Robert Nichols, David Gilmartin, and Matthew Cook organized and held two workshops for junior Pakistani scholars working towards PhDs in History. Individual projects were presented and discussed in detail, while workshop sessions also opened conversations about research methods, scholarly literature and argumentation, and recent examples of successfully completed academic History books of interest to scholars, … Read more
The Society for American Archaeology recently announced that Dr. J. Mark Kenoyer, a past AIPS president, will receive the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis. This award recognizes the significant global impact and enduring contributions of Dr. Kenoyer's research and teaching to archaeological analysis. Dr. Kenoyer's research focuses on a detailed empirical analysis of a … Read more
AIPS has been hosting Junior Faculty Training and Exchange Programs, funded by the US Embassy in Pakistan. These programs allow a unique series of exchanges between US and Pakistani scholars and institutions. Grantees work to develop a program or series of programs on a variety of different topics to foster a deeper cross-cultural understanding. Find … Read more
AIPS is co-sponsored the 9th Annual Pakistan Conference: Spaces of Capital at the University of Michigan on March 30, 2019. This conference brought together vibrant scholars around the intersection of economy and politics. The first panel of the conference dealt with urban infrastructure with a paper by Amen Jaffer (LUMS) on waste management and a … Read more
Dr. Hassan Abbas led two “Dynamics of Countering Human Trafficking in South Asia” workshops in Islamabad and Lahore, Pakistan from December 17th-23rd. They focused on fully understanding the nature and magnitude of human trafficking in the broader South Asian region and were geared towards developing local capacity to counter this challenge as well as studying … Read more
AIPS is pleased to recognize the winner of the 2019 AIPS Book Prize as Ammara Maqsood for her recent book, "The New Pakistani Middle Class." The book, based on ethnographic field work in Lahore, weaves together ideas of religious identity, piety, consumption, and modernity into an enjoyable and accessible narrative. Maqsood’s work addresses key issues (e.g., … Read more
AIPS is excited to announce the recipients of the 2019-20 AIPS Fellowships. Congratulations to Andrew Amstutz, Chad Haines, Salman Hussain, Zayad Bangash, Fatima Tassadiq, Maira Hayat, and Zehra Husain! To read more about these awardees and their projects, please click here. AIPS is proud to offer annual research fellowships for uniquely qualified pre- and post-doctoral … Read more
AIPS is pleased to recognize the 2019 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardees. Congratulations to Ghazal Asif, Jennifer Dubrow, Sardar Hussain, Hamza Iqbal, Danish Khan, Zunaira Komal, Suneel Kumar, Alan Lee, Amna Qayyum and Ali Mehdi Zaidi! To read more about these awardees and their funded projects, please click HERE. AIPS is proud to offer research … Read more
Dr. Filippelli, an Air Quality Fellow for Embassy Islamabad and an expert in air quality and health, delivered a series of lectures, workshops, and demonstrations to raise awareness of issues related to air quality and build dialogs among university researchers, students, governmental, and non-governmental entities on the topic. Through this AIPS-sponsored series of events, which occurred … Read more
Jill Filipovic, Ty McCormick and Lauren Bohn conducted a series of workshops and lectures/discussions on a variety of topics related to journalism in conjunction with a conference on media in Pakistan, “Fake News and Facts in our Region” organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in Islamabad. Filipovic, McCormick, and Bohn’s workshops and lectures, … Read more