connorsteinke Eileen Brewer and Cathy Simpson recently finished their TechWomen program that included a series of over 30 talks, workshops, and sessions on topics relating to women in STEM and entrepreneurship from February 26 to March 12 in Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan. The TechWomen program is part of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and … Read more
AIPS is monitoring the constantly evolving situation with COVID-19. At this time we have not made any decisions regarding the cancellation or alteration to planned programming. Updates will be posted on the AIPS website and Facebook page, and applicants will be emailed directly. Please take any necessary precautions and follow CDC and WHO guidelines.
Congratulations to Prof. Salima Hashmi who was chosen to participate in the 2020 AIPS Pakistan Lecture Series! This program is designed to facilitate the academic exchange between Pakistani and US Scholars by inviting a Pakistani scholar to deliver a lecture series at several US institutions relating to Pakistan studies. Prof. Salima Hashmi was selected to … Read more
Following her involvement in Matt Cook's Digital Humanities workshop and faculty exchange, Ayesha Akram created her own Digital Humanities workshop series consisting of three separate workshops to further spread the knowledge and discipline of Digital Humanities curriculum and education. The first two workshops, titled "Training Workshop and Hands-on Tutorial on DH Tools, Parts 1 & … Read more
The Duke-NCCU Digital Humanities Fellows Program website was recently updated to feature blog posts about the Digital Humanities workshop and faculty exchange program led by Dr. Matthew A. Cook. Part 1 of the workshop series brought several Duke-NCCU DH alumni to Pakistan to work with 12 Pakistani junior faculty in the development of digital humanities skills. … Read more
AIPS is pleased to recognize the 2019 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardees. Congratulations to Ghazal Asif, Jennifer Dubrow, Sardar Hussain, Hamza Iqbal, Danish Khan, Zunaira Komal, Suneel Kumar, Alan Lee, Amna Qayyum and Ali Mehdi Zaidi! To read more about these awardees and their funded projects, please click HERE. AIPS is proud to offer research … Read more
AIPS is excited to announce the recipients of the 2019-20 AIPS Fellowships. Congratulations to Andrew Amstutz, Chad Haines, Salman Hussain, Zayad Bangash, Fatima Tassadiq, Maira Hayat, and Zehra Husain! To read more about these awardees and their projects, please click here. AIPS is proud to offer annual research fellowships for uniquely qualified pre- and post-doctoral … Read more
AIPS is pleased to recognize the winner of the 2019 AIPS Book Prize as Ammara Maqsood for her recent book, "The New Pakistani Middle Class." The book, based on ethnographic field work in Lahore, weaves together ideas of religious identity, piety, consumption, and modernity into an enjoyable and accessible narrative. Maqsood’s work addresses key issues (e.g., … Read more
AIPS has been hosting Junior Faculty Training and Exchange Programs, funded by the US Embassy in Pakistan. These programs allow a unique series of exchanges between US and Pakistani scholars and institutions. Grantees work to develop a program or series of programs on a variety of different topics to foster a deeper cross-cultural understanding. Find … Read more
The Society for American Archaeology recently announced that Dr. J. Mark Kenoyer, a past AIPS president, will receive the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis. This award recognizes the significant global impact and enduring contributions of Dr. Kenoyer's research and teaching to archaeological analysis. Dr. Kenoyer's research focuses on a detailed empirical analysis of a … Read more