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'''Daud Ali''' is an American historian of Indian descent, born in [[Calcutta]], [[India]]. He is currently Associate Professor of [[South Asian history]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and the editor of the [[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society]].<ref>University of Pennsylvania, South Asian Studies: https://www.southasia.upenn.edu/people/daud-ali; {{cite web|url=http://www.royalasiaticsociety.org/introducing-the-new-jras-editor-professor-daud-ali-bicentenary-of-the-societe-asiatique|last=Daud Ali|title=Introducing the new JRAS editor Professor Daud Ali|website=Royal Asiatic Society|date=2022|accessdate=25 May 2023}}.</ref>
'''Daud Ali''' (born 1964) is an American historian of Indian descent.


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Ali obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English literature]] and [[Religious studies]] at the [[College of William & Mary]] and then a Master of Arts degree in the history of religions at the [[University of Chicago Divinity School]].<ref name="farhorizons">{{cite web|url=https://www.farhorizons.com/our-tour-scholars-leaders/daud-ali-biography-and-tours/|title=Daud Ali Biography and Tours|publisher=Far Horizons Archaeological & Cultural Trips, Inc.|date=August 25, 2015|accessdate=7 March 2018|archive-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516202937/https://www.farhorizons.com/our-tour-scholars-leaders/daud-ali-biography-and-tours/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At Chicago he was a student of [[Ronald Inden]]. After his receiving his Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of Chicago, he taught history for fourteen years at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] in London.<ref name=thedp>{{cite news|author=Tarlow, Naomi|url=http://www.thedp.com/article/2010/01/learning_with_a_professor_who_spans_the_ages|title=Learning with a professor who spans the ages|newspaper=[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]|date=19 January 2010|accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref> Since 2009, he has been at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].
==Early life==
[[File:Garden and Landscape.jpg|thumb|left|Cover of ''Garden and Landscape Practives in Pre-colonial India'', edited by Daud Ali and Emma Flatt and publish by [[Routledge]] in 2011.]]
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Daud Ali was born in [[Calcutta]], India, to a Bengali father and an American mother.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}} He moved to [[Baltimore]], United States when he was two years old.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}} His Bengali father and his own interest in Indian philosophy led him to study [[South Asian history]] in college.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}} He went on to study [[Sanskrit]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Indian philosophy]]. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[English literature]] and religious studies at the [[College of William & Mary]] and then obtained a Master of Arts degree in the history of religions at the [[University of Chicago Divinity School]]<ref name=farhorizons>{{cite web|url=https://www.farhorizons.com/our-tour-scholars-leaders/daud-ali-biography-and-tours/|title=Daud Ali Biography and Tours|publisher=Far Horizons Archaeological & Cultural Trips, Inc.|date=August 25, 2015|accessdate=7 March 2018}}</ref> where he was a student of [[Ron Inden]]. His thesis on medieval South Indian history led him to a Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]], after which he taught history of ancient India for 14 years at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] in London.<ref name=thedp>{{cite news|author=Tarlow, Naomi|url=http://www.thedp.com/article/2010/01/learning_with_a_professor_who_spans_the_ages|title=Learning with a professor who spans the ages|newspaper=[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]|date=19 January 2010|accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref> Since 2009, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of South Asia Studies at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}}
Ali's interests range widely over the history South Asia as a whole, covering themes such as courtly protocol, gardens, gastronomy, war and violence. His analysis of feudalism and the historiography of the medieval, in particular his critique of B. D. Chattopadhyaya, have been particularly influential.<ref>Daud Ali, "The Idea of the Medieval in the Writing of Indian History: Contexts, Methods, Politics," ''Social History'' 39, no. 3 (2014): 382-407; see Kennet, Derek, Hawkes, Jason and Willis, Michael. "Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts," ''Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India'', (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020), p. 325. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540-015.</ref>


