Indo-Muslim Cultures in Transition

Alka Patel, PhD (Harvard 2000) is Associate Professor of South Asian Art, University of California, Irvine. Her publications explore Indian Ocean material history and 12th- through 16th-century architecture in northern India. Her current interests include Ghurid (late 12th century) architecture, and a collaborative investigation of Hyderabad's merchant-bankers.Karen Isaksen Leonard earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 and now chairs the Anthropology Department at the University of California, Irvine. She has published on the history of Hyderabad, India, and Hyderabadis abroad, South Asian immigrants to the United States, and Muslim Americans.