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    • 2005-2006 Fellows

    Jehangir Malegam

    Stanford University
    Department of History

    Jehangir Malegam grew up in Bombay, India, and graduated from Emory University.  After stints in biology and architecture, he decided to become a medieval historian.  He enjoys painting, wandering through big cities, watching Woody Allen films, and most sports that involve hitting a ball.  He has currently embarked on an insidious plot to get Americans to play cricket, one convert at a time.

    Project Summary

    Malegam's dissertation, “Peace and its Visions: Mediations between Theology and Society, 1060-1180,” examines how early twelfth century understandings of peace and peacemaking shaped clerical images of society, and provided a framework for blueprints of universal Christian reform.  As part of the vocabulary of obedience, communication and command, peace serves as a marker for systems of social order similarly envisioned by monks, secular clergy, and urban fraternal associations.