==Publications==
==Selected Publications==
*{{cite book|editor=Daud Ali |title=Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=1999|place=[[Delhi]]}}
*{{cite book|editor=Daud Ali |title=Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=1999|place=[[Delhi]]}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali, Ronald Inden and Jonathan Walters|title=Querying the Medieval: The History of Practice in South Asia|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|place=[[New York City|New York]]}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali, Ronald Inden and Jonathan Walters|title=Querying the Medieval: The History of Practice in South Asia|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|place=[[New York City|New York]]}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali|title=Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2004}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali|title=Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2004}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali and Anand Pandian (eds.)|title=Ethical Life in South Asia|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|year=2010}}
*{{cite book|editor=Daud Ali and Anand Pandian|title=Ethical Life in South Asia|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|year=2010}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta (eds.)|title=Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave]]|year=2011|place=New York}}
*{{cite book|editor=Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta|title=Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Palgrave]]|year=2011|place=New York}}
*{{cite book|author=Daud Ali and Emma Flatt (eds.)|title=Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2011|place=London}}
*{{cite book|editor=Daud Ali and Emma Flatt|title=Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2011|place=London}}

==Tours==
He led an annual tour to southern India for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips.<ref name=farhorizons/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*Royal Asiatic Society [https://royalasiaticsociety.org]
*ORCID [https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8566-8890]


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Daud Ali
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Kolkata, India
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
InstitutionsSchool of Oriental and African Studies
University of Pennsylvania

Daud Ali is an American historian of Indian descent, born in Calcutta, India. He is currently Associate Professor of South Asian history at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.[1]

Ali obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and Religious studies at the College of William & Mary and then a Master of Arts degree in the history of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School.[2] At Chicago he was a student of Ronald Inden. After his receiving his Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of Chicago, he taught history for fourteen years at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.[3] Since 2009, he has been at the University of Pennsylvania.

Cover of Garden and Landscape Practives in Pre-colonial India, edited by Daud Ali and Emma Flatt and publish by Routledge in 2011.

Ali's interests range widely over the history South Asia as a whole, covering themes such as courtly protocol, gardens, gastronomy, war and violence. His analysis of feudalism and the historiography of the medieval, in particular his critique of B. D. Chattopadhyaya, have been particularly influential.[4]

Selected Publications

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  • Daud Ali, ed. (1999). Invoking the Past: the Uses of History in South Asia. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Daud Ali, Ronald Inden and Jonathan Walters (2000). Querying the Medieval: The History of Practice in South Asia. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Daud Ali (2004). Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India. Cambridge University Press.
  • Daud Ali and Anand Pandian, ed. (2010). Ethical Life in South Asia. Indiana University Press.
  • Daud Ali and Indra Sengupta, ed. (2011). Knowledge Production, Pedagogy and Institutions in Colonial India. New York: Palgrave.
  • Daud Ali and Emma Flatt, ed. (2011). Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan. London: Routledge.

References

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  1. ^ University of Pennsylvania, South Asian Studies: https://www.southasia.upenn.edu/people/daud-ali; Daud Ali (2022). "Introducing the new JRAS editor Professor Daud Ali". Royal Asiatic Society. Retrieved 25 May 2023..
  2. ^ "Daud Ali Biography and Tours". Far Horizons Archaeological & Cultural Trips, Inc. August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ^ Tarlow, Naomi (19 January 2010). "Learning with a professor who spans the ages". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ Daud Ali, "The Idea of the Medieval in the Writing of Indian History: Contexts, Methods, Politics," Social History 39, no. 3 (2014): 382-407; see Kennet, Derek, Hawkes, Jason and Willis, Michael. "Chapter 15 Paithan Excavation: Historical, Archaeological, Geographical and Epigraphical Contexts," Excavations at Paithan, Maharashtra: Transformations in Early Historic and Early Medieval India, (Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020), p. 325. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110653540-015.
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  • Royal Asiatic Society [1]
  • ORCID [2]
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