Yasmin Cordery Khan is a British historian, novelist and broadcaster whose work focuses on the British Empire, Colonial India and the decolonisation of South Asia. She is a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and Professor of Modern History based in the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.[1]
Yasmin Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yasmin Cordery Khan 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, novelist and broadcaster |
| Awards | Gladstone Book Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St Peter's College, Oxford (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh Royal Holloway, University of London Kellogg College, Oxford |
| Notable works | The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan |
Education and career
editKhan completed her BA in History at St Peter's College, Oxford. Khan completed her DPhil at St Antony's College, Oxford in 2005 in Imperial and Commonwealth History.[2]
Khan held positions at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Holloway, University of London before joining Kellogg College in 2012.[2] Khan's work focuses on decolonisation, British migration histories, British Indian history, the Second World War and the End of Empire.[1] In October 2024 she was awarded the Title of Distinction of Professor Modern History by the University of Oxford.[3]
Khan is an editor of History Workshop Journal[4] and a trustee of the Charles Wallace India Trust.[5] She served as Kellogg College's senior tutor between 2019 and 2022.[6][7]
Khan's publications include The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan (2007),[8] which won the Gladstone Book Prize from the Royal Historical Society[9] and was long-listed for the Orwell Prize,[10] and The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War (2015).[10][11] She has written for the Guardian newspaper,[12] and appeared on Channel 4 News and BBC Radio.[13]
Her first work of fiction, Edgware Road, was published in 2022.[1] A second novel, Overland, was published in 2024.[14]
Public appearances and media
editIn Our Time (BBC Radio 4 2012)
editKhan appeared on a programme discussing the life and work of Annie Besant.[15]
A Passage to Britain (BBC 2 2018)
editKhan presented a three-part series for BBC 2 in 2018 based on ships' passenger lists between Britain and India to trace the stories of passengers during the three decades before Indian independence in 1947.[16][17][18]
The first episode, based on the passenger list of the Viceroy of India, included the story of Mulk Raj Anand.[19]
Britain’s Biggest Dig (BBC 2 2020)
editIn 2020, Khan presented a three-part series with Professor Alice Roberts for BBC 2 on two major archeological digs carried out in London and Birmingham in preparation for building terminals for the HS2 high-speed railway.[20]
Selected publications
edit- The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale University: Yale University Press. 2017 [2007]. ISBN 978-0300230321.
- The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War. London: Vintage. 2015 [2016]. ISBN 978-0099542278.
- Khan, Yasmin Cordery (2022). Edgware Road. London: Head of Zeus Ltd., part of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. ISBN 9781801107341.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Yasmin Khan". Kellogg College. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Convenors". The British Empire at War Research Group. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Recognition of Distinction" (PDF). University of Oxford Gazette. 155 (5431): 20. 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Editorial_Board | History Workshop Journal | Oxford Academic". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Trusts, The Charles Wallace. "The Charles Wallace Trusts". www.wallace-trusts.org.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements (2019/20)" (PDF). Kellogg College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Annual Report and Financial Statements (2021/22)" (PDF). Kellogg College, Oxford. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Reviewed by Ian Copland in The American Historical Review, 2008, Vol. 113(5), pp.1508-1509 [Peer Reviewed Journal] and in The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/9507188
- ^ "Gladstone Prize - Past Winners" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Dr. Yasmin Khan". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "For king, then country". The Economist. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "Yasmin Khan". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Dr Yasmin Khan | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Overland - Yasmin Cordery Khan". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Annie Besant, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "BBC Two - A Passage to Britain". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "A Passage to Britain | Faculty of History". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Wollaston, Sam (14 August 2018). "A Passage to Britain review – Who Do You Think You Are? for the empire". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "The Viceroy of India, Series 1, A Passage to Britain - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "BBC Two - Britain's Biggest Dig". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2020.