Paige Hendricks The last session for the CSS Exam Series has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 3 at 8PM Pakistan Time (10AM CST). There will be no session on Sunday, August 30. Dr. Andre Audette will be joining us again to discuss the U.S. Presidential Election!
The 2020 Annual Conference on South Asia, which takes place in Madison, WI, has been postponed. For more details, please read the full announcement, with preliminary information on proposals and registrations.
Dr. Hafeez Malik, political science scholar, social activist, and one of the founders of AIPS, passed away this past Monday. Prof. Malik will be greatly missed by all. To read more about his life and extensive contributions, please read the article below. https://www.dawn.com/news/1551220/pakistani-scholar-dies-in-us-quietly-after-decades-of-service
The Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP-AIPS) is accepting applications for its Fall 2020 intensive Urdu language immersion program based at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. The application deadline is February 14, 2020. Apply now! Application details for US citizens Application details for non-US citizens
The AIPS Junior Faculty Training and Exchange Program has officially concluded! This Embassy-funded program brought 14 Pakistani scholars to the US and 18 US scholars to Pakistan. The main focus of this grant was to provide a consistent long-term transfer of expertise for capacity building among the faculty members in Pakistan. Surveys were conducted immediately … Read more
This short video, created by the Bull City Doc Squad at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), highlights the 2019 Digital Humanities Program that took place in Pakistan and North Carolina. Check it out to learn more about the experiences of these scholars!
The deadline is quickly approaching! AIPS 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 annual AIPS Book Prize. Please note that this is an academic book prize (literary fiction/short stories are not appropriate for this prize), and only English … Read more
At this year's Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI, AIPS hosted a reception, organized by Zahra Sabri, in memory of Professor Muhammad Umar Memon (1939-2018). The reception included tributes by Farhat Haq, C.M. Naim, Zahra Sabri, and Ali Akbar Natiq also recited his poetry. Following the tributes to Prof. Memon, Farhat Haq introduced … Read more