Dr Usha Sanyal, Historian
Part time Lecturer, Queens University of Charlotte
Former Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Wingate University
Ph.D. History (1990) Columbia University Awarded with Distinction.
Dissertation: “In the Path of the Prophet: Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and the Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jamaat Movement in British India, c. 1870-1921″
Committee Chair: Prof. William R. Roff.
M Phil. History, Columbia University, South Asia and Southeast Asia
MA in Southeast Asian Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
BA (Honors) in Sociology, minor in Economics, Delhi University, India
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870-1920. 3rd edition from Yoda Press, 2010. 2nd edition. New York and Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Ahmad Riza Khan: In the Path of the Prophet. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2005. Numerous articles published (See publications page)
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Ahl-i Sunnat or “Barelwi” Madrasas in South Asia.
- “Traditionalist” reformist women, especially those of the Ahl-i Sunnat or Barelwi movement, through the study of the “Sunni Bihishti Zewar” and related texts.
- Al-Huda International and the Ahl-i Sunnat movement.
