Malik Hammad AhmadDr

About me

I am a historian and university educator with over 22 years of academic, research, policy, and international experience across Pakistan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. My research focuses on modern South Asian history, particularly democracy, civil resistance, political violence, human rights, and the historical processes shaping contemporary Pakistan. I hold a PhD in History from the University of Warwick, UK, where my doctoral research examined the struggle for democracy in Pakistan and nonviolent resistance to military rule, 1977–88. I also hold an MPhil in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies from the University of Jaume I, Spain, an MSc in History from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, and postgraduate training in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the European Peace University, Austria. Currently, I serve as Assistant Professor of History/Human Rights at Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, teaching and supervising undergraduate, MPhil, and PhD students. My teaching experience includes South Asian history, Muslim rule in Spain, European intellectual history, the history of the USA and China, human rights, and peace education. I have also taught History at the University of Warwick and other Pakistani universities. My publications address nonviolent movements, democratic struggles, human rights, political polarization, counter-terrorism, and peacebuilding. Alongside academia, I have held senior policy and research positions with the Government of Pakistan and undertaken extensive international work in peace education and intercultural dialogue in Spain. My interdisciplinary experience enables me to connect historical scholarship with contemporary debates on democracy, human rights, peace, and social transformation.