معرفی
Siraj Ahmed serves as Professor of English and Faculty Executive Officer at the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). His scholarship critically interrogates the intersections of Enlightenment thought, postcolonial theory, and comparative literature, with sustained focus on colonial India and legal discourse. Author of two influential monographs and numerous peer-reviewed essays, he examines how colonial power structures shaped intellectual frameworks while challenging Eurocentric narratives through critical methodology.
His academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. from Columbia University
- B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania
Ahmed's research centers on Enlightenment/postcolonial entanglements, analyzing how concepts of capital, civil society, and comparative literature emerged through colonial encounters. He investigates ambivalence in political philosophy, dispossession mechanisms, and the colonial foundations of literary methodologies, consistently foregrounding subaltern perspectives to reframe canonical discourses.
Publication analysis reveals a trajectory from early work on Edmund Burke's East India Trials to contemporary explorations of comparative literature's colonial archaeology. His scholarship demonstrates methodological innovation in connecting historical Enlightenment discourse to modern liberation movements, particularly evident in recent teaching on Palestine and resistance politics.
His distinguished contributions have received recognition:
- Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies (2017) for Archaeology of Babel
