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Dr Farzana Shaikh

Dr Farzana Shaikh

Associate Fellow, Asia Programme

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Expertise

  • Pakistan
  • South Asian Islam
  • Bangladesh: politics, history and society
  • Afghanistan: politics and humanitarian issues

Projects

  • Pakistan Study Group, Asia Programme, Chatham House, focusing on the theme of 'Unravelling Pakistan: Threats to Stability'

Recent Publications

Books

  • Making Sense of Pakistan, London and New York: Hurst and Columbia University Press, 2009
  • Islam and Islamic Groups: a Worldwide Reference Guide, ed., Harlow: Longman, 1992
  • Community and Consensus in Islam: Muslim Representation in Colonial India, 1860-1947, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Experience

2005-Present Associate Fellow, Chatham House
2006-07 Visitor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
2003-08

Associate, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

2003

Guest Lecturer, University of Basle, Switzerland

2002-03

Lecturer in South Asian Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

2002

Guest Lecturer, University of Pavia, Italy

1997-Present

Consultant on South Asia for the Emergency and Security Services (ESS) of the UNHCR

1990-96

Managing editor for South Asia, Keesing's Record of World Events

1984-90 Research Fellow in Politics, Clare Hall, Cambridge
1983

PhD in Political Science, Columbia University, New York


Broadcast Experience

Extensive


Languages

French (not for broadcast)