James Caron

Lecturer

South Asia Studies

Education:

B.A., Temple University (2000); Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2009).

Languages:

Hindi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu

Research Interests:

Pashto Cultural Production; Social Conflict; Afghanistan and Transnational History

Overseas Research Experience:

Afghanistan, Pakistan

Representative Awards and Distinctions:

Honorary Member, Advisory Board, Baacha Khan Research Centre, Peshawar, Pakistan (2006 to Present); Penfield Research Abroad Fellowship (2006-2007)

Recent Publications:

Forthcoming in Fall 2011. “Reading the Power of Printed Orality: Popular Pashto Literature as Historical Evidence and Public Intervention.” 

Courses:

The Modern History of Afghanistan and Pakistan; Islam and the Cultural Politics of Nation; Perspectives from India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; The Silk Road to South Asia; Transnational Islam and the Indian Ocean; Intermediate Pashto Readings