
Michael Laffan
Pronouns
He/Him
Title
Paula Chow Professor of International and Regional Studies; Professor of History
Affiliation
Princeton University
Michael Laffan is the Paula Chow Chair of International and Regional Studies at Princeton University, where he teaches classes on Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean history. His most recent book, published with Columbia University Press in 2022, is Under Empire: Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World.