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Aly Kassam-Remtulla (also known as Aly Remtulla) is a U.S.-based academic, writer and scholar who is Associate Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University.[1][2] Previously, he was associated with the MacArthur Foundation.[3]

Career

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Kassam-Remtulla was born in Kenya and grew up in Canada.  He received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences, Asian American Studies and Anthropology from Stanford University.[4] He then studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College,[5] where he received a master's degree, MBA, and doctorate from Oxford University.[6]

Kassam-Remtulla's academic research and teaching concerns immigrant Muslim communities and has been widely cited by scholars of Ismailism, Islam, and those with interests in African Studies.[7][8][9][10][11][12] He is a published poet and his writing has appeared in journalism at WIRED, Al Jazeera, and Stanford Magazine.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

He is presently working as Associate Provost for International Affairs and Operations at Princeton University.[7] Earlier, he worked on advancing diversity for graduate students and faculty members at Princeton and efforts to support Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.[20][21][22][23] He co-founded the Faculty Advancement Network, a national consortium to promote diversity and inclusion in the professoriate community.[24] Kassam-Remtulla has served on numerous non-profit boards and is the chair of the board of trustees at the Mpala Research Centre in Kenya.[25][26]

He has been awarded the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award, the Robert M. Golden Medal for Excellence in Humanities and Creative Arts[27] and the Alberta Centennial Medal.[28] He also received the Annetta Dieckmann Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois where he founded the Young Advocates Program.[3][29]

Publications

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  • (Dis)Placing Khojas: Forging identities, revitalizing Islam and crafting global Ismailism [30][31][32]
  • Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. The United Kingdom, University of Oxford, 2012.[9]
  • Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas, ISBN 978-0-8476-9144-9 [33]
  • Contours Of The Heart (Asian American Writers Worksh), 1998, ISBN 978-1889876009 [34]

