AIPS sponsored a conference entitled,Trending Pakistan: A History Workshop on April 28 & 29, 2016. This conference was held and organized by Arizona State University. For the full program please see the attached poster: Conference Poster
In April 2016 AIPS sponsored a workshop entitled, Trending Pakistan: A History Workshop, which was hosted by the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University. This was the second of three international workshops exploring current dynamics and future possibilities for Pakistan Studies, and brought together scholars and experts from Pakistan, the US and … Read more
The 6th annual Pakistan Conference, organized by the Organization of Pakistani Students and the Center for South Asian Studies, was held on April 8, 2016. The panelists, academics and artists from both Pakistan and the United States, focused on the theme of infrastructure and development. From the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to the jungle of flyovers … Read more
The online version of the 2016 AIPS Newsletter is ready for circulation! Thanks to all AIPS members and staff who made this newletter possible. AIPS 2016 Newsletter
Annexation and the Unhappy ValleyThe Historical Anthropology of Sindh’s ColonizationMatthew A. Cook, North Carolina Central University Annexation and the Unhappy Valley: The Historical Anthropology of Sindh’s Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced … Read more
The following in an excerpt of a recent article in The Atlantic entitled, 'After Terror in France and Unrest in Turkey, Schools Grapple with whether to send Students Abroad' that came out on July 20, 2016. Study-abroad programs are designed to expose students to ideas and cultures different from their own. They are a soft-diplomacy tool, … Read more
Prof. Saeed Shafqat, Founding Director, Centre for Public Policy & Governance, Forman Christian College, Pakistan gave a talk on 'Perceptions, Realities, and the Changing Dynamics of US- Pakistan Relations' at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prof. David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University, Prof. Charles Kennedy, Wake Forest College, Prof. Matthew Cook, North Carolina Central … Read more
Watch the recordings of the sessions conducted during the AIPS Sponsored State, Society and Democracy in the Postcolony Conference online here The AIPS Sponsored State, Society and Democracy in the Postcolony Conference was organized on August 5-6, 2016 by Clemson University, USA and Lahore University of Management Sciences with the suport from Lahore College Women … Read more
A Book of Conquest: the Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South AsiaManan Ahmed Asif, Columbia University The question of how Islam arrived in India remains markedly contentious in South Asian politics. In a compelling reexamination of the history of Islam in India, AIPS Board of Trustee, Prof. Manan Ahmed Asif directs attention to a thirteenth-century … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce that it has received the Title VI Overseas Research grant for the FY 2016-2020 from the US Department of Education ($65K/year for four years). This grant will be used to support the AIPS overseas centers in Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan. In addition AIPS will use this grant to continue its outreach … Read more