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Munis Faruqui
Munis D. Faruqui is a historian and the Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies at UC Berkeley. He also directs Global, International and Area Studies (GIAS), which brings together seven area-focused centers and institutes, including the Institute of European Studies and the Institute for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Professor Faruqui holds a PhD from Duke University and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and is a fluent German speaker. In 2014, he was one of three recipients of UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which honors teaching that “incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning, and has a lifelong impact.” His most recent Cal Discoveries tour was to Andalucia (May 2026).
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