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AIPS and the Suhail Zaheer Lari Memorial Fellowship Fund support scholars to conduct research on Sindh through our Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants. The recipients should be pre-doctoral or post-doctoral scholars of South Asia and members of AIPS. Interested individuals can apply for this opportunity through an AIPS Fellowship (before 2/1/22) or AIPS Short-Term Research … Read more

The American Institute for Pakistan Studies is pleased to announce an open call for dissertation workshop leader and travel grant proposals for 2012. AIPS/HEC Dissertation Workshop Call for Proposals, Open submission period AIPS is requesting proposals to lead doctoral dissertation workshops during the calendar year 2012. Based on funding, AIPS seeks to organize three workshops … Read more

AIPS is pleased to announce the AIPS-HEC US Faculty Short-Term Hiring Program: The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) and AIPS have agreed to constitute a program titled “AIPS-HEC—US-Faculty Short Term Hiring Program” in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Eligibility: US based faculty with at least three years of post PhD experience. Faculty … Read more

The AIPS 2012-13 Short-Term Fellows to Pakistan have been awarded. Congratulations to the three selected Fellows in the first round of the 2012-13 competition for Short-Term fellowships. William Johnson, University of Oregon Sameer Lalwani, MIT Audrey Truschke, Columbia University More information and abstracts can be found here. AIPS is currently holding a second competitive process … Read more

AIPS is pleased to announce the awardees for the 2012-2013 Junior and Senior Fellowship! Julie Flowerday, Senior Fellow awarded 9 months in Lahore and Islamabad Yelena Biberman, Junior Fellow awarded 4 months in Srinagar and Moscow Naindeep Chann, Junior Fellow awarded 3 months in Paris Daniel Majchrowicz, Junior Fellow awarded 2 months in London Junior … Read more

Junior Prize Senior Prize Junior Prize Awardee:Author: Alyssa AyresTitle: Speaking Like a State: Language and Nationalism in PakistanThis book was written in the author's personal capacity prior to her appointment at the Department of State.  The views are the author's own and do not represent the views of the Department of State. Senior Prize Awardee:Author:  … Read more

This year we commemorate the hundredth birth anniversary of the famous fiction writer and essayist, Sa’dat Hasan Manto. As workshops, symposia and lectures are organized in South Asia, US and other parts of the world, please enjoy readings of his work by four Karachi based performers from the alternative theatre scene of that city. http://dawn.com/2012/05/16/reading-manto/: 

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