Maira Hayat recently submitted her article, "The Knot of Ecological Time: an Outlet, an Election, and an Irrigation Office" in a blog published by the Anthropology and Environmental Society. In her article, Hayat expertly offers a critical analysis of the tensions relating to water use and local politics from an anthropological standpoint. Find the full piece here.
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Friday, November 8, 2019
Sheema Kermani, a participant in the AIPS-funded Pakistan Lecture Series at Michigan State University, recently helped create a documentary about her life and work, titled "With Bells on Her Feet." The short documentary won several awards at Montreal's South Asian Film Festival. Read more about the awards and find a trailer for the documentary here.
Monday, October 28, 2019
AIPS President, Farhat Haq recently sat down with SherAli Tareen to discuss her latest book, "Sharia and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics." In the podcast interview, Farhat discussed the implications of blasphemy politics in contemporary Pakistan and outlined some of the historical backdrops of the topic. Listen to the full interview here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Yelena Biberman recently published a new article in Texas National Security entitled "Will the United States and China Keep India and Pakistan from Going to War." Yelena's piece offers a thoughtful insight into the stability of South Asia and the role America and China play in the conflicts between India and Pakistan. Read Yelena's full article here.
Monday, October 7, 2019
SherAli Tareen recently contributed a chapter titled "Disrupting Secular Power and the Study of Religion: Saba Mahmood" to the publication "Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion: An Introduction to Theories and Methods." Tareen's chapter focuses on the late Pakistani-American anthropologist Saba Mahmood and her contributions to the fields of Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Critical Secularism studies. Find a full text of the chapter here.