Inspired by decolonial thought, feminist historiography, and critical philology, I seek to engage with ideas and practices of Persianate adab (proper aesthetic and ethical form) as both historical …

Interests: The early modern and modern connective social, cultural, intellectual histories of West, Central and South Asia from the 17th - 19th centuries, with a particular focus on Indo-Persian …

Feb 24, 2020 · Mana Kia’s interests include; the early modern and modern connective social, cultural, intellectual histories of West, Central and South Asia from the 17th – 19th centuries, …

The Broken Spell: Indian Storytelling and the Romance Genre in Persian and Urdu. By PASHA M. KHAN. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2019. xii, 312pp. ISBN …

Mana Kia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. Her interests are the connected social, cultural, …

Aug 8, 2023 · Associate Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies. [email protected]. Mana Kia ’s interests include; the early modern and modern …

Mana Kia is associate professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University in New York. She is the author of Persianate Selves (2020).

With this book, Mana Kia sketches the contours of a larger Persianate world, historicizing place, origin, and selfhood through its tradition of proper form—adab. In this shared culture, …