Ayesha Jalal

Date: June 26, 2025

Ayesha Jalal is a leading historian on South Asia, currently a MacArthur Fellow and professor at Tufts University. Her research focuses on modern Muslim identities in South Asia and the creation of the Pakistan state. Dr. Jalal has been an Associate Professor at Columbia University and a Visiting Associate Professor at Harvard University. She has authored several books, including The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan and Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia. Jalal is a member of the Editorial Board for Third World Quarterly.