Dr. Nafees Ahmed participated in a six-week mentoring program with Dr. J. Mark Kenoyer at UW-Madison as part of the AIPS Junior Faculty Mentoring and Exchange Program. He gained training on a variety of archaeological tools and technologies, enhanced his teaching skills, and learned about the diversity of cultures in the U.S. through attending cultural … Read more
Dr. Marcia Hermansen, Director of the Islamic World Studies program at Loyola University Chicago, led an AIPS-sponsored workshop on "New Developments and Debates in Islamic Studies" at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan! This five-day workshop was designed to communicate important trends, publications, and pedagogical strategies to early career faculty from diverse Pakistani Universities. Twenty-two students … Read more
The Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP-AIPS) will be accepting applications for its Fall 2019 intensive Urdu language immersion program based at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan through March 1, 2019. Jointly administered by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP) at … Read more
Thank you to those that organized and attended the AIPS-sponsored events at the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, Wisconsin! To view photos from the events, please visit and "like" our Facebook page. AIPS Junior Scholars Symposium: This symposium showcased the research being done by eight junior scholars in the field of Pakistan Studies. AIPS … Read more
Ms. Sarah Beckham and Dr. Gwendolyn Kirk hosted a "New Pedagogies Workshop Series" at the Lahore University of Management Sciences in September of 2018. These instructor training workshops demonstrated the concepts of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL), Flipped/Blended Learning, and core principles of Student-Centered Learning, with a specific focus on how these could be used in the teaching of Less Commonly … Read more
Co-edited volume by AIPS President, Professor Kamran Asdar Ali
AIPS is pleased to announce the publication of a new book in translation by member Professor Emeritus Dr. Muhammad Umar Memon.
AIPS awarded an international travel grant to Dr. Sean Pue, Michigan State University AIPS Representative, to attend the Karachi Literature Festival. Please see Dr. Pue's blog on the event! Sean's blog
1. Body of Victim, Body of Warrior Cabeiri Robinson
2. Development Changes Confronting Pakistan, ed. Anita Weiss and Saba Khattak
3. Urdu Literary Culture, Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Held at NED University’s Karachi campus on January 1–2, 2013, AIPS’ collaborative workshop “Rethinking the Urban in Pakistan” brought several AIPS members together with anthropologists, urban planners, historians, artists, and activists in discussion about how Pakistan’s cities have changed and resulted in human costs and possibilities.
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