Farina Mir Explained

Farina Mir
Occupation:	Professor, Historian
Known For:	History of the Punjab, British colonialism
Notable Works:	The Social Space of Language Punjab Reconsidered Genre and Devotion in Punjab's Popular Narratives

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]

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

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• 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)^[5]
• Bernard Cohn Prize from the Association of Asian Studies (2012)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: People - Faculty - Farina Mir . University of Michigan . 14 October 2016.
2. Web site: The Social space of language . University of California Press . 14 October 2016.
3. Book: Punjab Reconsidered: History, Culture, and Practice. 2012-03-08. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-908098-4. en.
4. Web site: 3879442. Genre and Devotion in Punjabi Popular Narratives . Cambridge University Press .
5. https://lsa.umich.edu/history/news-events/all-news/archived-news/2011/11/farina-mir-has-won-the-john-f--richards-book-prize-for-the-socia.html
6. Web site: Farina Mir . University of Michigan.