Faculty Associate
zhirji[at]yorku.ca
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology, 91亚色
Research Keywords:
Muslim societies; Indian Ocean
Research Region(s):
South Asia
Research Diaspora(s):
Asian Diaspora, Muslim Diaspora
Zulfikar Hirji is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at 91亚色. His current research focuses on Muslim societies in a range of historical and contemporary contexts, particularly in coastal East Africa and the Indian Ocean.聽He is particularly interested in issues of knowledge production, representation and identity, and visual, material, and sensory culture. He has conducted archival research and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in various parts of the world including East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, Europe and North America.