Footnotes

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  • A Modern History of the Ismailis, Edited by Farhad Daftary, I.B.Tauris Publishers, London 2011.[35]
  • Miraly, Mohammad N.. Faith and World: Contemporary Ismaili Social and Political Thought. United States, iUniverse, 2016.
  • Chakraborty, Tapas, and Pal, Adesh. Theorizing and Critiquing Indian Diaspora. India, Creative Books, 2004.
  • Stanford. United States, Stanford Alumni Association, 2005.
  • Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. United States, Facts On File, Incorporated, 2010.
  • The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective. United Kingdom, Berghahn Books, 2016.[36]
  • Geo-economics and Geo-securities in the Indian Ocean Region. N.p., Taylor & Francis, 2018.[37]
  • Magout, Mohammad. A Reflexive Islamic Modernity: Academic Knowledge and Religious Subjectivity in the Global Ismaili Community. Germany, Ergon Verlag, 2020.[38]
  • Transnational and Cosmopolitan Forms of Islam in the West, by Karen Leonard [39]
  • Canada and the Ismaili Imamat: Transnational Muslim Diplomacy and Multicultural Nationalism by Kais Khimji.[40]
  • Bolander, B. (2016). English and the transnational Ismaili Muslim community: Identity, the Aga Khan, and infrastructure. Language in Society, 45(4), 583–604. doi:10.1017/S0047404516000439
  • From Satpanthi to Ismaili Muslim: The Articulation of Ismaili Khoja Identity in South Asia.[41]
  • Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. The United States, Facts On File, Incorporated, 2010.
  • Carter, Marina, and Torabully, Khal. Coolitude: An Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora. The United Kingdom, Anthem Press, 2002.
  • Hirji, Karim F.. Growing Up with Tanzania: Memories, Musings, and Maths. Tanzania, Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Aly Kassam-Remtulla | Provost". provost.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  2. ^ Kassam-Remtulla, Aly. "Sinophobia, the new Islamophobia". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  3. ^ a b "Aly Kassam-Remtulla Named Program Officer". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  4. ^ "Stanford students win Rhodes, Marshalls: 12/98". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  5. ^ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Oxford University Society Elections". www.americanrhodes.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  6. ^ "IIS Announces 2007 PhD Scholarship Awards | The Institute of Ismaili Studies". www.iis.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  7. ^ a b "Course brings new perspective on American Muslims to campus". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. ^ Daftary, Farhad (2010-12-08). A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85772-335-2.
  9. ^ a b Kassam-Remtulla, Aly (2012). Muslim Chaplaincy on Campus: Case Studies of Two American Universities. University of Oxford.
  10. ^ Pal, Adesh; Chakraborty, Tapas (2004). Theorizing and Critiquing Indian Diaspora. Creative Books. ISBN 978-81-8043-009-1.
  11. ^ Equality. Human Rights Campaign and Human Rights Campaign Foundation. 2007.
  12. ^ "The Migration of Indians to Eastern Africa: A Case Study of the Ismaili Community, 1866-1966". University of Central Florida 2019.
  13. ^ magazine, STANFORD (March 1997). "Here for the Taking". stanfordmag.org. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  14. ^ "Sinophobia The New Islamophobia". m.thedailynewnation.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  15. ^ "Aly Kassam-Remtulla | Al Jazeera News". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  16. ^ "When Schools Reopen, Don't Ditch Online Learning". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  17. ^ "Instant Opinion: 'nothing sticks to Donald Trump' - until now". The Week UK. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  18. ^ "Caring for the community during a global health emergency". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  19. ^ "Aly Remtulla". www.weber.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  20. ^ "Pilot programs build bridges, add diversity for promising scholars interested in graduate study". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  21. ^ "Upward Bound: New Programs to Help Underrepresented Students Prepare to Pursue Ph.D.s". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  22. ^ "Graduate School orientation focuses on academic success, community". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  23. ^ "Princetonians provide post-hurricane support to Puerto Rico". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  24. ^ "Faculty Advancement Network". Faculty Advancement Network. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  25. ^ "Hongera Mpala Science & Outreach Report" (PDF). Mpala Research Centre & Mpala Wildlife Foundation.
  26. ^ "Princeton celebrates 25 years of research and teaching at Mpala, Kenya". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  27. ^ "Firestone and Golden Medal recipients honored for academic achievement" (PDF). Stanford Report Volume 1.
  28. ^ "The Alberta Gazette" (PDF). GOVERNMENT NOTICES Agriculture, Food and Rural Development.
  29. ^ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars: Aly Kassam-Remtulla won the Annetta Dieckmann Award". www.americanrhodes.org. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  30. ^ Conference, African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific; Schwerdt, Dianne (2001). Re-imagining Africa: New Critical Perspectives. Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59033-100-2.
  31. ^ Kassam-Remtulla, A. (1999). "(Dis)Placing Khojas: Forging identities, revitalizing Islam and crafting global Ismailism". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  32. ^ "(DIS)PLACING KHOJAHS:FORGING IDENTITIES, REVITALIZING ISLAM, AND CRAFTING GLOBAL ISMAILISM". ismaili.net. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  33. ^ Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas.
  34. ^ "9781889876009: Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America (Asian American Writers' Workshop) - AbeBooks - Maira, Sunaina: 1889876003". www.abebooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  35. ^ Daftary, Farhad (2011). A Modern History of the Ismailis Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. ISBN 978-1-84511-717-7.
  36. ^ Knörr, Jacqueline; Kohl, Christoph (February 2016). The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78533-069-8.
  37. ^ Doyle, Timothy (2018-04-19). Geo-economics and Geo-securities in the Indian Ocean Region. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-46695-8.
  38. ^ Magout, Mohammad (2020-03-06). A Reflexive Islamic Modernity: Academic Knowledge and Religious Subjectivity in the Global Ismaili Community. Ergon Verlag. ISBN 978-3-95650-637-6.
  39. ^ Leonard, Karen. "Transnational and Cosmopolitan Forms of Islam in the West" (PDF). Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review.
  40. ^ Khimji, Kais. "Canada and the Ismaili Imamat: Transnational Muslim Diplomacy and Multicultural Nationalism". ResearchGate.
  41. ^ Asani, Ali S. "From Satpanthi to Ismaili Muslim: The Articulation of Ismaili Khoja Identity in South Asia" (PDF). Farhad Daftary, Modern History of the Ismailis.
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