Last month, a team of six staff from the Civic Initiative (a business group of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute) were in Islamabad. They held a three-day follow-up conference for alumni from recent cohorts of the Study of the U.S. Institutes Comparative Public Policymaking program that has been held annually by the Civic Initiative since 2010. The SUSI program is funded by the US Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Office.
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2016-17 Travel Grants
CAORC Funded
*Funding provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).
Dean Accardi
Affiliated Institution: Connecticut College
Conference Name: Preconference to the 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 20, 2016
Title of Paper: Engendering Bhakti Networks in Kashmir and Tamil Nau
Paper Abstract Final Report
Elizabeth Bolton
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Conference Name: 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 21-23, 2016
Title of Paper: The Power of Place: Community and Newswork at Lahore's City 42 Channel
Paper Abstract Final Report
Faris A. Khan
Affiliated Institution: Brandeis University
Conference Name: Feminist Preconference to the 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 20, 2016
Title of Paper: Dissent, Sedition and State Regulation
Paper Abstract Final Report
Nabeeha Chaudhary
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Conference Name: 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 21-23, 2016
Title of Paper: This is Where You Belong - Shifting Representations of the Ideal Woman in Pakistani TV Serials from the 1980s to the Present
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William Belcher
Affiliated Institution: University of Hawai'i - West O'ahu
Conference Name: 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 21-23, 2016
Title of Paper: Subsistence Practices in the Indus Tradition: A Fishy Perspective
Paper Abstract Final Report
Elizabeth Lhost
Affiliated Institution: University of Chicago
Conference Name: Ocean of Law II
Conference Dates: December 12-14, 2016
Title of Paper: Mapping Legal Authority in the Indian Ocean: The Geography of 19th and 20th Century Fatwa Literature from South Asia
Paper Abstract Final Report
Jeffrey Diamond
Affiliated Institution: Clarion University
Conference Name: 2017 Association for Asian Studies Conference
Conference Dates: March 16 - 19, 2017
Title of Paper: Building a new 'Paradise': Anjumans and Urdu Literary Culture in Late Nineteenth Century India
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Carla Petievich
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Conference Name: 2017 Association for Asian Studies Conference
Conference Dates: March 16 - 18, 2017
Title of Paper: Notes on the Multiple Locations of Modern Punjabi Literature
Paper Abstract Final Report
Waqas H. Butt
Affiliated Institution: University of California - San Diego
Conference Name: Politics of Waste
Conference Dates: June 2 - 3, 2017
Title of Paper: Legitimacy as Fetish: Documenting Work in Lahore's Waste Infrastructure
Paper Abstract Final Report
Anita Weiss
Affiliated Institution: University of Oregon
Conference Name: ISA - CISS 2017 "Cooperation and Contestation in World Politics"
Conference Dates: June 28 - 30, 2017
Title of Paper: The Potential of State and Non-state Actors to Counter Violent Extremism: a Case Study of Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Alan Foster Lee
Affiliated Institution: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Conference Name: Red Sea VIII: Coveted Treasure - The Economy Natural Resources: Extraction, Processing, and Trade
Conference Dates: July 4 -9, 2017
Title of Paper: Crucible Steel Production: An Experimental Study of Crucible Composition and Structure
Paper Abstract Final Report
Miriam Golden
Affiliated Institution: University of California - Los Angeles
Conference Name: American Political Science Association Annual Meetings
Conference Dates: August 31 - September 3, 2017
Title of Paper: Establishing Responsive Linkages between Politicians and Voters in Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Nosheen Ali
Affiliated Institution: Aga Khan University
Conference Name: Feminist Pre-Conference ot the 46th Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 26 - 28, 2017
Title of Paper: Chup karke kareen guzare nu: Witnessing Violence and Staying Silent
Paper Abstract Final Report
Aparna Kumar
Affiliated Institution: University of California - Los Angeles
Conference Name: American Council for Southern Asian Art 18th Biennial Symposium
Conference Dates: October 12 - 15, 2017
Title of Paper: Unraveling a National Symbol: Partition and the Lahore Museum
Paper Abstract Final Report
Samina Iqbal
Affiliated Institution: Lahore School of Economics
Conference Name: AIIS Dissertation to Book Workshop at the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 25 - 26, 2017
Title of Paper: Modern Art of Pakistan: Lahore Art Circle 1947 - 1957
Paper Abstract Final Report
Funded by AIPS Unrestricted Funds
Alizishaan Khatri
Affiliated Institution: University of Buffalo
Conference Name: 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Date: October 21 - 23, 2016
Title of Paper: The Ethics of Digital Humanities Approaches to Cultural Studies: A Prespective from Computer Science
Paper Abstract Final Report
Osama Siddiqui
Affiliated Institution: Cornell University
Conference Name: 45th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Date: October 21 - 23, 2016
Title of Paper: The Enchantment of Political Economy: Wealth and its Sciences in Colonial India
Paper Abstract Final Report
Abdul Haque Chang
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas at Austin
Conference Name: 115th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropology Association
Conference Date: November 20, 2016
Title of Paper: Rethinking the Question of Fishermen through Gutka Piety
Paper Abstract Final Report
Abdul Aijaz
Affiliated Institution: Indiana University
Conference Name: Annual Conferene of Association of American Geographers
Conference Date: April 5 - 9, 2017
Title of Paper: Reconfiguration of Interests and Identities: Symbolic Politics of Pak-China Economic Corridoe and Pakistani Federation
Paper Abstract Final Report
Naila Sahar
Affiliated Institution: University of Buffalo
Conference Name: 46th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 26 - 28, 2017
Title of Paper: Revisionary Political Historiography in Contemporary Pakistani Fiction
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Ayesha Mulla
Affiliated Institution: University of Chicago
Conference Name: 46th Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 26 - 28, 2017
Title of Paper: 'Marwa Na Dena': Reporting Between the Marginal and the Military
Paper Abstract Final Report