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!
Title: Site Re-Envisioning Pakistan: The Political Economy of Social Transformation Date: April 4-5, 2014 Website: www.re-envisioningpakistan.org We would like to inform and invite you to an international conference on Pakistan to be held at Sarah Lawrence College this spring. The conference aims to bring together a range of diverse perspectives to examine historical realities and … Read more
AIPS has received funding from the US Embassy for a series of three workshops in four different subject areas, where the same participants attend all three workshops within one particular series. Three series of workshops are scheduled for the upcoming months. Workshop theme: Visual Analysis: art, architecture and mediaOrganizer: Iftikhar Dadi Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University, … Read more
Date: April 7-9, 2014 Monmouth College has organized a two-day conference on Pakistan to take full advantage of speaker Zahid Hussain’s visit! This interdisciplinary conference will have presentations on contemporary political and social issues, as well as music performances and a presentation on film and literature in Pakistan. In addition, the Buchanan center for the … Read more
Title: Contextualizing Pakistan: From Within and WithoutDate: April 4-5, 2014 A joint North Carolina Central University-North Carolina State University conference, co-sponsored by AIPS, was organized to highlight the continued importance of key issues in the research of social sciences and humanities in Pakistan. This two-day conference is to crystallize new directions in the study of … Read more
Zahid Hussain will be lecturing April of 2014 at Sarah Lawrence College, Monmouth College and the University of Texas at Austin. Hussain is a senior editor for Newsline Magazine, columnist for Dawn and correspondent for newspapers such as The Times of London, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal. The Economist is also the sponsored Pakistan Lecture … Read more
Congratulations to the recipients of AIPS's fifth round of awardees for the Short-Term Fellowships! Elizabeth Bolton, Doctoral Student at University of Texas at Austin, awarded 5 months in Lahore Dr. Lubna Chaudhry, Associate Professor at State University of New York, Binghamton, awarded 2 months in Islamabad Dr. Filomena Critelli, Associate Professor at University at Buffalo, … Read more
AIPS has had a very accomplished year! We are excited to share with you the Spring 2014 AIPS Newsletter. Read stories from past AIPS Fellows, learn about upcoming opportunities, and gain insight on all the other achievements AIPS has added in the last year.