Aastha Ranabhat AIPS parterner institution, the Institute for South Asia Studies, and the Berkeley Pakistan Initiative are delighted to announce the inaugural S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize for 2017-18. They invite submission of the dissertations on Pakistan (or the region that is now Pakistan) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Fine Arts, Law, and Public Health. Only … Read more
The results of the AIPS Presidential elections is out. Farhat Haq has been elected to a 3-year term as the President of AIPS. Her term of office is October 1, 2017 – Sept 30, 2020. Please join us in congratulating Farhat Haq and in thanking both her and Iftikar Dadi for their commitment to AIPS and … Read more
The online version of the AIPS 2017 Newsletter is ready for circulation! Thanks to all AIPS members and staff who made this newsletter possible. AIPS 2017 Newsletter
AIPS, AIIS and other South Asian organizations devoted to the study of South Asia are pleased to annouce the '2017 Transforming your Dissertation into a Book Workshop' which will be held on October 25-26, 2017 in conjuction with the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI. This workshop (co)sponsored by like-minded South Asian … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce that it will be co-sponsoring the 7th Annual UM- Pakistan Conference. The conference is scheduled for April 7, 2017 at School of Social Works Building – Room 1636, University of Michigan under the theme "Gender & Sexuality.” For details click here
AIPS Co-sponsored Scholars at the Intersection of South Asian and Africana Studies (SISAAS) Colloquium will be held at Armour J. Blackburn University Center, Howard University on Saturday, April 8, 2017. This full day (9am – 5pm) event invites its participants to explore exciting topics discovered in the overlap of South Asian and Africana Studies. SISAAS will … 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 2016-2017 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 sponsored Thematic Workshop on 'Art, Architecture & Visual Culture: Focus on Popular Culture, Media, & Cinema' was led by Dr. Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) and hosted by Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on January 2-6, 2017. This workshop focused on methodologies for the study of cinema, television, and digital media, including narratology and … Read more
On November 22, 2016 AIPS in collaboration with the Hollings Center for International Dialogue organized a pre-departure orientation for the participants of Afghanistan-Pakistan Partnership Summit. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Partnership Summit is a week long program in Istanbul, Turkey where 13 participants from Pakistan and 13 participants from Afghanistan will discuss areas of future cooperation between the two … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce the 2015-16 Book Award prize winner, Prof. Dr. David Gilmartin, author of Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History. The Book Prize committee noted that Professor Gilmartin’s book is a major contribution to the study of colonial state formation, environmental history and the settlement of colonial frontiers. … Read more