Farina Mir
Farina Mir is a historian and a professor at the University of Michigan. She has a keen interest in the history of colonial and postcolonial South Asia, with a particular interest in the social, cultural, and religious history of late-colonial north India.[1]
Farina Mir | |
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| Occupation | Professor, Historian |
| Known for | History of the Punjab, British colonialism |
Notable work | The Social Space of Language Punjab Reconsidered Genre and Devotion in Punjab's Popular Narratives |
Education
In 1993, Mir received her B.A. in English literature and Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures from Barnard College and in 2002, she received her Ph.D. in History with distinction from Columbia University.
Notable Works
- Farina Mir, The Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab, University of California Press, Wikidata Q60813396[2]
- Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice, ed. Anshu Malhotra and Farina Mir. (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012).[3]
- Genre and Devotion in Punjab's Popular Narratives: Rethinking Cultural and Religious Syncretism," Comparative Studies in Society and History 48.3, July, 2006: 727-758.[4]
Awards
- John F. Richard Prize in South Asian History from the American Historical Association (2011)
- Bernard Cohn Prize from the Association of Asian Studies (2012)[5]
References
- "People - Faculty - Farina Mir". University of Michigan. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "The Social space of language". University of California Press. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- "Genre and Devotion in Punjabi Popular Narratives". Cambridge University Press. JSTOR 3879442. Missing or empty
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