Amna Khalid

Amna Khalid is an Associate Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She specializes in modern South Asian history and the history of medicine, while advocating for academic freedom and free expression.

• Co-hosts the podcast Banished, exploring conflicts between ideas and modern sensibilities
• Curated the Heterodox Out Loud podcast as John Stuart Mill Faculty Fellow
• Founding member of the Academic Freedom Alliance

Her research focuses on:

• Modern South Asian history, particularly Partition studies
• Medical history and its intersection with cultural narratives
• Free speech dynamics in contemporary higher education

She has taught courses on Indian history, nuclear nations, and freedom of expression since joining Carleton in 2011.

Key accolades:

• John Stuart Mill Faculty Fellow at Heterodox Academy