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Taushif Kara is a Lecturer in Modern Islamic History at King's College London's Department of Theology & Religious Studies within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. He holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge's Faculty of History and has held research fellowships at the University of Chicago, Cambridge's Centre of Islamic Studies, Zentrum-Moderner Orient in Berlin, and Princeton University's Davis Centre for Historical Studies.
His research focuses on the intellectual history of modern Islam, decolonization, political thought, and the global life of ideas. Kara is particularly interested in integrating Islamic studies into broader intellectual discussions, especially in psychoanalysis and philosophy. His work examines Muslim minorities, sovereignty, and political philosophy, with special attention to the Khojas community across Asia, Africa, and the Gulf.
Kara's publications reveal a strong focus on the political ideas of Muslim minorities during the twentieth century, the intellectual history of Mecca, and the political philosophy of Fazlur Rahman. His work spans multiple journals including Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Public Culture, and Global Intellectual History, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement across Islamic studies, political theory, and postcolonial studies.
- Honourable mention for the Royal Asiatic Society's Bayly Prize
- Nominated for Royal Asiatic Society award (2022)
Kara teaches undergraduate and graduate modules on colonialism and decolonization, comparative political thought, and political theology. He has engaged in public writing for The White Review and Public Books, and collaborated on artistic projects including 'The Middle,' a sculpture exploring the concept of barzakh (the space between death and the afterlife).
