Aly Kassam-Remtulla Explained

Aly Kassam-Remtulla (also known as Aly Remtulla) is a U.S.-based academic, writer and scholar who is Associate Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University.^{[1] [2]} Previously, he was associated with the MacArthur Foundation.^[3]

Career

Kassam-Remtulla was born in Kenya and grew up in Canada.  He received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences, Asian American Studies and Anthropology from Stanford University.^[4] He then studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College,^[5] where he received a master's degree, MBA, and doctorate from Oxford University.^[6]

Kassam-Remtulla's academic research and teaching concerns immigrant Muslim communities and has been widely cited by scholars of Ismailism, Islam, and those with interests in African Studies.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]} He is a published poet and his writing has appeared in journalism at WIRED, Al Jazeera, and Stanford Magazine.^{[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

He is presently working as Associate Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University.^[7] Earlier, he worked on advancing diversity for graduate students and faculty members at Princeton and efforts to support Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.^{[20] [21] [22] [23]} He co-founded the Faculty Advancement Network, a national consortium to promote diversity and inclusion in the professoriate community.^[24] Kassam-Remtulla has served on numerous non-profit boards and is the chair of the board of trustees at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya.^{[25] [26]}

He has been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts^[27] and the Alberta Centennial Medal.^[28] He also received the Annetta Dieckmann Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois where he founded the Young Advocates Program.^[29]

Publications

• (Dis)Placing Khojas: Forging identities, revitalizing Islam and crafting global Ismailism ^{[30] [31] [32]}
• Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. The United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2012.
• Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas, ^[33]
• Contours Of The Heart (Asian American Writers Worksh), 1998, ^[34]

