Ali Reza Din

I am a postgraduate researcher specialising in the history of British Asians and anti-racist activism in modern Britain.

Email: [email protected]

Background

I completed my undergraduate degree in Arabic Language and English literature at the University of Westminster, London where I developed a strong interest in the social and political history of race, migration, and identity in modern Britain. I then went on to complete a master’s degree in history at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Cambridge, which further shaped my focus on British Asian histories and anti-racist movements through interdisciplinary and archival research.

I am currently a postgraduate researcher at ARU, researching the history of British Asians’ collective and everyday struggles against racism. My PhD thesis draws on archival sources, oral histories, and community-based materials to examine grassroots activism, state power, and experiences of belonging in postwar Britain.

Spoken Languages

English (native/fluent); Arabic, Punjabi, and Urdu (fluent)

Research interests

• British Asian history
• Anti-racist movements in postwar Britain
• Migration, diaspora, and identity
• Grassroots activism and community self-organisation
• Race, racism, and the state
• Policing and minority communities
• Oral history and archival research

Qualifications

• BA Arabic language and English Literature 
• MA History
• CELTA

Memberships, editorial boards

• Fellow of Social History society

Selected recent publications

Bloomsbury Publishers Blog Post April 2025

Recent presentations and conferences

ARU conference online presentation, “Virginity testing scandal’ April 2025

Durham University History Conference July, “The right to wear the turban”