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Khan's publications include ''The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan'' (2007),<ref>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</ref> which won the Gladstone Prize from the [[Royal Historical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/gladstonepastwinners.pdf|title=Gladstone Prize - Past Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Royal Historical Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref> and was long-listed for the [[Orwell Prize]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/dr-yasmin-khan/1063983/|title=Dr. Yasmin Khan|website=www.penguin.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref> and ''The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War'' (2015).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2016/05/05/for-king-then-country|title=For king, then country|date=5 May 2016|via=The Economist}}</ref> She has written for the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' newspaper,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/yasmin-khan|title=Yasmin Khan|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref> and appeared on Channel 4 News and BBC Radio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/dr-yasmin-khan|title=Dr Yasmin Khan {{!}} United Agents|website=www.unitedagents.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref>
Khan's publications include ''The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan'' (2007),<ref>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</ref> which won the Gladstone Prize from the [[Royal Historical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/gladstonepastwinners.pdf|title=Gladstone Prize - Past Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=Royal Historical Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref> and was long-listed for the [[Orwell Prize]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/dr-yasmin-khan/1063983/|title=Dr. Yasmin Khan|website=www.penguin.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref> and ''The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War'' (2015).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2016/05/05/for-king-then-country|title=For king, then country|date=5 May 2016|via=The Economist}}</ref> She has written for the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' newspaper,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/yasmin-khan|title=Yasmin Khan|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref> and appeared on Channel 4 News and BBC Radio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/dr-yasmin-khan|title=Dr Yasmin Khan {{!}} United Agents|website=www.unitedagents.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref>

Her first work of fiction, "''Edgware Road''", was published in 2022.<ref name=":0" />


== Public appearances and media ==
== Public appearances and media ==
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* {{cite book|title=The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan|year=2017|origyear=2007|publisher=Yale University Press|location=Yale University|isbn=978-0300230321}}
* {{cite book|title=The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan|year=2017|origyear=2007|publisher=Yale University Press|location=Yale University|isbn=978-0300230321}}
* {{cite book|title=The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War|year=2015|origyear=2016|publisher=Vintage|location=London|isbn=978-0099542278}}
* {{cite book|title=The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War|year=2015|origyear=2016|publisher=Vintage|location=London|isbn=978-0099542278}}
* {{cite book |last=Khan |first=Yasmin Cordery |title=Edgware Road |publisher=Head of Zeus Ltd., part of Bloomsbury Publishing plc |year=2022 |isbn=9781801107341 |location=London}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:01, 4 June 2024

Yasmin Khan is a Doctor historian of British Pakistan and Associate Professor of History at Kellogg College, Oxford.[1]

Education and career

Khan completed her BA in history at St Peter's College, Oxford. Khan completed her DPhil at St Anthony's College, Oxford in 2005 in Imperial and Commonwealth History.[2]

Khan held position at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Holloway, University of London before moving to 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]

Khan is an editor of History Workshop Journal[3] and a trustee of the Charles Wallace India Trust.[4]

Khan's publications include The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan (2007),[5] which won the Gladstone Prize from the Royal Historical Society[6] and was long-listed for the Orwell Prize,[7] and The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War (2015).[7][8] She has written for the Guardian newspaper,[9] and appeared on Channel 4 News and BBC Radio.[10]

Her first work of fiction, "Edgware Road", was published in 2022.[1]

Public appearances and media

In Our Time (BBC Radio 4 2012)

Khan appeared on a programme discussing the life and work of Annie Besant.[11]

A Passage to Britain (BBC 2 2018)

Khan 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.[12][13][14]

The first episode, based on the passenger list of the Viceroy of India, included the story of Mulk Raj Anand.[15]

Britain’s Biggest Dig (BBC 2 2020)

In 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.[16]

Selected publications

  • 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

  1. ^ a b c "Yasmin Khan". Kellogg College. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Convenors". The British Empire at War Research Group. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Editorial_Board | History Workshop Journal | Oxford Academic". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ Trusts, The Charles Wallace. "The Charles Wallace Trusts". www.wallace-trusts.org.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "Gladstone Prize - Past Winners" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Dr. Yasmin Khan". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. ^ "For king, then country". 5 May 2016 – via The Economist.
  9. ^ "Yasmin Khan". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Dr Yasmin Khan | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Annie Besant, In Our Time - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  12. ^ "BBC Two - A Passage to Britain". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ^ "A Passage to Britain | Faculty of History". www.history.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "The Viceroy of India, Series 1, A Passage to Britain - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. ^ "BBC Two - Britain's Biggest Dig". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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