Aastha Ranabhat It is with heavy heart that I pen these words of gratitude to Professor Muhammad Umar Memon who died on Monday, June 4th. Professor Memon had a long affiliation with AIPS and his singular contribution towards keeping alive the only journal of Urdu in English Language: Annual of Urdu Studies was exemplary. The annual was … Read more
The online version of the AIPS 2018 Newsletter is ready for circulation! Thanks to all AIPS members and staff who made this newsletter possible. AIPS 2018 Newsletter
American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) is pleased to announce its 2018 Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan Studies, which will take place as a pre-conference to the 47th Annual Conference on South Asia. The conference will be held on Thursday October 11, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. This one-day conference is expected to bring together junior … Read more
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies is soliciting books (single authored monographs, no edited volumes) published during the last three years, or nearly published books (galleys must be available) for the 2017-2018 AIPS book prize. ** Please note that this is an academic book prize (literary fiction/short stories are not appropriate for this prize) and … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC), Government of Pakistan on May 16, 2018. We are very pleased to be moving forward with this MoU with the IPC and are excited about future programming to result from this partnership. Present to witness … Read more
American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) is pleased to announce its 2018 Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan Studies, which will take place as a pre-conference to the 47th Annual Conference on South Asia. The conference will be held on Thursday October 11, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. This one-day conference is expected to bring together junior scholars … Read more
What is folk? What is folklore? What are folk traditions, shared narratives, rituals and festivals? Why are they so important for our existence? AIPS Trustee Frank Korom answered all the above questions and talked about the evolution of folklore in South Asia in an interview with Aimon Fatima on Folk Beats (Lok Virsa – National … Read more
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies is soliciting books (single authored monographs, no edited volumes) published during the last three years, or nearly published books (galleys must be available) for the 2017-2018 AIPS book prize. ** Please note that this is an academic book prize (literary fiction/short stories are not appropriate for this prize) and … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Book Award prize winner: Prof. Dr. Sadia Saeed, author of Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan! The committee chose the book because of its relevance to Pakistan Studies, as well as because of its theoretical sophistication and depth of argument. The author tackles such … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce that the Berkeley – AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP-AIPS) is accepting applications from non-US Citizens for its Fall 2018 intensive Urdu language immersion program based at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. Jointly administered by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Berkeley Urdu … Read more