The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), established in 1973, is a bi-national research and education organization with a mission to promote academic study of Pakistan in the US and to encourage scholarly exchange between the US and Pakistan.
Dr. SherAli Tareen recently delivered a talk in Pashto and Urdu on his book Defending Muhammad in Modernity for the inaugural Peshawar Literature Festival. Click here for the video of the talk and discussion.
Dr. Mashal Saif and Dr. Amen Jaffer, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), recently published a co-edited volume titledState and Subject Formation in South Asia.
Ken LeBlond is the co-host/producer of a new podcast specifically focused on Pakistan/US relations called Chai and Coffee: Pakistan-Talks with co-host/producer Nuaman Ishfaq Mughal, a journalist based in Islamabad.
Interested in transforming your recently completed dissertation into a full-length book? The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) is seeking applications for their 2022 Dissertation to Book Workshop, to be held at the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI, October 18-19, 2022.
AIPS is happy to share the results of our most recent Executive Committee elections. Dr. Cara Cilano (University of Michigan) was reelected as AIPS Secretary and Dr. Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) was reelected as AIPS Treasurer. Both members' terms will last until September 2024. Congratulations Drs. Cilano and Dadi!
After a forced hiatus of two years due to the pandemic THAAP has decided to hold the 11th International THAAP Conference - 2022, in November 2022 on the following theme: Archaeology and Living Cultural Legacy of Harappa Civilization. Read the full Call for Proposals here.
AIPS and the Suhail Zaheer Lari Memorial Fellowship Fund support scholars to conduct research on Sindh through our Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants. The recipients should be pre-doctoral or post-doctoral scholars of South Asia and members of AIPS. Interested individuals can apply for this opportunity through an AIPS Fellowship (before 2/1/22) or AIPS Short-Term Research Grant (before 2/15/22).
Book submissions are due to AIPS on Monday, January 10. Still interested in submitting your recently published book for consideration? See the AIPS Book Prize page and fill out our submission form to confirm your eligibility today.