AIPS Updates
Spring 2025 Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture
AIPS is excited to share our Spring 2025 Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture! This 10-week asynchronous, online course will take place March 13 – May 22. Registration details are forthcoming!
2025 AIPS Fellowships and Short-Term Grant Applications Now Open!
We are now accepting applications for AIPS Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants! AIPS Fellowships – Apply by February 1 AIPS Short-Term Research Grants – Apply by February 15
AIPS Reception
AIPS will be holding a reception at the Annual Conference on South Asia on Friday, November 1. The reception will be held in the Senate Room at the Concourse Hotel. Come join and connect with AIPS colleagues!
AIPS Executive Committee Election Results
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Majchrowicz (Northwestern University) on his election as AIPS Vice President, Dr. Sameetah Agha (Pratt Institute) on her election as AIPS Secretary, and Dr. Sana Haroon (UMass Boston) on her election as an At-Large Executive Committee member. Thank you to the nominating committee for organizing the election and to our newest EC … Read more
2025 AIPS Book Prize
AIPS is soliciting books (published during the last three years) for the annual AIPS book prize! The award recipient will receive a monetary prize from AIPS ($1,000). Interested applicants should contact AIPS to confirm eligibility before sending books. For more information on the book prize and specific requirements, as well as past prize recipients, see … Read more
Latest Issue of Critical Pakistan Studies Out Now!
The latest full issue of Critical Pakistan Studies is now out! All articles are available to read online.
2024 AIPS Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants Awarded!
AIPS is excited to announce the Short-Term Research Grantees and Fellowship Recipients for 2024. Congratulations to Shafaq Sohail, Faria Shaikh, Aqib Ali, Noormah Rizwan, Shuyan (Michael) Huang, Asif Mehmood, Muhammad Rizvan Saeed, Ilsa Abdul Razzak, and Muhammad Osama Imran for receiving Short-Term Research Grants and congratulations to Adeem Suhail, Ilqua Lutfi, Asif Sandeelo, Kamini Masood, … Read more
2024 AIPS Book Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi (Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences) for receiving the 2024 AIPS Book Prize for his book Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan! The committee found this book to be “a significant and original contribution to Pakistan Studies and South Asia Studies, and to the study … Read more
First Issue of Critical Pakistan Studies Released
The first articles of Critical Pakistan Studies are now available! There are currently 8 articles that are publicly available via "FirstView" on Cambridge University Press's website. Critical Pakistan Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes primary source interpretive research that, in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis, analyzes, discusses, and seeks to understand the varied and … Read more
Call for Papers: Special Issue with Critical Pakistan Studies
Ek Dost Kay Naam: Women’s Writings and Popular Literary Cultures in UrduGuest Editors: Iqra Shagufta Cheema and Fatima Z. Naveed We invite scholars and translators of Popular Urdu literature and art—broadly defined as texts intended to be read by mass audiences—to contribute to a special issue, “Ek Dost Kay Naam: Women’s Writings and Popular Literary … Read more
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New Individual Member Trustees
Congratulations to the following AIPS members who were recently elected as Individual Member Trustees on the AIPS Board of Trustees: Dr. Hassan Abbas (National Defense University)Dr. Dean Accardi (Connecticut College)Dr. Natasha Raheja (Cornell University)Dr. Raisur Rahman (Wake Forest University) These Trustees represent AIPS Individual Members on the BOT. Thanks to all for your willingness to … Read more
New At-Large Executive Committee Member: Gwendolyn Kirk
AIPS would like to welcome Gwendolyn Kirk to the EC! She will be serving as an At-Large Executive Committee Member.
Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture Course
AIPS will be hosting the Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture online course this Spring. Enrollment is open to all interested in exploring Urdu language and culture, and faculty members at Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are eligible to receive full funding to participate in the course thanks to support from AIPS’s Department … Read more
2024 AIPS Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants Applications Are Now Open!
AIPS is excited to announce applications are now open for our Pre- and Post-doc Research Fellowships as well as Short-Term Research Grants!Fellowships are available to both post-doctoral scholars (Senior fellowships) and pre-doctoral scholars who have completed all requirements of a Ph.D. except a dissertation (Junior fellowships). Priority may be given to applicants who have not … Read more
Meet the Editors of Critical Pakistan Studies
Meet the editors of the Cambridge University Press journal, Critical Pakistan Studies at this year’s Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI. This panel will present the mission of Critical Pakistan Studies for prospective contributors to the journal. It also covers the different formats of intellectual inquiry that the journal publishes. After a series … Read more