Aamir R. Mufti

Aamir R. Mufti is the Ralph S. And Becky G. O’Connor Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University’s Krieger School of Arts & Sciences. He specializes in 19th- and 20th-century literatures, with a focus on colonialism, postcolonial studies, and minority experiences. His research bridges literary studies, anthropology, and intellectual history.

Education: PhD in Comparative Literature from Columbia University (advisor: Edward Said). He co-edits the journal boundary2 and has authored seminal works like Enlightenment in the Colony (2007) and Forget English! (2016). His recent work includes a 2023 special issue on global right-wing movements.

Research interests span British Empire legacies, Urdu literature, Middle-Eastern studies, and the intersection of antisemitism and colonial racism. He critiques concepts like secularism and cosmopolitanism through postcolonial lenses, emphasizing marginalized voices.

Publications analyze colonial paradigms of minority experience, globalized English’s role in world literature, and the cultural logics of empire. His 2023 book From Crisis to Catastrophe explores the global New Right’s use of crisis narratives to justify white supremacist agendas.

No awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided texts, but his editorial work and academic leadership highlight his influence. He advises no listed students, though his editorial roles suggest mentorship in academic publishing.