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2016-17 Programs

AIPS Sponsored Programs for 2016-17

AIPS-Sponsored Conferences and Workshops

  • Muslim Thought and Practice in South Asia: Perspectives within and between History and Religious Studies, October 13-15, 2016 (Boston University)
  • Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan, October 20, 2016 (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  • Fourth International Karachi Conference, December 9-11, 201 (Arts Councils of Pakistan, Karachi)
  • Eighth Karachi Literature Festival, February 10-12, 2017 (Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi)
  • 7th Annual Pakistan Student Association Conference on Pakistan, April 7, 2017 (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)
  • Scholars at the Intersection of South Asian and African Studies Student Colloquium (SISAAS), April 8, 2017 (Howard University, Washington, DC)
  • Montstuart Elphinestone: Between Local and Global Forces Conference, April 20-21, 2017 (Jnanapravha, Mumbai, India)
  • Locality, Genre, and Muslim Belonging in South Asia, September 15-16, 2017 (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC)
  • Research Methodology Workshop, September 29-30, 2017 (Margalla Hotel, Islamabad)
  • South Asian Media Cultures: History, Theory and Criticism; the third workshop in a three-part series 'Visual Analysis: Art, Architecture and Media' organized by Iftikhar Dadi
  • Libraries and Cataloging of Materials in a Digital Age; first workshop in a two-part series 'Cataloging and Librarianship Workshops and the Cataloging and Preservation of the Anjum-I Taraqqi-I Library', organized by both Christopher R. Perkins and David Hirsch (July 24-28, 2017)
  • Libraries and Cataloging of Materials in a Digital Age; second workshop in a two-part series 'Cataloging and Librarianship Workshops and the Cataloging and Preservation of the Anjum-I Taraqqi-I Library' organized by both Christopher R. Perkins (September 24-27, 2017)

Junior Faculty Mentoring Program

  • Professor Qasid Mallah, Shah Abdul Latif University, spent September 15-30, 2017 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Research field: Archaelogy)
  • Professor Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Quaid-i-Azam University, spent September 21-30, 2017 at Arizona State University (Research field: )
  • Scholar Alia Amirali, Quaid-i-Azam University, spent September 21-30, 2017 at Arizona State University ( Research field:)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Ms. Tabinda M. Khan, Gurmani Center for Languages and Literature, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) spent September 19-29, 2017 at Princeton University (Research field:)
  • Professor Charles M. Ramsey, Baylor University, spent time at Forman Christian College (Research field:)
  • Professor Sikander Shah, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), spent September 22-28, 2017 at John Hopkins University (Research field:)
  • Professor Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Mount Holyoke College, spent time at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (Research field:)
  • Professor Daniel Majchrowicz, Northwestern University, spent September 27, 2017 at University of Punjab-Lahore (Research field: )
  • Professor Imtiaz ul Haq, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), spent September 19-30, 2017 at Northwestern University

Community Colleges Initiative

  • Dr. Ijaz Butt, Principal, Government College Township, Lahore, spent three weeks March to April 2017 at Austin Community College
  • Mr. Baqir Jaffary, Principal, Government College Civil Lines in Multan, spent three weeks March to April 2017 at Austin Community College
  • Ms. Rubina Sarwar, Principal, Government College for Women in Gujranwala, spent three weeks March to April 2017 at Austin Community College
  • Mr. Mohammad Nizamuddin, Chairperson, Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC), spent September 12-19, 2017 at City University of New York La Guardia Community College and CUNY Borough of Manhattan then spent Septemeber 20-24, 2017 at Austin Community College