connorsteinke The 49th Annual Conference on South Asia is seeking submissions for panels, roundtables, and single papers! This year's conference (postponed from 2020) will be held October 20-24, 2021. Due to anticipated UW-Madison restrictions on large gatherings, the Conference will be held virtually this year, with more details to follow. If your panel, roundtable, or single … Read more
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and Oxford University Press (OUP), Pakistan, are happy to announce a collaborative reprint series! The series focuses on reprinting humanities and social science monographs and edited volumes for sale in Pakistan. Prospective applicants must be individual AIPS members or scholars from an AIPS member institution. For accepted books, … Read more
The American Pakistan Foundation has announced several workshop series that will be featuring some AIPS members! Workshops cover a variety of topics and will be held entirely virtually. More information on the APF's ConnectX Workshops can be found on the APF website
LUMS has announced a new intensive Urdu Language Program for this summer! See the flyer below for more information. The application deadline for the 8-week Summer Session is March 15, 2021. Email urdu@lums.edu.pk for all inquiries and application details.
The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) has announced their annual AIIS Dissertation to Book Workshop! AIPS is a co-sponsor of this program, held at the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI (October 20-21, 2021). Applications are due by July 31st! Find more information on the AIIS website here: https://www.indiastudies.org/book-prize/dissertation-to-book-workshop/
AIPS is excited to share that Dr. Iqbal Singh Sevea of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill has been elected the next AIPS Vice President! Dr. Sevea is currently an Associate Professor of History at UNC and has served as its institutional trustee to AIPS since 2013. His research focuses on modern Islam and … Read more
AIPS is excited to announce the election of Dr. Matthew A. Cook of North Carolina Central University as the next AIPS President! Matt has been an active member or board member of AIPS for almost 20 years and has received several grants and funding programs to advance the field of Pakistan studies both in the … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce the award recipients for our 2020-2021 Junior and Senior Fellowships! Congratulations to Rachel Cochran, SherAli Tareen, Sarah Waheed, Zahra Khalid, and Suneel Kumar. These project proposals explore Muslim history, emancipation, anthropology, urbanization, and more! Award recipients will spend 2-6 months conducting research in Pakistan, UK, India, and the United Arab … Read more
AIPS is pleased to recognize the 2020 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardees. Congratulations to Hardeep Dhillon, Muntazir Ali, Sundas Amer, Zain Mian, and Zarak Sohail To read more about these awardees and their funded projects, please click HERE. AIPS is proud to offer research travel grants to Pakistan each year. This grant is open to … Read more
AIPS is excited to announce the winner of the 2020 Book Prize competition as SherAli Tareen for his book "Defending Muhammad in Modernity" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) The Book Prize Committee noted "Tareen’s outstanding study is a sensitive and detailed examination of the debate between the Barelvis and Deobandis, an extremely significant dispute … Read more