Hayden Bellenoit
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Islam in South Asia
D.Phil Oxford University
Dr Hayden Bellenoit studied South Asian history at Oxford University where he obtained his D.Phil, writing on the interaction of western knowledge and religion with Hinduism and Islam. He recently published a book entitled 'Missionary education and Empire in late colonial India, 1860-1920', which explores these themes in greater depth. Currently, he is starting a new project on eighteenth century India and the transition from Persian learning and literary traditions to English and Anglo-Vernacular education. Dr Bellenoit’s research interests include eighteenth and nineteenth India, the Mughal Empire, Indian Islam, Shi'ism in north India, Hindu-Muslim 'communalism' in historical and contemporary South Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indian politics.
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