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Originally from Pakistan, Masood Ashraf Raja (Urdu: مسعود اشرف راجہ) is an Associate Professor〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://facultysuccess.unt.edu/reflections-newly-promoted-and-tenured-faculty )〕 of Postcolonial literature and Theory at the University of North Texas and the editor of Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, an open access〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://oaworld.org )〕 journal that he founded in 2009. Besides teaching and writing about issues of postcoloniality, globalisation, and political Islam, Raja also actively participates in the public debates through his public writing on his two blogs〔http://pakistaniaat.net and http://postcoloniality.org〕 as well as other popular and scholarly websites.〔http://www.shafr.org/author/masoodraja/ and http://www.viewpointonline.net/reflections-by-an-ex-army-officer.html〕 Raja moved to the United States in 1996, after ten years of service in the Pakistan Army as an Infantry officer. Raja graduated with a Masters in literature from Belmont University in 2002, and earned his PhD in Postcolonial Studies from Florida State University in 2006, where he studied with Robin Truth Goodman. While at Belmont University, Raja was awarded the Graduate Writing Award and at Florida State he was awarded the Davis Award for Best Graduate Student and Davis Award for best dissertation in 2005 and 2006 respectively.〔The awards information is available on this page under "Honors and Recognition Section":〕 A strong proponent of peace, social justice, and human rights, Raja hopes to foster a better understanding between his primary culture and rest of the world. Raja's last monograph, ''Constructing Pakistan'', (Oxford University Press, 2010), is an interesting explanation of the rise of Muslim national political identity during the British Raj and offers an innovative explanation of the genesis of the idea of Pakistan. Raja has also published extensively in his area of study and on general academic topics in various academic journals and anthologies.〔See a list of publications here: http://postcolonial.net/about/?id=2〕 Raja is also a member of the Advisory Committee (2009–12) of PMLA, the premier journal of literature and languages and was also recently elected to a five-year term on the Executive Committee of the South Asian Studies Group, Modern Language Association. Besides his academic and popular writings, Raja has also actively presented his views at academic conferences〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SDPI Conference )〕 as well as through public talks.〔Here is a selected list of public talks: http://www.masoodraja.com/expertise/〕 Recently, Raja has also contributed his views on various issues related to the Islamic world and Pakistan to newspapers such as the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' on a story on Osama bin Laden and to Aljazeera English on a story about the Blasphemy law in Pakistan. Having recently won a million dollar grant from the US State Department, Raja is now also the Director of a partnership program between University of North Texas and the National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.unt.edu/news/2012/oct/raja-wins-million-dollar-grant )〕 Masood Ashraf Raja continues to contribute his thoughts on issues of social justice, political Islam, and issues of Human rights.〔More details about speaking engagements: http://www.charlijane.com/profile_Dr_Masood_Ashraf_Raja.htm and http://www.belmontvision.com.moses.com/news/2008/09/05/humanities-symposium-addresses-debate-discourse.1929/〕 ==Publications== Raja has published extensively on issues related to postcolonial studies, political Islam, and about Pakistan and the region. Besides his academic work, Raja also writes poetry and fiction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masood Ashraf Raja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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