Description:
Pakistan reforms in higher education in the past decade has resulted in U.S.-based scholars engaged in Pakistan studies being increasingly requested to assist universities in Pakistan in such things as job searches, tenure and promotion reiews, and as external dissertation examiners. AIPS plays a significant role in facilitating scholarships within academe in Pakistan through dissertation workshops held in Pakistan.
Workshop goals: The individual workshops bring together Pakistani doctoral students (based in Pakistan) in the humanities and social sciences who are: (1) developing dissertation proposals or are in early phases of research or dissertation writing; (2) seeking to develop new, richer, more accurate, more subtle or robust understandings of their fields; and (3) aspire to become viable scholars within the global intellectual community.
Proposed structure of workshops: These dissertation workshops are discipline-based. Each workshop will be limited to 12 students, ideally from a broad array of universities within Pakistan.
Workshop leaders are established senior scholars who: i) is either an Individual Member or an Institutional Trustee of AIPS; ii) has a robust research portfolio; and iii) has ample experience in supervising graduate students. The workshop leader may propose to invite, at their discretion, a senior Pakistan-based scholar to assist the workshop leader in conducting the dissertation workshop. Prior to issuing the invitation, the AIPS dissertation workshop selection committee must approve the Pakistani scholar to be included. An honorarium is available for workshop leaders.
Workshop participants will consist of doctoral students enrolled in any recognized institution of higher education in Pakistan. Applicants will need to apply to a Request for Applications which will be circulated through the HEC, university networks, advertisements, and other medium.
Information for submitting a workshop leader proposal is in the attachment below: