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The AIPS Spring 2012 Newsletter is now online! Please click here to read about the recent AIPS events, conferences, workshops, and fellowships.  

The American Institute of Pakistan Studies is soliciting books (single authored monographs, no edited volumes) published during the last three years, or nearly published books (galleys must be available)nfor 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 … Read more

Multi-Country Research Grant – Applications being accepted! 2012-2013 Cycle The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative … Read more

AIPS is proud to announce five new programs! For the success of these programs, we encourage AIPS Member Institutes and AIPS Individual Members to apply for any of the programs we are offering. Collaborative Workshop with Pakistan University Conferences on Pakistan in the US Pakistan Courses/South Asia Courses in US Institutions Workshops in Pakistan Junior … Read more

AIPS is now accepting applications for 2013 Short and Long Term Fellowships. The link and deadlines for each fellowship are listed below. There you will find information about eligibility, fees, and procedure, as well as a link to the application itself. Long Term Fellowships (Junior and Senior)—Deadline: January 1, 2013 Short Term Fellowships—Deadline: January 15, … Read more

  American Institute of Pakistan Studies What Is the Pakistani Public? Symposium organized by Aamir R. Mufti (UCLA) and Sadia Abbas (Rutgers) December 2012                   “The public sphere” is an important concept of social theory and has become indispensible for our understanding of the transition to modern forms of culture, state, and society. Coined by … Read more

Call for Papers for International Workshop on “Reviewing Identity and Nation-Building in Pakistan” From 15th to 16th of March 2013 an international workshop, funded by the German Hanns-Seidel-Foundation, will be organized by Prof. Dr. Azam Chaudhary and Prof. Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu from the National Institute of Pakistan Studies together with Prof. Dr. … Read more

As part of the annual Association for Asian Studies Conference, AIPS is sponsoring a panel entitled Innovations on the Legal Front in Pakistan: New Laws That May Surprise You. The panel (designated #307 by AAS) will take place on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 8:00am at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA, the … Read more