Nargis NURULLA-KHOJA
Professor
Additional Role
Professor Nurulla-Khoja works at the intersection of intellectual history, decolonial thought, and the cultural heritage of Central Asia, with a particular focus on the Silk Road and its afterlives.
Books
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BOOK AWARDS
COURSES TAUGHT
- HIST2170, The making of the Islamic world: The Middle East, 500-1500
- HIST2208, The Silk Roads
- History of the Silk Road
- Sogdian History
- Central Asian Culture and Ethnology
- Islamic Sufi Philosophy (Master’s)
- Gender Studies in Post-Soviet Contexts
- Museum Education and Heritage Narration
- International Relations in the Central Asian Region
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
EXTERNAL AFFILIATIONS
- Silk Road International University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Temptation from Michel Foucault and the Sufi Wanderings of the Historian.” Questions of Philosophy 9 (2019): 50–63.
“Decolonization through a New Understanding of Sufism.” Bulletin of MGIMO-University 3, no. 60 (2018): 139–160.
“De-colonization of Political Borders in Central Asia.” Bulletin of MGIMO-University 6 (2017): 87–101.
“Dancing Merchants Outside the Empire on the Silk Road.” Bulletin of MGIMO-University 1, no. 52 (2017): 119–139.
“Decoloniality of Historical Knowledge and Intercultural Dakhlez in Central Asia.” Bulletin of MGIMO-University 4, no. 49 (2016): 16–25.
“Imitated or Genuine? The Value of Resilience in Sufi-Hamsoya.” In Resilient Communities of Central Eurasia, edited by E. Korosteleva and I. Petrova. London: Routledge, 2023.
“Bridging Past and Present: Reconfiguration of Museum Education.” International Journal of Humanities Education 23, no. 2 (2025): 109–126.
“Reconstructing the Intellectual Neighbourhood: Tracing Ali Qushji’s Influence in Science.” F1000Research (2025).
“De-Westphalizing Central Asia: From Soviet Biopolitics to a Silk Road Mentality.” Interventions, minor revisions.
“From Timur to Tourists: Reassembling Heritage in Samarkand.” Tourism Geographies, under review.