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Tariq Amin-Khan

Tariq Amin-Khan

Associate Professor
EducationPhD (Social and Political Thought): York (Can.)
Phone(416) 979-5000 x 556169

Spoken Languages

English, Urdu, Punjabi

Biography

Tariq Amin-Khan is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at 91福利, Toronto. He is a faculty member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Met, and honorary member of the Osgoode Hall Graduate Studies in Law, York University, Toronto. In addition to a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University (Canada), he holds a Master鈥檚 degree in South Asian Studies from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Law from the University of Karachi, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and General Business from California State University, Fresno.

Tariq is a founding member of the Anti-Racism Coalition at Toronto Met, current Chair of the Equity Issues Committee of the Toronto Met Faculty Association (RFA), and a member of the Department鈥檚 Curriculum Committee as Chair of the Global Area Group. He continues to serve the University, the Faculty of Arts and the Politics department in various capacities. Tariq appears as media analyst on a range of political and social issues on Canadian television and radio, and contributes Op Ed articles in Canadian and Pakistani newspapers.

Books

  • The Post-Colonial State in the Era of Capitalist Globalization: Historical, Political and Theoretical Approaches to State Formation. New York: Routledge edition, January 2012.
  • Genealogy of the Post-Colonial State in India and Pakistan. Lahore: Vanguard Books edition, June 2012.

Book chapters

  • 鈥淪ecurity and its Impact on Migrants and Refugees.鈥� Ch. 4 in Immigration, Integration and the Settlement Experience in North America, ed. Harald Bauder and John Shields, 118-143. Toronto: Canadian Scholar鈥檚 Press (CSPI), 2015.

