Urdu and Braj wedding songs in Indo-Muslim households



· Research on romantic-mystical folk poetry in various languages of Pakistan as presented in the   music of Coke Studio, Pakistan



· Research on sectarian polemics in 19th century Urdu poetry