Footnotes

• A Modern History of the Ismailis, Edited by Farhad Daftary, I.B.Tauris Publishers, London 2011.^[35]
• Miraly, Mohammad N.. Faith and World: Contemporary Ismaili Social and Political Thought. United States, iUniverse, 2016.
• Chakraborty, Tapas, and Pal, Adesh. Theorizing and Critiquing Indian Diaspora. India, Creative Books, 2004.
• Stanford. United States, Stanford Alumni Association, 2005.
• Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. United States, Facts On File, Incorporated, 2010.
• The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective. United Kingdom, Berghahn Books, 2016.^[36]
• Geo-economics and Geo-securities in the Indian Ocean Region. N.p., Taylor & Francis, 2018.^[37]
• Magout, Mohammad. A Reflexive Islamic Modernity: Academic Knowledge and Religious Subjectivity in the Global Ismaili Community. Germany, Ergon Verlag, 2020.^[38]
• Transnational and Cosmopolitan Forms of Islam in the West, by Karen Leonard ^[39]
• Canada and the Ismaili Imamat: Transnational Muslim Diplomacy and Multicultural Nationalism by Kais Khimji.^[40]
• Bolander, B. (2016). English and the transnational Ismaili Muslim community: Identity, the Aga Khan, and infrastructure. Language in Society, 45(4), 583–604. doi:10.1017/S0047404516000439
• From Satpanthi to Ismaili Muslim: The Articulation of Ismaili Khoja Identity in South Asia.^[41]
• Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. The United States, Facts On File, Incorporated, 2010.
• Carter, Marina, and Torabully, Khal. Coolitude: An Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora. The United Kingdom, Anthem Press, 2002.
• Hirji, Karim F.. Growing Up with Tanzania: Memories, Musings, and Maths. Tanzania, Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aly Kassam-Remtulla Provost. 2020-11-03. provost.princeton.edu.
2. Web site: Kassam-Remtulla. Aly. Sinophobia, the new Islamophobia. 2020-11-03. www.aljazeera.com. en.
3. Web site: Aly Kassam-Remtulla Named Program Officer. 2020-11-03. www.macfound.org. en.
4. Web site: Stanford students win Rhodes, Marshalls: 12/98. 2020-12-02. news.stanford.edu.
5. Web site: The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Oxford University Society Elections. 2020-12-02. www.americanrhodes.org.
6. Web site: IIS Announces 2007 PhD Scholarship Awards The Institute of Ismaili Studies. 2020-12-02. www.iis.ac.uk.
7. Web site: Course brings new perspective on American Muslims to campus. 2020-12-02. The Princetonian.
8. Book: Daftary, Farhad. A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. 2010-12-08. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-0-85772-335-2. en.
9. Book: Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. 2012. University of Oxford. en.
10. Book: Pal. Adesh. Theorizing and Critiquing Indian Diaspora. Chakraborty. Tapas. 2004. Creative Books. 978-81-8043-009-1. en.
11. Book: Equality. 2007. Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation. en.
12. The Migration of Indians to Eastern Africa: A Case Study of the Ismaili Community, 1866-1966. University of Central Florida 2019.
13. Web site: magazine. STANFORD. Here for the Taking. 2020-12-02. stanfordmag.org. March 1997 . en.
14. Web site: Sinophobia The New Islamophobia. 2020-12-02. m.thedailynewnation.com.
15. Web site: Aly Kassam-Remtulla Al Jazeera News. 2020-12-02. www.aljazeera.com. en.
16. When Schools Reopen, Don't Ditch Online Learning. en-us. Wired. 2020-12-02. 1059-1028.
17. Web site: Instant Opinion: 'nothing sticks to Donald Trump' - until now. 2020-12-02. The Week UK. en.
18. Web site: Caring for the community during a global health emergency. 2020-12-06. The Princetonian.
19. Web site: Aly Remtulla. 2020-12-06. www.weber.edu.
20. Web site: Pilot programs build bridges, add diversity for promising scholars interested in graduate study. 2020-12-02. Princeton University. en.
21. Web site: 2017-10-20. Upward Bound: New Programs to Help Underrepresented Students Prepare to Pursue Ph.D.s. 2020-12-02. Princeton Alumni Weekly. en.
22. Web site: Graduate School orientation focuses on academic success, community. 2020-12-02. Princeton University. en.
23. Web site: Princetonians provide post-hurricane support to Puerto Rico. 2020-12-02. Princeton University. en.
24. Web site: Faculty Advancement Network. 2020-12-02. Faculty Advancement Network. en-US.
25. Hongera Mpala Science & Outreach Report. Mpala Research Centre & Mpala Wildlife Foundation.
26. Web site: Princeton celebrates 25 years of research and teaching at Mpala, Kenya. 2020-12-06. Princeton University. en.
27. Firestone and Golden Medal recipients honored for academic achievement. Stanford Report Volume 1.
28. News: The Alberta Gazette. GOVERNMENT NOTICES Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
29. Web site: The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Aly Kassam-Remtulla won the Annetta Dieckmann Award.. 2020-11-03. www.americanrhodes.org.
30. Book: Conference. African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. Re-imagining Africa: New Critical Perspectives. Schwerdt. Dianne. 2001. Nova Publishers. 978-1-59033-100-2. en.
31. Kassam-Remtulla. A.. 1999. (Dis)Placing Khojas: Forging identities, revitalizing Islam and crafting global Ismailism. en.
32. Web site: (DIS)PLACING KHOJAHS:FORGING IDENTITIES, REVITALIZING ISLAM, AND CRAFTING GLOBAL ISMAILISM. 2020-11-03. ismaili.net.
33. Book: Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas. en-us.
34. Web site: 9781889876009: Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America (Asian American Writers' Workshop) - AbeBooks - Maira, Sunaina: 1889876003. 2020-11-03. www.abebooks.co.uk. en-GB.
35. Book: Daftary, Farhad. A Modern History of the Ismailis Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. 2011. 978-1-84511-717-7.
36. Book: Knörr. Jacqueline. The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective. Kohl. Christoph. February 2016. Berghahn Books. 978-1-78533-069-8. en.
37. Book: Doyle, Timothy. Geo-economics and Geo-securities in the Indian Ocean Region. 2018-04-19. Routledge. 978-1-315-46695-8. en.
38. Book: Magout, Mohammad. A Reflexive Islamic Modernity: Academic Knowledge and Religious Subjectivity in the Global Ismaili Community. 2020-03-06. Ergon Verlag. 978-3-95650-637-6. en.
39. Leonard. Karen. Transnational and Cosmopolitan Forms of Islam in the West. Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review.
40. Khimji. Kais. Canada and the Ismaili Imamat: Transnational Muslim Diplomacy and Multicultural Nationalism. ResearchGate.
41. Asani. Ali S.. From Satpanthi to Ismaili Muslim: The Articulation of Ismaili Khoja Identity in South Asia. Farhad Daftary, Modern History of the Ismailis.