Sheharyar Imran

Sheharyar Imran received a PhD in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in International Studies from Vassar College. He teaches courses on global politics, political economy, and the politics of worldmaking. His research focuses on the entangled histories of capitalism, empire, and abolition, and has received awards from leading disciplinary and interdisciplinary professional associations, including the American Political Science Association (Foundations of Political Theory Section, 2024) and the International Studies Association (Theory Section, 2025).

Sheharyar’s current research project analyzes the production of liberal order under capitalism through an examination of the international relations of empire. He is working on a book project which situates the philosophical foundations, political contradictions, and social and planetary crises constitutive of the capitalist liberal order within the history of empire—with a specific focus on the circulation of people, ideas, and practices across the Indian and Atlantic Ocean worlds around the historical hinge of nineteenth century abolition.

Sheharyar’s research and teaching has been supported by the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism; the Program in Medicine, Science, and Humanities; and the prestigious Dean’s Teaching Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.

• BA: Vassar College
• MA: Johns Hopkins University
• PhD: Johns Hopkins University