Naveena Naqvi
Assistant Professor | Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia · Gap Fill - Faculty of Arts · University of British Columbia
Quick answer: Naveena Naqvi is Assistant Professor | Persianate Islamic Cultures of South Asia at University of British Columbia. Naveena Naqvi shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ I invite applications from prospective MA students working on Persianate history and early colonial rule in South Asia.
Research interests
I am a historian of early modern and modern South Asia. My research interests include the Persianate world (ca. 13th-19th centuries), with a focus on non-courtly writers in regional contexts under early colonial rule. My broader fields of interest span the history of political Islam, gender and sexuality, and Hindustani music. My most recent scholarly publications have appeared in The Indian Economic and Social History Review and History and Theory. My first book project examines the political imaginings and legal regimes crafted by autonomous Afghan soldiers, scholars and scribes in early colonial North India.
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Is Naveena Naqvi hiring PhD students at University of British Columbia?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Naveena Naqvi's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I invite applications from prospective MA students working on Persianate history and early colonial rule in South Asia..
What does Naveena Naqvi research?
I am a historian of early modern and modern South Asia. My research interests include the Persianate world (ca. 13th-19th centuries), with a focus on non-courtly writers in regional contexts under early colonial rule. My broader fields of interest span the history of political Islam, gender and sexu
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