The South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin has announced a virtual launch event for the Sajjad Zaheer Digital Archives! The event will take place on Tuesday, April 27th, 9:00-10:30 AM CDT. Syed Akbar Hyder (UT Austin) will serve as the moderator for the event which will feature many of the scholars … Read more
We are happy to share news of the upcoming International Conference on Buddhism in Pakistan! The Silk Road Centre, in collaboration with the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University is organizing an International Conference on Buddhism in Pakistan from October 11-12, 2021 in Islamabad. The conference includes engaging research sessions, a Buddhist art festival, … Read more
The Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies (PJHS) (Indiana University Press) is seeking contributions on any period and theme related to the subject of history for their Fall publication. Submissions are due by June 15, 2021! PJHS aims to develop critical ideas on less explored and innovative themes in social, cultural, art, architectural, political, and economic histories. … Read more
[Call for Proposals] A Writing Workshop, funded by the British Academy is seeking proposals from early-career scholars on topics relating to the period from 1947-1970 in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The scholars selected will also receive mentorship from an international team of senior academics, either in online and physical meetings. The papers, once they pass the … Read more
For the first two years of membership, AIPS is waiving the Institutional Membership fee ($250) for two-year colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions. Representatives of these institutions serve on the Board of Trustees, have full voting rights and are eligible for numerous funding opportunities available through AIPS. Please see our Institutional Membership page for eligibility requirements and how … Read more
AIPS is excited to announce our 2021-22 Fellows! Mashal Saif, Clemson University received a Post-Doctoral (Senior) Fellowship. Fizza Joffrey, University of Oxford; Muhammad Saad Lakhani (Stanford University), and Sarah Eleazar Sadiq (The University of Texas at Austin) received Pre-doctoral (Junior) Fellowships. Congratulations to this year's fellows!
AIPS would like to congratulate our 2021 Short-Term Research Grant Awardees: Hashim Ali (University of Illinois-Chicago), Manav Kapur (Princeton University), Elliot Montpellier (University of Pennsylvania), Ilma Qureshi (University of Virginia), and Natalya Rahman (Stanford University). These scholars will spend up to 3 months conducting research in Pakistan. AIPS would like to thank all of our applicants … Read more
"The Journal of Research in Humanities announces a call for papers for Issue No 1, January to June, of Volume LVII of JRH. The journal welcomes analytical and critical articles of 4000 to 6000 words. Articles must be original and hitherto unpublished. Electronic submissions along with the submission form should be sent to chief.editor.jrh@pu.edu.pk."For more … Read more
Forman Christian College has issued a [Call for Papers] for the inaugural issue of the Forman Journal of Social Sciences! "The main objective of FJSS is to provide an intellectual platform for local and international scholars to promote original and valuable scholarship in the Social Sciences, including but not limited to subject areas of: Anthropology, … Read more
We are excited to announce the winner of the 2021 AIPS Book Prize! This year's award goes to Dr. Mubbashir Rizvi for his book "The Ethics of Staying: Social Movements and Land Rights Politics in Pakistan" (Stanford University Press, 2019). The AIPS Book Prize Committee found the book to have "significant potential to draw other scholars … Read more