Amaan Merali
Sessional Instructor
email
amaan.merali@ubc.ca
location_on
BuTo 1114, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Thematic Research Area
Regional Research Area
Education
D.Phil. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford
M.A. Turkish Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
B.A. History, Simon Fraser University
About
I am a historian of the Middle East with additional expertise in the Ottoman Empire and Islamic studies.
Teaching
Publications
“Fear and Violence in Late Ottoman Syria: The Ismaʿilis and the School of Agriculture”, Diyâr: Journal of Ottoman, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 1:1 (2020), pp. 58-83.
“Legitimising Authority: A Muslim Minority under Ottoman Rule”, in Amyn B. Sajoo, ed., The Shariʿa: History, Ethics and Law (London: I.B. Tauris, 2018), pp. 153-171.