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AIPS-OUPP Submissions due December 1st

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The AIPS-OUPP scholarly reprint series focuses on reprinting humanities and social science monographs and edited volumes for sale in Pakistan. Prospective applicants must be individual AIPS members or scholars from an AIPS member institution. Submissions are accepted biannually; the next deadline is December 1st, 2021. Applicants must contact AIPS to confirm eligibility prior to applying. … Read more

Writing Pakistan: Literature, Nationhood, and Identity

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AIPS sponsored the panel "Writing Pakistan: Literature, Nationhood, and Identity" at the 2021 Annual Conference on South Asia. The panel, organized by Mushtaq Bilal (PhD candidate, Binghamton University) investigates the relationship between Pakistani literature, nationhood, and identity by bringing together established scholars and graduate students working on Pakistani literature. Two scholars, Muneeza Shamsie and Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, joined virtually … Read more

AIPS 2022 Book Prize

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AIPS is now soliciting books (single-authored monographs, no edited volumes) published during the last three years or nearly published books (galleys must be available) for the annual AIPS Book Prize. The award recipient will receive a monetary prize from AIPS ($1,000). In addition, AIPS will recommend the manuscript for publication in Pakistan with an appropriate … Read more

Call for Submissions! Placing Pakistan: Space, Time, and the Everyday

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The Tafsilan Working Group will be hosting a conference on Pakistan titled "Placing Pakistan: Space, Time, and the Everyday" February 11-12, 2022 and is now seeking submissions! Read the full Call for Papers here, or visit the conference website for more information. Abstract submissions are due by Friday, October 29th, 2021 and can be submitted … Read more

Under-Mapped Spaces: New Methods and Tools for Critical Storytelling with Maps

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Stanford University is hosting an intensive, student-designed workshop for emerging scholars called “Under-Mapped Spaces: New Methods and Tools for Critical Storytelling with Maps”. Cartography continues to reproduce and amplify global inequalities in the production of knowledge. Drawing on Stanford’s rich map collections, this initiative aims to apply cutting-edge digital tools to the creation of compelling, … Read more

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowships

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CAORC is now accepting applications for Multi-Country Research Fellowships. These fellowships enable US scholars to carry out trans-regional and comparative research in countries across the network of Overseas Research Centers (ORCs), as well as other countries. The Multi-Country Research fellowship program first launched in 1993 with fourteen ORCs participating. Now in its 28th year, the … Read more

2021 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant Awardees

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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

2021-22 AIPS Fellows

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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!