Amanda Lanzillo

Hello! I am a historian, and I research the social histories of Muslim communities in colonial-era South Asia. 

My first monograph, Pious Labor: Islam, artisanship, and technology in colonial India was published in 2024 by University of California Press. It has been published open access as part of the Islamic Humanities series, and can be downloaded here.

An Indian edition of the book has been published by Three Essays Collective (2025) and can be purchased here.

As of July 2024, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.

During the academic year 2024-2025, I was an ACLS Fellow. During this time, I researched two new monograph projects, both related to migration between India, Afghanistan, and the British imperial world.  The first of these, titled Out of Empire, is now under contract with UNC Press.

Previously, I was a Lecturer in History at Brunel University-London, and a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow with the Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. 

I earned a PhD in History from Indiana University in April 2020.