Emma Jane Flatt

Emma Flatt works on the social and cultural history of medieval and early modern South Asia (c.1300-1700), with a particular interest in the history of mentalities, emotions and senses. She is the author of The Courts Of The Deccan Sultanates: Living Well In The Persian Cosmopolis, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019); the co-author (with Daud Ali) of Garden and Landscape Practices in Precolonial India: Histories from the Deccan, (Delhi: Routledge, 2011), as well as the author of various journal articles on the histories of astrology, wrestling, magic, friendship and perfumes. She received her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2009. She also holds a BA in History and Italian from Cardiff University and an MA in Asian History from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Before joining NTU in 2023, Emma worked at the National University of Singapore (2018-2023); and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012-2018) and NTU (2009-2011).