Mahboob Mohammad

Dr. Mahboob Mohammad is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's South Asia Studies Department. With over a decade of teaching experience at institutions like the University of Wisconsin and the University of Texas at Austin, he specializes in South Asian Islam and Hinduism, focusing on religious-literary intersections in South India.

• Education: Ph.D. in Languages and Cultures of Asia (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010)

Research Interests: His work explores devotional practices, religious conflict resolution, and multilingual literary cultures (Urdu, Hindi, Telugu). Current projects include:

• A Garden of Mirrors: Vernacular Sufi Poetics in South India (focusing on Telugu/Urdu Muslim writing)
• Witnessing Police Action: Hindu-Muslim Dialogue and the Public Sphere in Telangana (1948-present)

Publication Trends: His scholarship bridges ethnographic fieldwork and literary analysis, with recurring themes of ritual materiality, interfaith performance, and postcolonial resistance narratives.

Scientific Awards:

• Recipient of India's national Saraswathi Bhasha Samman for Telugu poetry

Academic Contributions: He has published over a dozen peer-reviewed works and edits the Telugu web weekly "Saranga." His teaching integrates Urdu/Hindi/Telugu language sources.