The Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP-AIPS) is accepting applications for its Fall 2017 intensive Urdu language immersion program based at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. Jointly administered by the America Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP) at the University of California, Berkeley, this … Read more
1) Post Doctoral Fellowship (Senior Fellowship) Application requirements for US Citizen and enrolled/employed full-time with a US academic institution: Research must be conducted in countries OTHER THAN the US or Pakistan AIPS individual member in good standing at the time of application and throughout the tenure of this grant Application requirements for Non-US Citizen and enrolled/employed full-time with … Read more
AIPS is delighted to announce Short-term/Summer Research Grants to Pakistan for 2017. This grant is open to those who are affiliated with an academic institution in the US, regardless of citizenship. US citizen applicants will be required to conduct research in either Islamabad or Lahore. All research must be conducted by December 31, 2017. It is … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce the 2015-16 Book Award prize winner, Prof. Dr. David Gilmartin, author of Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History. The Book Prize committee noted that Professor Gilmartin’s book is a major contribution to the study of colonial state formation, environmental history and the settlement of colonial frontiers. … Read more
On November 22, 2016 AIPS in collaboration with the Hollings Center for International Dialogue organized a pre-departure orientation for the participants of Afghanistan-Pakistan Partnership Summit. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Partnership Summit is a week long program in Istanbul, Turkey where 13 participants from Pakistan and 13 participants from Afghanistan will discuss areas of future cooperation between the two … Read more
AIPS sponsored Thematic Workshop on 'Art, Architecture & Visual Culture: Focus on Popular Culture, Media, & Cinema' was led by Dr. Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) and hosted by Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on January 2-6, 2017. This workshop focused on methodologies for the study of cinema, television, and digital media, including narratology and … 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 2016-2017 AIPS book prize. ** Please note that this is an academic book prize (literary fiction/short stories are not appropriate for this prize) and … Read more
AIPS Co-sponsored Scholars at the Intersection of South Asian and Africana Studies (SISAAS) Colloquium will be held at Armour J. Blackburn University Center, Howard University on Saturday, April 8, 2017. This full day (9am – 5pm) event invites its participants to explore exciting topics discovered in the overlap of South Asian and Africana Studies. SISAAS will … Read more
AIPS is pleased to announce that it will be co-sponsoring the 7th Annual UM- Pakistan Conference. The conference is scheduled for April 7, 2017 at School of Social Works Building – Room 1636, University of Michigan under the theme "Gender & Sexuality.” For details click here
AIPS, AIIS and other South Asian organizations devoted to the study of South Asia are pleased to annouce the '2017 Transforming your Dissertation into a Book Workshop' which will be held on October 25-26, 2017 in conjuction with the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI. This workshop (co)sponsored by like-minded South Asian … Read more