Zeba Khan

Zeba Khan is a doctoral fellow at the Department of History, Yale University, USA. She co-teaches a core course on History and Global Affairs at the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Her research focuses on the intellectual history of trans-border connections among Islamic reformists/modernists across colonial India, the Ottoman Empire, and Soviet Russia, examining debates on the Muslim question, global minorities, and alternative trajectories in metropolitan spaces from 1914 to 1947.

Education: B.A. History Honors (valedictorian) from Kamala Nehru College; M.A. History from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi; MPhil from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2018). Her MPhil dissertation explored anti-hegemonic discourses on Islam and Democracy and the role of lived history.

Research Interests: Her work bridges Islamic reform movements, colonial and post-colonial histories, and global intellectual exchanges. She also examines contemporary issues such as secular-religious tensions in Tunisia, Turkey-India relations, and media's role in soft power strategies.

Publications: She has authored/co-authored papers on topics including Turkish soft power through dizis, Saudi Arabia’s sectarianization policies, and book reviews on Middle Eastern politics. Her books include a chapter on Turkey-India relations and a study on Tunisia’s post-2011 transitions.

Awards: None explicitly mentioned.

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