AIPS Summer 2016 Newsletter!
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
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AIPS Board and EC Member, Professor Matthew A. Cook recently published a book!
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
Prof. Saeed Shafqat at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!
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
AIPS Sponsored Conference, Video Recordings available!
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
AIPS Board Member, Prof. Manan Ahmed Asif recently published a book!
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 received the US Dept. of Education Title VI Overseas Research grant for FY 2016-2020!
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
AIPS Co-sponsored Conference ‘Cinema & Transnationalism in Pakistan and South Asia: Regional Histories’!
AIPS Co-sponsored Conference ‘Cinema and Transnationalism in Pakistan and South Asia: Regional Histories’ was organized by Dr. Esha Niyogi De (UCLA) and Dr. Ali Khan (LUMS) and hosted by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS on September 1-2, 2016. This conference brought to Pakistan the South Asian Regional Media Studies Network (SARMSNet). … Read more
2016 AIPS Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan!
October 20, 2016 — The Madison Concourse Hotel We invite all AIPS members and scholars interested in Pakistan Studies to attend! AIPS is excited to announce that we are hosting our second Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan, which will take place at the Madison Concourse Hotel on Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 10:00am to 5:30pm. This conference … Read more
Review of AIPS sponsored book ‘Story is a Vagabond’ by Intizar Husain!
Intizar Husain’s name carries a sense of enigma. His book Story is a Vagabond, which was supported by AIPS is a selection of his translated stories, essays and dramas, originally published by the University of Hawaii Press in 2015. A valiant attempt to look at his personal evolution and the journey of his political and literary … Read more
Call for Submission – S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize on Pakistan!!
AIPS parterner institution, the Institute for South Asia Studies, and the Berkeley Pakistan Initiative are delighted to announce the inaugural S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize for 2016-17. They invite submission of the best Ph.D. dissertation on Pakistan (or the region that is now Pakistan) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Fine Arts, Law, and … Read more