Nile Green (born 1972) is an English

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and author. He is known for his book ''Empire's Son, Empire's Orphan''. His books have won awards and prizes, including the Bentley Book Prize from the World History Association, the Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, and the Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Book Award from the Association for Asian Studies. He is the William Andrews Clark Professor of History and the current holder of the Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History at the

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(UCLA). He has authored seven monographs and over seventy articles and has edited seven books. He was a founding director of UCLA's Program on

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, in addition to various boards, including the ''

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''. His writings examine the different ways in which Muslims have responded to the rise of the West and to the modern world in general, as well as

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responses to

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, and

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. He has also written about Islam and globalization, and Sufism. His publications focus not only on the Middle East, but on the larger Muslim communities of

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and Africa, as well as Europe and the United States. He has also written about the

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and the Persianate world. He also hosts the podcast ''Akbar's Chamber: Experts Talk Islam''.

Biography

He was born and educated in the United Kingdom, holding degrees from the

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and the

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. He began his academic career as the Milburn Junior Research Fellow at

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before moving to the United States. At UCLA, Green served as the founding director of the Program on Central Asia for eight years, fostering research on historical and contemporary connections within the region. He has also held visiting positions at institutions such as the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and has received fellowships, including the Luce/ACLS Fellowship in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs. He was elected as

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in 2018.

Academic career

Green's work investigates patterns of both global and local Islams through travel and field research in regions including South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. His research emphasizes the networks that link Muslim societies and their interactions with non-Muslim communities.

Selected bibliography

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Nile American historians of Islam Middle Eastern studies scholars Central Asian studies scholars Indologists Pakistan studies scholars University of California, Los Angeles faculty Living people 1972 births Historians from California Place of birth missing (living people)