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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AIPS Conferences 2005-2006
34th Annual South Asia Conference
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison Concourse Hotel
October 6 - 9, 2005
The Annual Conference on South Asia attracts over 500 scholars and other interested parties annually, who travel from a dozen countries around the world and much of the United States including Hawaii and Alaska. The conference features over 70 academic panels and roundtables as well as association meetings and special events ranging from performances to film screenings. Included each year are a noted Keynote Speaker and a Plenary Session Speaker.
Scholars, professionals and practitioners with interest in any field related to South Asia scholarship, are invited to propose panel or single paper presentations on research or practice. Examples of research can be in any of the following disciplines such as: anthropology, architecture, art, history, literature, politics, women's studies, religious studies, or film studies to name a few. Non-presenters are also invited to attend.
Between State Ideology and Popular Culture: Urdu Literature and Urdu Media in Contemporary Pakistan
Organized and held July 20-22, 2006 by The Department of Modern South Asian Studies (Languages and Literatures), South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
You can view or download a one-page summary, a full program, and a list of participants.