Areas of interest
Islamics, Comparative History of Religions
Biography
Derryl MacLean is a social historian of religion with a focus on Islamic studies. Trained at Aligarh Muslim University and McGill University, he centres his research on the social consequences of religious contact and change, especially in issues of conversion and millennialism, and uses for this purpose data primarily from South and Central Asia. His current research concerns early modern Islamic millennialism, orientalism, and diaspora Muslim communities in the West. Born in Nova Scotia, he has resided and carried out research in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon, and Morocco.