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Amanda Lanzillo is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago, specializing in modern Islamicate South Asia. Her research intersects religious history, labor studies, and technological innovation in colonial contexts. She holds a PhD in History from Indiana University (2020), an MA in Central Eurasian Studies (2015), and a BS in International History from Georgetown University (2013). Currently on leave until 2025, she previously served as a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University and a lecturer at Brunel University London.
Her first book, Pious Labor: Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India (2024), examines Muslim artisans’ engagement with technology and Islamic traditions through Urdu manuals. She is now writing a second book on Afghan/Pashtun migration and imperial subjecthood, supported by ACLS and AIIS fellowships. Her work prioritizes migrant narratives and underused Pashto/Persian/Urdu sources.
- Research Themes: Colonial labor systems, print culture, convict labor, trans-South Asian mobility, and the interplay between religion and technology.
- Grants & Awards: ACLS Fellowship, Fulbright-Hays, Library of Congress, AIIS, and AHA funding.
Lanzillo co-edits two journal special issues: Making Artisans (with Adhitya Dhanapal and Arun Kumar) and Methodologies of the Everyday in South Asian Islam (with Harini Kumar). She contributes to public platforms like Himal Southasian and co-authored a series on South Asian artisans for The Wire. Her office is Foster 510, though she is currently on leave.