Articles in Refereed / Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals

  • 鈥淣ew Orientalism, Securitisation and the Western Media鈥檚 Incendiary Racism.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Third World Quarterly 33:9 (2012): 1595-1610.
  • 鈥淚ssues of Power and Modernity in Understanding Political and Militant Islam.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 29:3 (November 2009): 544-555.
  • 鈥淭he Rise of Militant Islam and the Security State in the Era of the 'Long War'.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Third World Quarterly 30:4 (June 2009): 813-828.
  • 鈥�.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Monthly Review (March 2009): An exchange with Samir Amin, a renowned political scientist and theorist on development studies, political Islam and historical materialism.
    • A translation of the exchange appeared in PRAKSiS 26 (2011/2012): Siyasal 陌slam, 陌ktidar ve Hegemonya [Political Islam, Power and Hegemony]: 161-182.
      • Tariq Amin-Khan, 鈥淪iyasal 陌slam ve Tarihsel Maddecilik- Bir De臒i艧 Toku艧 Siyasal 陌slam鈥櫮� 脟枚z眉mlemek: Geleneksel Tarihsel Maddeci 脟枚z眉mlemeye Dair Bir De臒erlendirme,鈥� 161-172.
      • Samir Amin, 鈥淭ar谋q Amin-Khan'a Yan谋t,鈥� 173-182.
  • 鈥淐olonialism and the Common Origins of Discrete Post-Colonial Identities in India and Pakistan.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Canadian Review for Studies in Nationalism 29:1-2 (December, 2002): 39-52.
  • 鈥淓conomy, Society and the State in Pakistan.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Contemporary South Asia 9:2 (2000): 181-195.
  • 鈥淧ostcolonial Perspective on Global Governance." Presented at Global Governance Symposium.  Toronto: Ryerson University, 25 March 2014.
  • 鈥淭he Neoliberal Security-Surveillance State and Challenges for the Next Left.鈥� Presented in the panel 鈥淐hallenges for the Next Left鈥� at the annual conference of the Society for Socialist Studies (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences). St. Catharines: Brock University, 30 May 2014.
  • 鈥淪ecuritization and Western Media鈥檚 Incendiary Racism: A Critical Appraisal.鈥� Presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Political Science Association (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences).  Victoria: University of Victoria, 04-06 June 2013.
  • 鈥淎 Materialist Conception of the Post-Colonial State: Its Complexities and Challenges.鈥� Presented at the annual Historical Materialism conference: Spaces of Capital Spaces of Resistance. Toronto: York University, 11-13 May 2012.
  • 鈥淣ew US Militarism: Imperialist Overreach or 'Full Spectrum Dominance'?鈥� Presented at the annual Historical Materialism conference. Toronto: York University, 13-16 May 2010.
  • 鈥淥f Niqab, Securitization and State-sponsored Racism.鈥� Presented at the Migration and the Global City Conference. Toronto: Ryerson University, 29-31 October 2010.
  • 鈥淧olitics of Population Control.鈥� Presented at the Food and Population Roundtable, Canadian Pugwash and Science for Peace. Toronto: University of Toronto and Ryerson University, 20-21 November 2009.
  • 鈥淐anadian Anti-Terror and Immigration Laws and their Policy Implications.鈥� Presented in the panel Racism, Islamophobia and the Canadian State 鈥� Forum to Commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  Toronto: Ryerson University, 20 March 2009.
  • 鈥淭he Changing Multicultural Landscape: Is Canada Following the Assimilationist Path of the UK and the Netherlands?鈥� Presented at the 8th annual Critical Race Studies conference of the Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality (R.A.C.E.): Race-ing Hegemonies and Resurging Imperialisms: Building Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Theory and Practice for Our Time. Toronto: Ryerson University, 14-16 November 2008.
  • 鈥淚s Talibanization a Genuine Threat to Pakistani Society?鈥� The 4th Annual Canadian Regional Conference of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America (AMSS): Imperialist Wars and Liberal Peace.  Toronto: OISE/University of Toronto, 01 November 2008.
  • 鈥淎nalyzing Political Islam: A Critique of the Traditional Historical Materialist Analytic.鈥� Presented at the first North American Historical Materialism conference. Toronto: York University, 24-26 April 2008.
  • 鈥淓mpire, the New 'Permanent War' and Its Implications on Post-Colonial Societies.鈥� Presented at the annual Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association (APPSA): Political Science at the Edge of Empire, Fredericton, NB: University of New Brunswick, 28-30 September 2007.
  • 鈥淓rosion of Multiculturalism and the Retreat from Anti-Racism: Evaluating the Agenda of Change in Canada and Western Europe.鈥� Presented at the 7th annual Critical Race Studies conference of Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality (R.A.C.E.): Transnational Racism and the Rights to Have Rights. Toronto: OISE/University of Toronto, 03-05 May 2007.
  • 鈥淲hither Multiculturalism? The Rise of the Security State in Canada and Western Europe.鈥� Presented at the 9th National Metropolis Conference: Exploring Canada鈥檚 Diversity Today and Tomorrow.  Toronto: The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 01-04 March 2007.
  • 鈥淩ace, Capitalism and the Trouble with Critical Race Theory.鈥� Presented at the joint panel 鈥淢arxism and Anti-Racism 鈥� Extending the Dialogue鈥� at the annual conferences of the Canadian Political Science Association and the Society for Socialist Studies (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences). Toronto: York University, 02-03 June 2006.
  • 鈥淚mperialist Imperatives, Client States and the Rise of Political Islam.鈥� Presented at the Graduate Students鈥� Conference on The Political Economy of the Middle East in the Age of Empire: Historical, Theoretical, and Political Reflections. Toronto: York University, 23-24 March 2006.

Tariq鈥檚 research interests include the security state and securitization, the post-colonial state, international development, globalization and migration, political and militant Islam, nationalism and ethnicity, comparative study of multiculturalism, race and racism, and issues of state and society in South Asia. Much of his research uses the analytical frame of political economy and social history.

Tariq has taught and/or developed the following courses during the past twelve years: Issues in Third World Politics, International Development Studies, Nationalism and Identity, Theories of the State, Introduction to South Asian Studies, Colonialism and Imperialism, and graduate courses: The State and the Economy, and Global Migration and Population Movements. Tariq supervises, and is on dissertation committees of, PhD students in Policy Studies, Communication and Culture, and Law. He continues to supervise numerous Major Research Papers (MRPs) and theses of students in the Immigration and Settlement Studies (ISS) and Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) MA programs.