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Critical Pakistan Studies to be published by Cambridge University Press from 2023

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Starting in January 2023, Cambridge University Press will publish a new interdisciplinary journal, Critical Pakistan Studies. The journal is a joint launch between CUP and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS); the University of Exeter South Asia Centre, UK; and Le Centre d ‘Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud (CEIAS), France. Critical Pakistan … Read more

Short-Term Research Grant Awardee – Sundas Amer

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Sundas Amer (PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin) was a 2020 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee and conducted research in Pakistan for two months. Read the final report and more here.

Call for Papers: The Pakistan Conference: 75 Years of Independence

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The South Asia Insitute at Harvard University will be hosting "The Pakistan Conference: 75 Years of Independence" on November 29th – 30th, 2022. The organizers are seeking abstracts for both individual papers and panel proposals on a range of topics covering the Independence movement and its enduring legacies. Read the full Call for Papers here. … Read more

CAORC Alumni Ambassador Talk with Anita M. Weiss

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CAORC will host a webinar on October 27 at 12:00 pm ET featuring Multi-Country Research Fellowship Alumnus Anita M. Weiss. Anita is currently a Professor of International and Global Studies and the AIPS trustee for the University of Oregon. The webinar will explore her experience on an AIPS-affiliated CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship, and how the fellowship helped … Read more

Welcome to our new Institutional Members!

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AIPS would like to welcome our three new institutional members for 2022-2023! Dr. Paul Edleman (Sauk Valley Community College), Dr. Farah Habib (Bristol Community College), and Dr. Sameetah Agha (Pratt institute) will serve as the new AIPS Trustees.

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AIPS Urdu-Course Wrap Up

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Earlier this year, AIPS announced the launch of an online course: Introduction to Urdu language and Culture, which has now concluded its inaugural run. This is a 10-week asynchronous course, and students were asked to budget approximately 2 hours a week to work through the materials and resources provided in the Canvas course platform. AIPS … Read more

The Pakistan Conference: 75 Years of Independence

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The American Institute of Pakistan Studies sponsored “The Pakistan Conference: 75 Years of Independence,” hosted at Harvard University by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute on November 29th and 30th, 2022. This was the first time that a Harvard department has organized a conference specifically centered on the field of Pakistan studies. This … Read more

Lahore Biennale 01 Reader

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Dr. Dadi has curated and edited the Lahore Biennale 01 Reader, a compilation of scholarly essays that weaves together cultural politics and the art scene of the entire global South. The book draws upon a series of conferences from 2018. In March of that year, the American Institute of Pakistan Studies sponsored several scholars to … Read more

LUMS “Pathways to Development” Conference

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A three-day conference titled “Pathways to Development” was held in mid-December (19th-21st) at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan. The conference featured participation from several US-based scholars whose travel was facilitated by Yale University (Dr. Sarah Khan) with support from AIPS. The conference saw more than 70 speakers across 22 panel sessions … Read more

2023 Book Prize Awards

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Congratulations to both Dr. Isabel Huacuja Alonso (Assistant Professor, Columbia University) and Dr. Waleed Ziad (Assistant Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill) for receiving the 2023 AIPS Book Prize! This year, the AIPS Book Prize Committee selected two books for the annual award. The committee found Huacuja Alonso’s book, Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders, to … Read more