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Pasha M. Khan is an Associate Professor and the Chair in Urdu Language and Culture at McGill University's Institute of Islamic Studies. His work spans South Asian literatures, including Urdu-Hindi, Persian, Punjabi, and Arabic traditions, with a focus on Sufism, cultural history, and diaspora studies.
- PhD from Columbia University (2013), supervised by Frances Pritchett
- McGill's second Urdu Chair, established in 1986 by Canada, Pakistan, and McGill
His research explores Islamicate romance (qissah/dastan), examining narrative form, ethics, and cultural intersections. He maintains the Noon Meem Rashed Archive, preserving the legacy of Urdu modernist poet Nazri Muhammad Rashed.
Key publications include The Broken Spell (2019), analyzing Persian and Urdu storytelling traditions, and works on Hatim Ta'i's ethical exemplarity. His projects address gender performance, heteronormativity, and interfaith relations under Ranjit Singh.
Teaching areas include Islamic Mysticism (Sufism), Urdu poetry, and diaspora studies. He organizes courses like ISLA-330 and ISLA-555, with a focus on Urdu language and cultural historiography.
