Locally Sourced: AIPS-PIDE Workshop

Locally Sourced: Recovering the Local in History, Culture and Politics in Pakistan A two-day workshop sponsored by the American Institute of Paksitan Studies and the Pakistan Institue of Development Economics August 7-8, 2015 at PIDE, Quaid-i-Azam University Conference Organizers:Matthew Cook, North Carolina Central UniversityDavid Gilmartin, North Carolina State UniveristyZulfiqar Ali Kalhoro, Pakistan Institute of Development … Read more

AIPS Sponsored Workshop

Workshop: Transforming Your Dissertation into a Book October 22, 2015 Co-Sponsored by: the American Institute of Indian Studiesthe American Institute of Pakistan Studiesand other SA regional organizations Preconference at the 44th Annual Conference on South Asia Sponsored by the several organizations devoted to the study of South Asia, this workshop aims to help a select number of … Read more

AIPS Junior Scholars Conference

October 22, 2015 — Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison We invite all AIPS members and scholars interested in Pakistan Studies to attend! Click here to view a list of conference participants.  AIPS is excited to announce that we are hosting a Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan, which will take place on October 22, 2015 at … Read more

2014-15 AIPS Book Prize Winner

AIPS is pleased to announce the 2014-15 Book Award prize winner:Dr. Osama Siddique, author ofPakistan’s Experience with Formal Law: An Alien Justice. Siddique’s book was chosen by the Committee because it focuses on an area not as much discussed as others like the military and geopolitical issues.  Law and the multiple legal systems in play … Read more

AIPS Sponsored Publication

Story is a Vagabond:Fiction, Essays and Drama by Intizar Husain University of Hawai'i Presswith images by Imran Qureshi and Umair GhaniFrank Stewart (Series Editor)Alok Bhalla, Asif Farrukhi, Nishat Zaidi (Guest Editors) Published September 2015Mānoa 27:1 AIPS provided funding to support the publication of this book. Current members of AIPS will receive a discount on this publication, … Read more

AIPS Sponsored Conference at Florida International University

Rāhe najāt (the path of salvation): Religious and Social Dynamics Amongst Mercantile Communities of the Western Indian Ocean FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN STUDIES WORKSHOP Conveners: Iqbal Akhtar and Steven Vose, School of International and Public Affairs at FIU  Venue: Florida International University, Miami, Florida (USA)  Date: 13 November 2015 view the conference programdownload a conference flyerFinal Report    

A Message from AIPS President, Kamran Asdar Ali

Dear Colleagues and Friends,  It is with much sadness that I share this news.  Intizar Husain—the author of numerous short stories, several novels, essayist and much more passed away on February 3, 2016 in Lahore about a short illness. He was 93.  His works were compiled in STORY IS A VAGABOND, AIPS supported summer 2015 … Read more