Member Highlights

Friday, April 16, 2021

Dr. Anita Weiss will be participating in University of Oregon Webinar on Monday, May 3rd at 4:00PM (PST) to discuss her recently published book, "Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices." Find more information here

SherAli Tareen | Franklin and Marshall College

Friday, April 9, 2021

Dr. SherAli Tareen participated in an online symposium on his book "Defending Muhammad in Modernity" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) that was hosted by the Contending Modernities forum at the University of Notre Dame. The event featured essays by Jonathan Brown, Faisal Devji, Zunaira Komal, Waris Mazhari, Ammar Nasir, and Sohaira Siddiqui, and one from Dr. Tareen which can be read here.

Fran Smulcheski | State Univerity of New York

Friday, April 9, 2021

Professors Fran Smulcheski and Habbat Kibzai were awarded a travel grant from the State University of New York to conduct research in Pakistan for their collaborative project "Silent Voices Echo: Children at work". Their project researches and photographically documents, artistically, economically, and socially the complexities of child labor in Pakistan especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amber Abbas | St. Joseph University

Friday, April 9, 2021

Dr. Amber Abbas published a new book, "Partition’s First Generation: Space, Place and Identity in Muslim South Asia" with Bloomsbury New York. The book is based on oral history research Dr. Abbas conducted in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh and includes substantial discussion of the experiences of Aligarh graduates (Aligarh Old Boys) in all three post- partition states.

Mashal Saif | Clemson University

Friday, March 26, 2021

Dr. Mashal Saif recently published a new book, "The 'Ulama in Contemporary Pakistan: Contesting and Cultivating an Islamic Republic" with Cambridge University Press. In this book, Dr.