Pakistan's Tyrannical Majority
Manan Ahmed Asif is Assistant Professor at Columbia University, an AIPS Trustee Institution. He also has a blog called Chapati Mystery at http://www.chapatimystery.com/
Pakistan elections: how Nawaz Sharif beat Imran Khan and what happens next
Mohammed Hanif is BBC Urdu's special correspondent based in Karachi. He is the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes and Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.
We are pleased to announce that we are extending the deadline for the 2013 AIPS Short-Term Fellowship applications through August 1, 2013! To be eligible for this fellowship, applicants must be U.S. citizens and enrolled/employed full-time in an institution of higher education in the USA. All fellowship recipients should enroll as AIPS individual members prior … Read more
Author Naveeda Khan Title Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan Description In Muslim Becoming, Naveeda Khan challenges the claim that Pakistan's relation to Islam is fragmented and problematic. Offering a radically different interpretation, Khan contends that Pakistan inherited an aspirational, always-becoming Islam, one with an open future and a tendency toward experimentation. For the … Read more
Dr. Robert Nichols, Visiting Fulbright and AIPS Trustee gives a lecture in Islamabad Dr Robert Nichols (Visiting Fulbright Specialist and Trustee AIPS) gave at AIPS-Islamabad on September 05, 2013. Dr Nichols spoke about his recently published book "Frontier Crimes Regulations: A History in Documents" The talk was attended by faculty and scholars of Law, political … Read more
Director of Balochistan Archives, Hafeez Jamali, is a past AIPS fellow and current PhD student at UT Austin. Balochistan Archives is an executive agency of the Government of Balochistan that serves as the main repository for official records and documents of historical significance. We encourage you to visit the Balochistan Archives website to learn more … Read more
AIPS is now accepting applications for 2014 Short-Term and 2014-15 Long-Term Fellowships! The Deadline for both applications is: January 1, 2014. Short-Term Fellowship: AIPS is delighted to announce another round of Short-Term Fellowships (research in Pakistan only) is now open for applications! **Please note that due to the grant deadline, travel dates for this fellowship … Read more
Congratulations to the recipients of AIPS's fourth round of awardees for Short-Term Fellowships! Dr. Christopher Candland, Associate Professor at Wellesley College, awarded 1 month in Islamabad and Lahore Ms. Sayyeda Zehra Razvi, Associate Instructor at University of California Davis, awarded 2 months in Lahore, Pakistan Short-Term Fellowships are funded by Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, … Read more
We are extremely proud to announce that after a 5 year hiatus the Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan's (BULPIP-AIPS) is back. Jointly administered by the America Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Center for South Asia Studies (CSAS) at the University of California at Berkeley, the program will be based in Lahore with … 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 annual AIPS book prize. The award recipient will receive a monetary prize from AIPS ($1,000). In addition, AIPS will recommend the manuscript for publication … Read more
The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP) invite applications for two open positions! The two positions available are: Urdu Language Instructor Program Manager If interested in either of these opportunities, please visit the BULPIP-AIPS page, or follow the link above to each specific job opportunity!